Burning times

Burning Times
The term burning times has come to refer to "any threatened return of prejudice against or persecution of Witches and neo-Pagans by other religious groups, law enforcement agencies, employers, politicians and others.

Burning Times
The period when Witches (and those accused of being Witches) were being burned at the stake in most of Europe.
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The Tarot, by the 1600s being printed in "catchpenny" versions for mass consumption, had to be more energetically veiled to survive the burning times.

The word represents Old English wærloga, 'traitor', 'the one that breaks faith', literally 'oath liar'. The term was used to describe men who pretended to be witches in order to penetrate covens and betray them during the Burning Times.

Burning Times, The: A witches book of reference where all magickal date, information, times, aspects, formulas and spells are enscribed. One of the most important tools as recorded happenings cannot be forgotten. Also known as a grimoire.

Never Again the Burning Times: Paganism Revived. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland.
"Peter Bausher"Powwower." The Pennsylvania Dutchman, vol. IV, no. 13 (March 1,
1953), 11 and 15. Reprinted from an 1895 New York Sun article.
RavenWolf, Silver. 1997.

See also: Demon, Pagan, Death, Magic, Philo