Who Put Us In Charge

28. Witches (Part Two)

Episode Summary

Why are women feared? How did witches come to be? Our great, GREAT grandmother was a witch who was hung in Salem, Massachusetts. Rebecca Nurse. She had nine children, and many grandchildren, and she was in her 70's when it happened. She was a good woman and a part of the church... and her family was healthy. (Which was rare.) We talk about what we learned, and how fear about women (and witches) created so much confusion back then.

Episode Notes

Our great, GREAT grandmother was a witch who was hung in Salem, Massachusetts. Rebecca Nurse. She had nine children, and many grandchildren, and she was in her 70's when it happened. She was a good woman and a part of the church... and her family was healthy. (Which was rare.) We talk about what we learned, and how fear about women (and witches) created so much confusion back then. 

In this episode we also talk about:

• historic female energy
• women not being able to vote when the constitution was created
• were empowered women feared?
• were witches just empowered women?
• 10-15% of all people executed during the Salem Witch Trials were men
• The First Witch of Boston by Andrea Catalano
• A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution, and... by Daniel A. Gagnon
• cats, and why they were tied to witches (same with brooms)
• a real witch that Annie photographed (she had a wand, cauldron, and a witch hat) and the green orbs that showed up!
  • Legal Witchcraft is her business and Kelli Dunaway is her name
• how spiritual practices are bringing us back to the Earth

Crystals we talk about:

• sodalite (meaning: logic, clarity, truth)
• jade (prosperity, wellbeing, enjoying being alive)
• rose quartz (self-love, unconditional love, kindness, friendship)
• lapis lazuli (wisdom, truth, inner vision, protection)
• red jasper (endurance, courage, root chakra alignment)

Card Decks:

• Kuan Yin Oracle by Alana Fairchild
• The Green Witches Oracle Deck by Arin Murphy-Hiscock