This book had me enraged, shocked, and intrigued at the same time. This author has a true gift with explaining history in a detailed clear manner. The only thing that was constantly confusing was the changing of characters and plots throughout the book.

The following are excerpts from the book (most shocking) and thoughts:

Father and sons were not accused of witchcraft.

Less than 200 people were accused of wizards and witches.

The most shocking revelation of the book was that there was no evidence of the witch trials in Salem during this time.

Witch cake (please pay attention to this section of the book, I had to pick my mouth from off the ground).

Parrish talked about the different forms (Judice). He believed the devil could not form in an innocent body. He did not believe you could be good or evil. You were either one or the other.

Lawson said the devil raged amongst them. Lawson believed prayer helped things and helped them embrace their faiths. The villagers should prepare for spiritual warfare.

The innocent could prove they are innocent by drowning

The devil can not read the Bible

Bishop was prosecuted to the highest degree for claiming to perform witchcraft on 5 village girls. She was subjected to the law of Deuteronomy that you only need two witnesses to find someone guilty. She was also charged with performing witchcraft on people she never met.

If you poke a person and they don’t bleed, you were accused of being a witch. "The devil does need human things like blood to do his bidding."