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Witch hunters: professional prickers, unwitchers & witch finders of the
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154:Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
53:Scottish witch hunts of mid 17th century
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129:found him guilty of fraud and deceit.
822:Gormshuil Mhòr na Maighe (aka Gormla)
233:The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe
7:
90:John Kincaid was based primarily in
379:Dummy, the Witch of Sible Hedingham
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433:Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
265:Maxwell-Stuart, Peter G. (2003).
205:Maxwell-Stuart, Peter G. (2003).
509:Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers
148:Mcdonald, S W (September 1997).
230:Levack, Brian P. (2015-09-25).
70:(fl. 1649-1662) was a Scottish
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624:Northamptonshire witch trials
428:Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor
1220:17th-century Scottish people
1133:Last person imprisoned under
654:Bury St Edmunds witch trials
343:Anglo-Saxon metrical charms
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902:George and Lachlan Rattray
772:Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis
594:North Berwick witch trials
448:Society of the Inner Light
166:10.1177/014107689709000914
236:(4 ed.). Routledge.
1174:Witches' Well, Edinburgh
704:Islandmagee witch trial
353:Cunning folk in Britain
658:1645, 1662, 1655, 1694
604:Aberdeen witch trials
242:10.4324/9781315685526
674:Bideford witch trial
443:Ordo Templi Orientis
348:Anglo-Saxon paganism
1230:People from Tranent
1137:Witchcraft Act 1735
1009:Neopagan witchcraft
802:Issobell Fergussone
990:Christian Caldwell
867:Euphame MacCalzean
767:Katherine Campbell
694:Pittenweem witches
644:Witches of Belvoir
634:Samlesbury witches
584:Witches of Warboys
524:Austin Osman Spare
514:Madeline Montalban
269:. Stroud: Tempus.
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389:George Pickingill
276:978-0-7524-2339-5
251:978-1-315-68552-6
216:978-0-7524-2339-5
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42:Years active
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1038:Cochrane's Craft
1033:Gardnerian Wicca
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922:Bessie Stevenson
837:Gwen ferch Ellis
782:Margaret Duchill
747:Margaret Barclay
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479:Aleister Crowley
469:Peter J. Carroll
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1101:Alex Sanders
1081:Janet Farrar
995:John Kincaid
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887:Alice Nutter
857:Marie Lamont
812:Agnes Finnie
757:Janet Boyman
543:Early Modern
494:Dion Fortune
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1179:Maggie Wall
1160:and museums
892:Mary Pannal
842:Janet Horne
727:Lilias Adie
553:In Scotland
529:A. E. Waite
26:Nationality
1214:Categories
1126:witchcraft
1096:Sybil Leek
877:Violet Mar
852:Mary Hicks
545:witchcraft
519:Alan Moore
504:James Lees
329:Folk magic
323:in Britain
321:witchcraft
136:References
34:Occupation
1167:Monuments
1158:Monuments
957:Jane Weir
927:Anna Tait
817:Maud Galt
807:John Fian
608:1596–1597
588:1589–1593
499:Phil Hine
462:Magicians
372:Magicians
174:0141-0768
86:Biography
45:1649-1662
1047:Neopagan
1017:Variants
558:In Wales
484:John Dee
363:Nicnevin
336:Variants
100:Dirleton
96:Dalkeith
29:Scottish
1188:Museums
1056:Artemis
1049:witches
777:Meg Dow
720:witches
718:Accused
192:9370991
183:1296533
108:Kinross
92:Tranent
80:1661-62
76:1649-50
1124:Modern
567:Trials
438:O∴A∴A∴
358:Goetia
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1024:Wicca
317:Magic
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