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    Wicca History, Lesson 3

    Malleus maleficarum (The Hammer of Witches) Nothing is more linked to hunting of Witches than the “Malleus Maleficarum” therefore we must look at this handbook for hunting witches. The handbook follow on the earlier “Canon Episcopi” Pope Innocent VIII issued a papal bull “Desiring with Supreme Ardor in 1484 stating that witch hunts were a necessity and emphasizing the realities of witchcraft. The “Malleus maleficarum was published in 1486 taking from “Canon Episcopi” and rather than saying that the “Canon Episcopi” was wrong the church stated that there now a far more dangerous army of witches than before! It was to become the most influential and widely used handbook on…

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    Wicca History, Lesson 2

    Lesson Two Beginning of the Burning Times Part one. We will start looking at the dark times of Wicca because there is so such to take in, we will run this over two, may three  lessons as there much to burning times that we must discuss  within the course. The Beginnings of the Burning Times The burning times were the beginnings of the organised church fight to banish the beliefs of the people whom still held on to their pagan/wiccan beliefs in spited of the Christian Church teachings. We must look at the black ground to beginnings of these times and the causes. One of these factors was the eroding…

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    Wicca History, Lesson 1

    Lesson One Welcome to the course, we will start looking at the basis of Wicca and try to found origins from facts that we know.  The main reason why it is so hard to find the true origins of Wicca is that very little was ever written   down or have been lost to us. So let’s look at what we know: The term Wicca as a Celtic origin wicce, “wise” the Celtics are a very important part of Wicca, which has somewhat been overlook.  The Celtics   social order was one that women could hold power in their own right such Boudicca, Wicca being a strong feminine base belief is important…