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The spells within this book had never been seen by anyone except
Marie Laveau herself for the longest time...until last year they
were uncovered. It took almost a year, but finally everything was
deciphered and translated from French and in some cases Latin.The
first page in the book in which these spells were found had been
dated 1895 and it had been signed by the Voodoo Queen herself,
Marie Laveau (Clapion). These are authentic spells from one of the
many grimoires the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans kept.
In The Discovery of Witches, Matthew Hopkins - the Witch Finder
General of England during the early 1600s - details the process by
which he found and captured suspected witches. Hopkins' treatise is
comprised of answers to various queries he had received by members
of the public curious about his investigatory techniques in finding
witches. This book answers a total of fourteen queries, with
replies ranging from a few sentences to a few paragraphs in length.
The book is an illustrative portrayal of a society fervently given
to superstitions about the powers of witchcraft. At three hundred
women killed, the efforts of Hopkins and his assistant John Stearne
were prolific. Accorded status, Hopkins encountered opposition to
his witch finding. That his 'investigations' required scant
evidence to secure death sentences dismayed figures in the Church
of England. Today, historians judge Hopkins as an opportunist who
took advantage of unfounded suspicions to advance his own fame.
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