Uncharted Thoughts.

WARNING TO READERS; some of the content within this blog can be shocking.

It is a strange concept, evil. How do we determine its definition? To pull a chair from under someone, could be met with roars of laughter with bystanders cackling “Dude, that was so evil of you”. If a person is to commit one of the cardinal sins of Catholicism, be that Lust, Wrath or Greed could one be committing an evil act, or could this perhaps just be considered a natural urge from our animalistic instinct? What about manipulation? Is that an act of evil? or just a way to increase our power in a world where power is everything? What about the murder of a evil doer, is killing a killer a evil act? what about Abortion? Animal testing? Slavery? Racism? Radicalisation? War? Crimes of passion? Capital punishment? Theft? Is evil measured on a 2D graph or a 3D one? or is one evil as evil as the next? Is the Holocaust as evil an act as Factory Farming? Food for thought.

What am I getting at? Well, how I determine evil in this blog determines why I have chosen the book in question as the most evil book in history. I determine evil in a non biblical manner, I do not necessarily believe that all sins are equal, nor do I believe that they will send us to damnation. However, I do believe in the rights and wrongs of societal boundaries, put in place by both nature and nurture, no doubt an argument within itself. Even now the argument of moral reasoning is debated, is our society built on the foundations of moral compasses built by religious institutes or are we the masters of our own moral judgement? In other words, is our judgement of wrongdoings built within the foundations of holy scriptures and practice or from natural instincts and following by example of social inheritance. Once again I am getting away with myself, but, again, food for thought.

For this article I am declaring that evil is an act in which is defined by malicious intent and to cause physical or emotional harm to living creatures. I do not wish to place evil within a framework of 0-10, at least not on this blog. So my placement for this book is founded in the harm inflicted on individuals, the damage caused by its creation, the sheer mental instability of its creator and how it violates the human condition both emotionally and physically. Admittedly there are only a few book to cover that I know of within the realms of this description, however over the vast history of literature there have been some that do, from example the infamous Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler or The Protocols of the Elder of Zion by unknown authors all should be given dishonourable mentions for their part in evil scriptures. That being stated, the book I believe to be most evil is the rotten, revolting, nauseating, misogynistic and murderous, is the Malleus Maleficarum, the book that sparked the flame.

The Malleus Maleficarum.

Unfortunately witchcraft is not a new phenomenon created by J.K Rowling in the 21st century, it has been a branch of superstition far beyond records, appearing as far back as classical antiquity. Although there is no real understanding of where it came from, it is clear that following the enlightenment period (1680-1820) accusations of witchcraft diminished greatly, suggesting that witchcraft is inherently manufactured within the realms of imagination, superstition and story telling. The definition of witchcraft is ambiguous at best, a user of magic, yes. So does that make Moses a witch? what about Ezekiel, was he a necromancer? Was Jesus a waterbender? Are these miracles the catholic church rage about not magic? Ironic really, considering it is witch craft that they sort to destroy.

I would very much like to tell you that due to the enlightenment period the belief of witchcraft is something of the distant past, and that there has been no killing in the name of magical superstition in two-hundred years. Unfortunately that is not true. As recently as 2007 children in Nigeria were burned and poisoned and abused on suspicion of witchcraft (National Geographic). Between 2000 and 2016, roughly 50 albino peoples have been killed in Tanzania, as it is believed that their anatomy possesses magical properties (UN). In the Republic of Benin, babies not born from the womb head first are deemed to be witches, their fate is often death (National Geographic). It is suggested by some media sources that Saudi Arabia has even to this day, a police branch dedicated to the acquisition of witches (The Atlantic).

The book in question, the Malleus Maleficarum, otherwise translated as “Hammer of Witches” or “The Witches Hammer”, is a book of tremendous evil intent. Written in 1486 by German Catholic Clergyman Heinrich Kramer, in Speyer, South Germany, the Malleus Maleficarum was dedicated to finding, adjudicating and killing accused witches. Its very creation encouraged almost three hundred years of witch hunts across Europe and overseas. Although there is no accurate count to the deaths caused by this book, speculation towards the toll rests between 60,000 and one million in Europe alone.

