1. Get rid of any pets.
Witches use animals as agents to carry out the devil’s commands, so any animals in your charge, including any insects that enter the courtroom during your trial, may be interpreted as your “familiars” and offered by prosecutors as further proof of your status as a witch.
2. Weep.
Witches are unable to shed tears, so cry when you are arrested.
3. React to pain during the needle ordeal.
All witches have a devil’s mark somewhere on their bodies to show that they have made a pact with Satan.
During the needle test, any blemish, wart, scar, mole, or other imperfection will be poked to test your reaction.
It is believed that the devil’s mark is immune to pain and cannot bleed, so wince and cry out as each blemish is pricked.
4. Sink during the water ordeal.
Witches float in water because they weigh less than ordinary people. During the water ordeal, you will be tied at the hands and feet and thrown into a body of water in the presence of the court and members of the public. When your body hits the water, tense all of your muscles and imagine that you are made of lead or another heavy substance. Take short, shallow breaths before going under rather than filling your lungs with air.
The guards will judge your ability to float, and if you sink to the bottom, they will probably pull you up before you drown.
Be Aware
You are a witch if you have:
• made a pact with the devil
• had sex with the devil
• practiced harmful magic
• flown through the air
• communicated with “familiar spirits” in the form of animals
• murdered children to eat them or to make ointment from their rendered fat
• met with other witches
Because witchcraft is a crimen exceptum-an exceptional crime, on the same level as treason, conspiracy, forgery, and robbery with murder-the courts suspend normal rules of evidence to ease conviction.
Unless you are a child or pregnant, any circumstantial evidence will lead to your torture in order to force a confession. Such evidence can include:
• being named a witch by another witch testifying under torture
• being a relative of someone executed for witchcraft
• being homeless
• committing adultery
• learning too quickly
• making threats against another person that have come true
• being in the fields shortly before a hail shower
• making a sick person well
• attending church services sporadically
• attending church services regularly
• showing fear during arrest
• remaining calm during arrest
• If you are found guilty of witchcraft, you will be burned alive or hanged. In some regions, you will be strangled before your body is burned as an act of mercy.
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November 30th, 2009 at 10:56 am
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December 9th, 2009 at 2:12 am
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