Balance Scales

This is NOT a page about Wiccans or neo-pagans, and I do not advocate the belief that Wiccans are Satan-worshippers and/or baby-killers. I am well aware that they are not. This is a starting point for historical research into the great witch craze of 1100-1700 AD. And please, don't ask me for spells.

Balance Scales

"Giant balance scales could...help identify a witch. If the suspect was heavier than the weights--sometimes a Bible was used instead of weights--then he or she was clearly a witch. Only if a perfect balance was struck was the accused vindicated. This rarely, if ever, occurred" (Farrington 58)

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