Witchcraft: Malleus Malleficarum 3 min 34 secs - A book written by sexist German monks to aid the hunt for witches.

Witchcraft: Persecution 3 min 21 secs - Spawned from the black death hysteria, the inquisition was formed to punish witches and other non-believers.

Witchcraft: Torture 3 min 16 secs - The inquisitions merciless torture of potential witches during "The Burning Times."

Satan: Pacts 3 min 20 secs - The evolution of witchcraft and satanic worshipers.

Satan: In the Middle Ages 3 min 25 secs - The crusades, religious persecution, and the black plague led many to believe in Satan's influence.

Satan: The End of Satan 3 min 21 secs - Biographers of Satan wonder how his story will end.

Satan: Changing Perspectives 3 min 8 secs - Satan was taken up as a hero by writers in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Witchcraft: Malleus Malleficarum 3 min 34 secs

A book written by sexist German monks to aid the hunt for witches.

Witchcraft: Persecution 3 min 21 secs

Spawned from the black death hysteria, the inquisition was formed to punish witches and other non-believers.

Witchcraft: Torture 3 min 16 secs

The inquisitions merciless torture of potential witches during "The Burning Times."

Satan: Pacts 3 min 20 secs

The evolution of witchcraft and satanic worshipers.

Satan: In the Middle Ages 3 min 25 secs

The crusades, religious persecution, and the black plague led many to believe in Satan's influence.

Satan: The End of Satan 3 min 21 secs

Biographers of Satan wonder how his story will end.

Satan: Changing Perspectives 3 min 8 secs

Satan was taken up as a hero by writers in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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WITCHCRAFT,

The belief that some individuals can perform magic with the help of spirits was almost universal in antiquity. Egyptian records tell of conjurers and soothsayers who derived their powers from alien gods. In the Egyptian account of the encounter between Moses and Pharaoh, Moses appears as a practitioner of black magic and his followers as servants of an alien and abhorrent god. In the Biblical account of the same episode, the Egyptian experts who competed with Moses appear as evil sorcerers. Witches and magicians figured significantly in the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. There are very few references to witchcraft in early Christian documents. It was initially considered a sin to accuse a neighbor of being a witch. Growing unrest during the later Middle Ages and early modern period found expression in deviations from church teachings, which were seen as the work of the devil. The churchs stance on witchcraft then began to change.