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Ooof, that's bleak

"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."

"She would be a caged animal with no teeth. No claws. Forever hungry and haunted by a memory of a life that could never belong to her."

2007 timeline at the Retreat

"No. The natural world could not be so
befouled. The Devil resides only in the hearts of men."
--
"They talked about Shirley Jackson's Hangsaman, which Mary didn't believe anyone other than herself had read. The dark magic of her prose bewitched both of them, held them breathless and transfixed. Reading her books was like looking into the sun before an apocalyptic devastation."

-trad wife
-repressed sexuality
-sexism/patriarchal-misogyny
..
""I don't usually discuss my beliefs the first time I meet someone. People are quick to judge, and they tend to find the violence they're looking for. The Burning Times aren't that long gone, and even so, those ignorant assholes in their white sheets just found a new thing to persecute."

Chapter II: 1953

"It's in that dark where the abominable dwell.
Satan. Demons. Disembodied spirits. The Dark Sisters."

Reading with @evelovesbooks_travel_art on insta!

The 2007 timeline has religious purity culture