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Who where two well respected preachers who became involved in Salem witch craft trials?

Cotton Mather and Deodot Lawson


What year did cotton mather explain his support for the Salem witch trials in wonders of the world?

In 1693.


Where was witch craft practiced?

One place where witchcraft was a terrible trap for some innocent women was in Salem, Massachusetts, where just anyone could accuse any woman of being a witch, which they tried to verify by throwing her into a body of water to see if she could sink, where she was damned if she did and damned if she didn't. One of the pastors who had a lot of fun with this was named Cotton Mather, who enjoyed persecuting so-called witches.


Increase Mather led the call to end what?

The Salem witch trials. Increase Mather was too smart and political knowlegdable to believe that there were witches.


What is witch craft in greek?

The Greek word for "Witch Craft" is "σκάφος μάγισσα".


When was Persuasions of the Witch's Craft created?

Persuasions of the Witch's Craft was created in 1989.


How did cotton Mather's book and Dr.grigg's opinion help to create the problem and then make it worse?

Cotton Mather's book, "The Wonders of the Invisible World," fueled the Salem witch trials by promoting the idea of witchcraft. Dr. Grigg's opinion, as a prominent figure in Salem, validated the accusations of witchcraft, leading to more widespread fear and hysteria in the community, exacerbating the situation.


What does a triangle represent in palmistry?

A triangle means witch craft or a demon involved in witch craft


What was cotton mathers role in the Salem witch trials?

Cotton Mather was a prominent minister who supported the Trials and pushed for convictions and executions. He was one of the few people who lived through the Trials that wrote about it and one of fewer who continued to believe and preach that the Salem victims were witches.


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The cast of Witch Hunt - 2004 includes: Lauren Chamberlain as Dorcas Goode Sean Demers as Cotton Mather Kyle Fortin as Pilgrim in Jury Tiffany Howcroft as Settler Woman Jaclyn Sabogal as Betty Parris


Is it true that Rihanna is a witch craft?

No it is not true that Rihanna is a witch crafter.


Did cotton mather help to end the Salem witch trials?

Cotton Mather was a renowned and respected young minister who had already successfully dealt with a witchcraft case in Boston, where he worked. With his father, Increase, in England, Cotton Mather was the most influencial minister in New England and the most famous pre-revolution Boston minister.