Perhaps this edict was imposed upon pagan business men who thought everyday should be a working day and perhaps those who thought Christians must observe the entire Law of Moses, including ...

“Witches’ Sabbath” by Jacques de Gheyn II Image courtesy of The Met, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1962. One girl swore that at the Blåkulla, Satan spoke through Kerstin as ...

Each year in Sweden and Finland, young children continue a centuries-old tradition marking the night that witches celebrated Sabbath with the devil before Jesus’s resurrection.

These women were "Waldensians," who were later accused by the Church of practicing witchcraft and holding illicit Sabbath celebrations. From there, the condemnation of witches continued to grow as ...