This book promoted blind hysterical mania across Europe. A twisted fictitious encapsulation of law in the eyes of those too blind to see the madness of its creator. Year after year, as the ashes of one stake burning cooled, somewhere across the northern hemisphere another was lit and with it, echoing across courtyards of onlookers the cries of innocent woman met compassionless ears. This book was the creation of one man, and with the help of the printing press, the unfortunates spread of disease and a lack of scientific development it was able to stand as a gospel witness as hundreds and thousands that were killed by its teachings. A book that sat on the table of each courthouse, as innocence was sentenced to a crime uncommitted, a book that relished in the flickering of flames under the ramparts of castles and courtyards as its victims squirmed away from hot flames. The men holding them deluded in their actions for good. Although I am certain that Kramer was a man of twisted imagination and lunacy, what is concerning above all is that some of the men that helped sentence these ‘witches’ were not, they were swept up by hysteria and fear for their loved ones safety just as we would be with the information given by this book.

The Content Pages…

Kramer waists little time in spilling his bile over the first pages of the Hammer of Witches, in fact, within three sentences you are hit by a whirlwind of ludicrous misogyny, clear sexual frustration and anxiety from Kramer with poisonous intent. It is hard to differentiate if the copy I possess (The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger. Translated with introductions, bibliography and Notes by REV. Montague Summers) has an edited Content page or if it translated from the original pressing. However, its content is shocking.

An easy to navigate step by step guild on how to, capture, torture, investigate and kill alleged witches. Like the instructions for building a flatpack wardrobe from IKEA, you are able to run your fingers down the contents page and find exactly when you can use the “Trial by hot Iron” or perhaps you are wondering when torture should begin and what proceedings there are to the lead up to its conception?

The content page is split into three “parts”. The first focuses on “Treating of the three necessary concomitants of witchcraft which are the devil, a witch and the permission of Almighty God” to put it simply it reels off some bull-crap about how witches are real, and if you question this then you are a heretic.

The second “part” is a how to identify a witch, how to cure those that have been possessed by a witch and what a witch can do. Its a fantasy bunch of gobbledygook that Kramer no doubt made up on the spot after hearing rumour of what a witch can do. By the way, a vast amount of these magical abilities are sex related, suspicious if you ask me. If the book wasn’t the caused of thousands of deaths you could almost laugh at the nonsense he puts forward as proof of witches in this section.

The Third “part” is a step by step guide in how to proceed with “Judicial proceedings”. Basically a “How to trial a witch for dummies”. This “part” is split into three “heads”. The first explains, how to proceed with an investigation, how many witnesses there should be, how to pre-examine these witnesses and if enemies of the accused should be allowed in the court proceedings… as you can imagine the answer is no, of course not, unless it can’t be proved that they are enemies, in which case go for it. The second “Head” is in my opinion the most fanaticised part of the entire scripture, its a one way ticket to damnation for the accused. It explores the arrest, torture, methods of inquisition and if you still haven’t given a confession a part two on how to torture, just to be sure. Then finally, after your step by step guide on how to track, capture, imprison, torture and the proceeding within the court, “head” three will explain how the accused is to be, imprisoned, banished or disposed of.

So you don’t have to, I will go through the ‘key’ elements and suggestions from Kramer for your reading pleasure. I will, for the good of education, go through each of the three “parts” of this devilish book and relay to you its content. I will, for obvious purposes be focusing on the most outlandish and horrifying parts of this book. Buckle in, and try to imagine that you are one of the victims to these accusations, because this is going to leave you in a frensy of fury, frustration and horror as you learn that there is no way out for you.

“The First Part” – Witches are real, if you say otherwise, you are a witch.

The justification for the belief in witchcraft is laughable within the first pages of this book. Kramer goes on to explain that if the Holy Bible recognises their existence then it is true. He adds that because “the belief that such beings as witches are so essential a part of the Catholic faith” they must be real. This sets up the argument that, if you don’t believe in witches, then you don’t believe in the Holy scriptures, therefore you are a Heretic and deserve the punishment given to such a title. Which in accordance to Leviticus 24:16 “who blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him”. Admittedly, not all those that were condemned to heresy were killed, some where imprisoned and banishment, however, punishment was dealt with swiftly by inquisition.

Although definitive proof of witches is the main course of debate within this chapter, it is clear that little evidence is given. To argue that witches are real because the bible says so is in some regards a checkmate on debating any other explanation of magical intervention. While there were many who argued that witches and magic were falsehoods at this time, Kramer was sure to put their allegations into the spot light. For those that question the Holy text, are a Heretic and to be a Heretic is to be one tempted by the devil, and those tempted by the devil are indeed heathens and are of no use in society. A cleaver move by a foolish man.

