"To my knowledge, the last person to be charged under any laws concerning forms of “witchcraft” was Z Budapest in 1975. She was charged and found guilty of violating a Los Angeles municipal code against fortune telling. After nine years of appeals the ruling was overturned as going against freedom of religion." Today i completed the section in my book about the Inquisition. I thought it interesting that the above took place in my life time. I also found it interesting that witchcraft went from being not real around 900 CE to a very real heresy around 1200 CE, and then back to being not real again in 1951. Thoughts?

Just a little FYI I will not be online for most of Thursday. There is work being done in our house and we have to vacate for several hours.

Come show off your current crafty project and get to know your fellow community Members. Stitch & Witch is our monthly hang out where you can just chill, work on a project and get to know eachother. Not very craft or don't have a current project? Come and hang out anyway, the more the merrier. We'd love to see you. Check the Calendar for your local time.

As @Hannah Semple pointed out yesterday in her comment on our weekly theme post, a lot of superstitions appear to reinforce common sense. I think this can be true of a lot of them. There are also a lot that leave a person thingking "what the holy heck is that all about?" Many superstitions are based in cultural beleifs that someone outside of that culture wouldn't understand. I did some rabbit hole digging on weird superstitions this morning, and these are the oes that stood out to me: Witch Windows - at one point it was a practice to install 1 window in a house tilted or crooked. This was because it was believed that witch cannot fly into a tilted window, trherefore keeping them out of your home. Chewing Gum - In Turkey people are discouraged from chewing gum after dark, because it turns into the flesh of the dead after sundown. Pillows - If you sleep alone, you shouldn't have extra pillows on your bed because it invites spirits/ghosts to sleep with you. What is your favorite Weird Supersition?

This week we'll be reading Lessons 5 & 6. Lesson 5: Covens and Rituals Lesson 6: Sabbats