For anyone who's interested in witches, @knollysandsmart.bsky.social has several books on the subject at the moment, and plenty of other great stock. www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Knol...
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Had a wonderful time at #MagicWitchCon in York. Massive thank you to the organizers @magicnotwitches.bsky.social and @drdebsmoretti.bsky.social, and all the attendees for their brilliant papers—I learned so much. Till next year!
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An ice cream in front of a computer screen.
Day 3 of CREMS Magic and Witchcraft Conference 2025, from York. #magicwitchcon
A benefit of watching from home.
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Next Jennifer De Biasio explores the co-production of the witch in Lucerne in the latter half of the C15th, comprised of contradictory popular and elite beliefs
The story of Els von Mersberg using magic to counter domestic violence and sexual assault against women was a highlight!
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I don't want #MagicWitchCon to end.
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Our last panel of the conference, kicking off with Anna Kalkaeva taking us through female witches and male sorcerers in nineteenth century German folklore (Sagen)
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Day 3 of CREMS Magic and Witchcraft Conference 2025, from York. #magicwitchcon
Terrific keynote from Rita Voltmer, an overview of the field that really grapples with what witch means: an accusation. It's also a call to action for researchers to move away from using this as a label for victims.
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Another great keynote from Rita Voltmer on the many faces of the European witch, ending with a call for semantic respect for the accused who fought, often in vain, not to go down in history as a witch
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Proudest moment of #MagicWitchCon was definitely introducing @witchesetc.bsky.social to a new witch!
I will never stop talking about Miracola...
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Day 3 of CREMS Magic and Witchcraft Conference 2025, from York. #magicwitchcon
@catsfstiles.bsky.social hit us with Sex Specific: The Witch, Desire & Embodiment in Early Modern Culture. Heady stuff! Also I now have to read the arch-gothic Famous and Renowned History of Morindos.
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Then another great talk by Nikolas Brusletto covering centuries of magic and witchcraft beliefs in Norway from the pre-Christian period to the early modern witch trials
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A mug of tea with a ginger biscuit.
Day 3 of CREMS Magic and Witchcraft Conference 2025, from York. #magicwitchcon
Embracing the conference experience by having a ginger biscuit with every mug of tea.
This morning, Hawaiian magic and colonialism followed by Norway's relationship with witchcraft.
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Kicking off day 3 with an incredibly fascinating paper from Joanna Paschendag on the role of accusations of sorcery in the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy and colonisation in the US
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Now moving onto Ellie Whitehead on Sinclair's Satans Invisible World Discovered and the relationship between the scientific revolution and witch hunting in seventeenth century Scotland, especially the rising need for empirical evidence
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Concluding the day with another great panel! First up we had Paolo Portone on the development of the modern positive meaning of strega in Italy
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Too busy chairing the last panel to share about the papers individually, but some fascinating talks by @toujoursbizarre.bsky.social , Dan Harms and Neil Tarrant!
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Hey, it's @danharms.bsky.social on how the written form of a conjuration (or abjuration) of a spirit in a magical book was used for people, animals, disease, pretty much anything you want to affect magically.
Day 2 of CREMS Magic and Witchcraft Conference 2025, from York. #magicwitchcon
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Next up, Vitória Rama on ancient Mesopotamian witches as illegitimate practitioners of magic who were considered both a threat to society and enemy of the state combatted by complex rituals performed by exorcists who were agents of the temple who worked for the social elite
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For the second panel of the day we have Maria Tsitsani discussing the importance of magical charms and spells in 4th century papyri for providing psychological reinforcement and symbolic authority to victims of injustice in often ineffective ancient legal systems
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Enjoying #MagicWitchCon online!
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Now onto the next! Very excited to attend #magicwitchcon online over the next couple of days 🧙🏻♀️✨
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I'm here in York and very excited to learn 'What is a witch?' at the CREMS magic & witchcraft conference #magicwitchcon
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