Additionally this text explores the idea of punishment, while we are yet to find any plausible evidence to witchcraft, Kramer was sure to reassure readers that punishment is key to solving the issue. Chopping of the hand of a thief stops him from thieving sure, but does it stop his hunger for bread? Kramer implies in this first chapter that a witch is evil, therefore a witch has made a packed with the devil, therefore they are fair game to punishment. Of course the punishment is passed by Holy scripture and law. He states that “For the divine law in many places commands that witches are not only to be avoided, but they are also to be put to death”. Now, some readers may have an issue with killing there local shop assistant as she has been so kind to them over the years. Worry not, for Kramer has an answer to this moral issue. He states that the death of the soul “can be brought about by the powers of phantastical illusions or stress of temptation”. Meaning, don’t worry about killing her because she has no soul, therefore she isn’t human anyway.

Kramer single handily argues his way through this book by using false logic, foolish cross examination and outright naïve speculation with the Holy law as his backing. In these first pages, he has managed to ‘prove’ witchcraft is real, and if you disagree you are a heretic. He also managed to settle any guilt of the shop assistance death by granting those that are by standing to the event immunity through determining that witches have no soul therefore can not be killed in the same sense a man, woman or child can be killed. Just as farmers do not name their pigs before sending them to the slaughter house, the flock of peasantry will feel no guilt in killing a soulless person and are in fact doing Gods work.

I think it is important now to mention the witch stereotype. Today a witch is, at least in popular culture, perceived as a woman, usually riding a broom with a black cat at her side. Even in light of the Harry Potter books where witches are depicted as everyday woman, a witch is still taken by the often ugly, hunched over with a long pointed nose stereotype. However, this was not always the case, “Witches” was a genderless phrase, a man could also be considered a witch, in fact, it is often misconceived that in the witch trials, or the witch hunts prior to the early modern period, all were woman. This is not the case, witches were both male and female, however, the statistic and imbalance of accusation swung massively towards female perpetrators. In fact it is often recognised in statistics that 80% of those accused were woman. While reading the Malleus Maleficarum, it is clear that although male witches are mentioned, the language used is directed towards woman. For example, when promoting a point of interest or a statement that is genderless, Kremer uses female pronouns instead of genderless phrases. As seen here: “How must she be questioned on the first day; and whether she should be promised her life” or “The method of her taking”. This I must relay is not talking about a specific case, rather a general observation. So although there is no direct correlation between witches and females, at least so far in my reading, it is clear that the intent to stereotype witches into a gender was set by Kremer. Was he relaying his own personal frustration onto paper? Was Kremer the first incel? Food for thought.

Although I would very much enjoy to be able to review each sentence within this book, I have, unfortunately had to conclude this “first part” with a final note. Perhaps one that highlights the patriarchal position this book takes. When exploring the text, I found a very interesting section that discusses divorce. It is stated by Kremer that “the contract of marriage is rendered void” if there is suspicion of witchcraft, and to be a witch is to be a heretic and to be a heretic is to be punishable by death, as previously mentioned. I’m sure you can see where I am going with this. So you get married, you are a man of relative wealth and need a son to pass on your land and titles. You or your wife are unable to birth a child, so you accuse her of witchcraft and get a new one. Because on of the key elements of witchcraft is… interfering with pregnancy. Or you could just blame it on someone you don’t like in town and have them killed off and take their lands.

“The Second Part” – Who is the Witchy? and what does she do?

This “part” of the book opens with a laughable debut. Kremer asks his audience to not question any of the following statements as the incidents that will be discussed within this part have been witnessed by credible sources. I mean, by that logic I suppose we best believe every politician, rabbi, teacher, boss, bank and judge due to their “credibility”. Kremer really is asking for his readers to ignore all signs of reason, grasping at straws and clutching at mistrust.

If you thought that was cheeky of Kremer, check out this audacity. Kremer goes on to state who can be bewitched. Can men protected by angels be bewitched? Can the most Holy of individuals be protected from these heinous witch crimes against them? (Also notice the gender wording of these questions). Well low and behold, guess who the first people unaffected by witchcraft are? Those that administer justice against witches. I mean, that’s pretty lucky for Kremer and his crew. He, and any of his weird sadistic pals are all exempt from persecution due to witches being unable to bewitch them. Incredible. Additionally, those that protect themselves from witchcraft with Holy water and candles are also exempt. I’m guessing Kremer had stocks in the local candle making shop. Also anyone blessed by angels. I’m gonna guess he claims this very loud and clear at each lecture he makes. Lucky guy Kremer, happened to be all of these at once.

