Teofania di Adamo

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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.

Teofania di Adamo

In the mid-seventeenth century, an Italian sorceress or venefica by the name of Teofania di Adamo invented a poison called Aqua Tofana. "Four to six drops of this odorless, colorless, tasteless, and deadly toxin was allegedly sufficient to cause death. By regulating the dose and frequency of administration, it was said, death could come within anywhere from one day to several months. During the eighteenth century, Mozart thought himself poisoned at the hands of his enemies by means of this lethal liquid" (Sidky 213).

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