Another excellent Salem Witchcraft Crisis read— Norton's "In the Devil's Snare" assembles compelling evidence that the terrifying frontier warfare of King Philip's and King William's Wars supercharged the psychological atmosphere of the time, precipitating the trials #Occult
The book rlly soars in the Conclusion, when Norton hints at various motivations governmental officials & the Court of Oyer & Terminer had to allow the accusations to tear through the community unchecked. Some of the most scandalous pieces of evidence she presents... #witchcraft
...gesture at the possibility Governor Phips & his wife Mary Spencer Phips were in fact witches themselves—and that Gov. Phips defense of the murderous judicial proceedings was in part motivated by his desire to shield his wife (& even himself) from scrutiny. #occulthistory
... In fact, Gov. Phips encouraged Cotton Mather to write his defense of the judicial proceedings and the use of spectral evidence, and directed him to ask Judge Samuel Sewall for assistance in his efforts. This would lead to Mather's "Wonders of the Invisible World", of course.
Gov. Phips was a client of fortune-tellers, a successful treasure-hunter (some methods involved the use of talismans or dowsing rods at the time), & had direct connections to Rev. George Burroughs. Lady Phips was related to a woman that had been accused of witchcraft in the 1650s
Not only that, but Lady Phips actually ordered the discharge of one of the accused witches while her husband Gov. Phips was away—a singular event that resulted in the jailer that obeyed her request getting fired. Very curious. #History
Finally, just a reminder that stories of a "confederacy of witches" were prevalent throughout testimony—and that there were multiple stories claiming the leader of the witches was a well-dressed man from Boston. Make of that what you will. One thing that is certain...
...is the hypocrisy of the Court of Oyer & Terminer judges, the colonial gov't, and the various reverends whose fire & brimstone sermonizing contributed to the paranoia of the villagers & townsfolk–—as many of these early-Enlightenment elite owned magical, alchemical, or esoteric
...texts themselves. Take Cotton Mather, for instance, who was into bibliomancy and whose library included alchemical and demonological texts. Gimme a follow if you're interested in a deep dive into the prevalence of folk magic in Colonial New England—coming soon!
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I’m sorry, but it needs to be said… Jeffrey Goldberg may have just inadvertently outed Jackson & Christopher as C👁️A assets w/ this second batch of messages lol
The Signalgate chats started on March 11th
It makes my f’ing skin crawl that I can only see like half of the people who are liking this tweet lol
I’m getting annoyed by the chorus line of ACPheads calling me “faqqot” or acting like it’s unconscionable to even question Jackson, so here’s a long-ass list of additional reasoning for why some scrutinizing of his motivations is warranted.
Holy shit. Druski, anti-sex trafficking conspiritainer Jaguar Wright, and Odell Beckham Jr were actually named as co-defendants in Ashley Parham’s lawsuit against Diddy over her brutal gang r*** (allegedly perpetrated by Druski while the Diddler watched)
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Well well welllll 👀
Druski starred in a series of vids on Diddy’s Revolt TV in 2020 intended to promote black-owned biz during the pandemic that involved Druski sneaking into various celebs homes. The pilot shows Druski touring Diddy’s pad to promo DeLeón tequila and is co-prod. by his son Justin
What if I told you that this garbage fire was directed by an Israeli ex-Scientologist named Offer Shlomi who also happens to be the ShamWow! guy & that he was once arrested in Miami in 2009 for beating a 26 year old prostitute he claimed bit his tongue & wouldn’t let go?
You also allegedly had an affair with another billionaire associate of Epstein’s who, btw, enlisted the Diddler in his Twitter buyout. I’m sure there’s plenty you could divulge
Your ex, by the way, prev married 23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki at Musha Cay, the island getaway in the Bahamas owned by stage magician David Copperfield—who’s been accused of sexual assault multiple times and is named in Epstein’s black book & lawsuit depositions
Yo, check it out, it’s our guy William Banks pretending to be a Marine while performing a stand up set for a bunch of DOD employees at the Masonic Lodge at West Point lmfao
Jesus. Just learned that the Wilco album many listeners came to believe exhibits lyrical foreknowledge of 9/11 & which released a week after the attack was named after a Mossad radio station. Tweedy was already married to his Jewish wife at the time & he’s since converted, btw