We start to see Kremer’s obsession with sex and virginity in this section. He claims that the devil, prays on those most pure. Which in his opinion, is a virgin girl. Why are they most pure? He doesn’t say, but lets not question it because questioning him, is questioning the faith and questioning the faith is to be damned to hell. Kremer loves to persecute a virgin, I also expect he loved interrogating them with no witnesses, and once completing his ‘interrogation’, he more than likely shouted about how the devil had poisoned her mind into madness. So when she spoke, her words were all but a ploy to ruin his reputation… Obviously there isn’t any historical evidence towards this claim, but I put my bottom dollar on Kremer and Jimmy Savile having a close friendship if they ever were to meet.

It is clear now, that the testimonies used within this book are all claims of those who wish to pass blame or are suffering form illnesses beyond the technology of the time period. When disease struck a small town in Brixen, Kremer and his fellow Catholic loonies decided that this was the work of the devil and that there is a woman to be blamed for this sorcery. Some of you may be sat thinking, well you can’t blame them for not having the technology. Turns out, you can. You see, through history technological advances have moved like the tides of the sea. There are high points in understanding and low points. I mean look at the Roman Empire, their technological advancements in medicine were astounding, although there was no doubt a lot of guess work, they understood that rest and food were essential to healing, that disease was spread by grain or from person to person, that clean water was key to a healthy population. Then, after the collapse of the empire, Europe was thrown into an age of dysentery and disease and little understanding of its nature. The Catholic Church however, purposely stopped these advancements, labelling all those that tried to push the boundaries of technology and advancement a heretic and heathen. In doing so promoting folly ideologies such as witch-hunts.

Kremer lays out a very compelling description on what ‘types’ of witches there are, and much like a YouTube top tier list there are three kinds of witches in his discovery. So here are the top three types of witches to look out for, please remember to like and subscribe for more wild witch news. Lets here from Kremer on what these types may be “those who injure but can not cure. Those who cure but, through some strange pact with the devil can not injure” bet you can guess the third type, yep “Those that both cure and injure”. Weird little fact about the third type for you, they eat there own young. He provides no explanation why, but at this point I guess we are just here for the ride. Funnily enough, though, they can’t eat children that have been baptised, so be sure to bring your new born down to the local church and have them baptised. Don’t forget to give a couple of quid to the priest, Holy water isn’t cheap. We also find our first, well not first, but the first I’ve mentioned thus far, contradiction. Apparently these baby eating witches can corrupt judges and Magistrates… I guess that means that we have to rely on Kremer’s expertise rather than rational legal representatives. Lucky for us, he’s not a raving lunatic…

This section is filled with incredible nonsense. I really wish I could go on… and on…. and on with this but I must at some point come to a close. So I will add two more on this section before moving onto the last. Kremer recounts many witchy scenarios within this part of the book. Each are as comical as the next, not comical due to the nature of the torture these poor folk must have gone through, but comical due to the absolute stupidity of the inquisitors and himself. He mentions that most of the evidence provided in this section is given from those bewitched, that they willingly gave secrets to the inquisitors after their arrest. Well, one MAN. Yes, our first male witch, pleads that he will give away the secrets of his witchcraft, if he is able to repent and go on living. No doubt this agreement was made as he was having screws pressed into his feet and hot irons placed on his skin. Torture is a great motivator for answers… false answers but answers no doubt. I can just imagine the inquisitors boiling this mans feet in a hot bucket while asking

“Tell us, how has one denounced Christ our lord and summoned the Devil?”

“Uhhh, by standing on one foot and spitting in the direction of the setting sun?”

“Remarkable, write this down Kremer, this is the evidence we have been looking for. One more question and your sins are acquitted. Who is the biggest witch in your village”

“Ughh, my wife, she won’t give me a son. So that’s some proof if you need it”

“We don’t need proof, but that is substantial evidence. Your sins are washed but just to be sure we will burn you alive”

“Can’t argue with that”

“Na you can’t and if you did, it’ll only make you more of a witch anyway cuz that would be Heresy. Off ya pop.”

I will in a future post put more enthesis on some of the insane abilities of the “modern witch”. We are O so lucky to have Kremer’s desire for detail as each ‘ability’ is followed up by iron clad evidence. For example, let us look at vanishing penises. I’ll shorten the story for you and translate it into modern English with some additional humour to settle the nerves.

So this bloke was having a sexual relationship with a woman in his town, and after attempting to leave the sexual relationship he found himself in. His penis vanished. He was like a Ken doll, smooth. So he did what any man would do in this dire situation, he went to the pub and got drunk on wine. There at the pub, he did what no man would do, and told everyone about his situation. Pulling his trousers down and revealing his smooth…. pad? I expect he was doing a classic penis tuck between the legs prank that got out of hand. Anyway, one woman took pity on his situation and told him to find the witch that had cursed him and commit violence upon her. So, the rational man that he was, he took a towel, walked to this woman’s house and throttled her to near death after she pleaded innocence. Naturally this is what all witches would say so he proceeded with this act and near killed her. Once near her last breath she stated “You shall have what you desire” touched his crouch and low and behold his penis was back.

