Tools of the Trade

Disclaimer

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.

At her disposal the witch has a formidable battery of apparatus, objects fashioned with occult secrecy, numbers and formulas, herbs and brews, rare juices and liquids, mandrake, blood, and milk: mystic diagrams and geometric figures, circles and pentacles. Reinforced by such aids, she can consummate invisibility and rejuvenation, transformations, alterations in weather conditions--especially the downfall of rain (Wedeck 59).

Well-known evidences of witchcraft are: pots, ligatures, locks, feathers, and such like, that, in accordance with the pact entered into with the demon, the magician uses to harm a victim by means of witchcraft--Martin Delrio, Disquisitionum Magicarum Libri Sex, 1599

Aiguillette Athame Beer Body Parts Broom

Cauldron Dolls Elf Arrows Grimoire Hand of Glory Needles Pentacles and Pentagrams

Pins Pitchforks Quirin Speculum Thread Urine Witch's Hat

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Tools of the Trade copyright 1997-1998 to Shantell Powell.