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To: soc.history.medieval,alt.pagan,alt.religion.wicca From: SL500000@brownvm.brown.edu (Robert Mathiesen) Subject: Re: Were They Witches? (was: Why 'Witch'? (Was Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 10:28:06 EDT In article, hexis@netcom.com (James C. Harrison) said: >Couple things about this witch business: [good stuff snipped] >5. Definitive fact: people can't rub themselves with ointment and then >fly through the air. On the other hand, it has become pretty clear that people can rub them- selves with an ointment and later be unshakeably certain that they have flown through the air, changed into animals, and had wild sex -- even though outside observers can truly testify that these peoples' inert bodies have never left their rooms. It all depends on what's in the ointment (and maybe also on one's expectations of what the ointment can do). -- Robert (Robert Mathiesen, SL500000@BROWNVM.BITNET)
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