Witch Boxes and Witchcraft
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.
Witch Boxes
As a Ward
In the 16th and 17th centuries, witch boxes were popular wards against witches. They were made up of small wooden boxes full of pieces of human bone, herbs, bits of rowan, and other odds and ends over which a spell of protection had been cast. Witch-hunters frequently sold witch boxes as they journeyed from village to village, whipping up witch hysteria (Guiley 1989 367).
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![[Preserve Me From Harm]](wardbut.gif){kind=small}
![[Tools of the Witches]](toolbut.gif){kind=small}
![[The Witching Hours]](../witchbut.gif){kind=small}
Witch Boxes and Witchcraft is copyright 1997-1998 to Shantell Powell.