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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The FSU shooting seems to meet each criterion for a strategy of tension deep event. Here’s a🧵of sus & coincidental details relayed to me by ppl on the ground or culled from local media. TPD warned the public this AM that a noon training sesh would involve “loud bangs, crashes”:
As already mentioned, the shooter is reportedly Phoenix Ikner, the son of a Leon County Sheriff’s Deputy and FSU student. He used his Mom’s service weapon in the attack. Not only that, but he was also a member of the LCSO Youth Advisory Council…
…established in 2020 to open a clear “line of communication between Tallahassee youth and local law enforcement”. In the presser, Sheriff Walter McNeil alluded to numerous “training programs” that the youth advisors participate in, which locals believe includes firearms 👀
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.
So there’s a decent chance Tiger Woods’ new gf Vanessa Trump (Don Jr.’s ex) is an Epstein honeypot and/or victim. Epstein lawsuit plaintiff Jane Doe 1001 alleged he bragged about his connections to Wilhelmina Models while she massaged him—the agency that employed Vanessa 👀
Consider Trump setting his son up w/ her at a fashion show—wily old Donald could have encountered her prev. Also, look at her dating history. She was with a Saudi prince until 9/11 when he was forced from the country bc his ambassador father was implicated 👆. And this lol
Oh look, it’s Don Trump Jr. attesting in an interview with DJ Akademiks that his ex-wife was friends w/ Kim Porter during her modeling days, they would hang out w/ her & Diddy when partying downtown, that Vanessa was afraid of the Diddler, and that she immediately knew something was amiss following Porter’s death in 2018 and even called Donald Jr. about it.
First of all, this is a hilariously petty thing to do to your ex-wife, publicly associating her with Diddy like this. But secondly, this just bolsters my above argument.
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