Witchcraft Trials Quotes

“This was dangerous talk—in these enlightened times, a wise woman would never be too clever. The accusation of witchcraft had rid many men of an ugly wife and yet more women of an attractive rival.”
― Joss Alexander, Tainted Innocence

“Throughout these centuries, those who should, by their birth, training, and position, have been the conscience of the world, accepted the delusion and promoted it. Such men not only appealed to the emotions of religion, but perverted the entire structure of logic and reason. Everything was sacrificed to a preconceived prejudice. The logic of the Demonologists, all highly educated men, leaders in their own disciplines, is the most terrifying feature of witchcraft. Because of their turning rational thinking on its head--far more than the most foul act of a torturer or witch judge--the centuries of the witchcraft mania may be called the centuries of uncivilization.”
― Rossell Hope Robbins, The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft & Demonology

“Sonuç olarak Orta Çağ Avrupasında ortaya çıkan bu tabloda şunu söyleyebiliriz: ''Eğer Bakire Meryem Hristiyanlığın ideal kadınıysa, cadı da Madonna of Mercy (Meryem Ana'nın en tanınmış figür olduğu tema) 'nin karşıtı'' idi.”
― Pınar Ülgen, Kadınlar ve Cadılar