Having read this story twice, once in a state of shock and the second in hysterical laughter, I have learnt that each story told within this section is composed of three similar elements. The first is that a woman is 80% of the time the accused witch. Secondly, the magical abilities they possess are usually preformed in a sexual manor or have sexual connotations to their alleged victims and finally, the best way to deal witchcraft and these evil woman is to physically harm them through violence of a horrific nature. Okay, let move on before I get into the whole, stealing seaman from virtuous men while they are awake and injecting it into a witch to make a daemon baby.

“The Third Part” – Witch law for Dummies.

Here we discuss the final “part” of this book. We have found our witch.. Debra Jones a local housekeeper at the Inn of the Black cat. She is 44 years old, her husband died of some “disease”, little suspicious already if you ask me, lives alone and talks to herself. I mean… This is already all the evidence we need, but lets go a little deeper, being the wise, just and intellectual men that we are. So turns out Debra went to the pub the other night and while there a man claimed to have misplaced his member. So what evidence do we have. Debra’s husband is dead, so naturally that is suspicious in it self, she has no children. Perhaps she ate them? I mean why else would she not have children? She was at the pub on the same night as this gentleman. To be honest that’s case closed right there. But to put some icing on the cake, turns out someone saw her having a manic episode the other day while looking at flashing lights. Lucky we know the exact cause of this illness. It is one caused by the devil entering the body. Moving on…

The first course of action is to take Debra to court and prove to the judge that she is worthy of questioning. Obviously we already have all the evidence we need to lets skip the rest of this part and move to the second part of the proceedings.

Oh, we have a problem, Debra has denied the accusations. This means we have to ask the witnesses and towns folk about her character. Lucky for us, no one really likes Debra and she is considered weird. So, obviously that means that she’s lying and she is a witch. Moving on…

The judge has let us put her into a cell, now we must search her home to see if we find anything suspicious… No dead babies, but there is some midwifery stuff in one of the chests in her attic, weird for someone who has no babies. This is very good evidence.

Okay, so we got Debra her imprisoned, she has been outcasted by the town and labelled a heretic and a potential witch. What should we do now. According to this book, we are to torture her and find out more information.

Okay, we have been torturing Debra now for near on three days. Pulled out her finger nails, muzzled her and poked her with a hot iron. She still hasn’t confessed, guess that means she’s innocent right? Wrong, it just means we haven’t tortured her enough… Another three days will do the trick.

Debra has finally revealed the truth and confessed that she killed her husband, ate her babies and stole that mans penis at the pub. What is to be done with Debra now? According to this book, Debra is fair game to be burnt alive. One less heretic. Good job.

Although this is a sped up, comical version of the real deal. This is near enough a accurate representation of how these proceedings go.

Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

I think by look at our past we are able to learn from it. The lessons from this book are relevant now more than ever. To comprehend the burning of innocent people today is almost impossible, yet the mass hysteria caused by this book is not. Although our understanding of science has expanded, and our moral judgement is dictated by law, rather than religious scripture. We are in many still ways a flock of sheep tended by our overlords. Rather than witchcraft being our subject matter, we have moved onto politics, gender identity and the case of freedom. Rather than there being one overarching monopoly on subject matters like Kremer and witchcraft, we have two overlords. The left and the right. Choose a side and stick to it. If you don’t you’ll be persecuted by your friends and family, and it best be the same opinion as them or else you are out of the club.

Social matters of sexuality, religion, gender, immigration, war, abortion and vaccines are the new witch hunt. Mass hysteria has spread across the western world like a plague. While one side shouts about freedom, the governments involvement in conspiracy theories and the immigration problems, the other yells about gender equality, limitation on speech and global warming. Neither side can understand, nor even hear the other and we are left in a shouting match, where no one wins, only those that keep us shouting, like Kremer come out on top. They are our true enemy, those that light the stakes, sit and watch us tear our communities, families and friendships apart, no doubt make profit from it along the way.

More worryingly, this new enemy have a incredible tool at their disposal. Where Kremer has the printing press, our new overlords have social media. With the click of a button, 5 billion people, from New York to New Zealand are drawn to the newest passage of Malleus Maleficarum. Driving a wedge into the ever growing canyon that separates us.

Another aspect of the Malleus Maleficarum that seems to have resurfaced itself in recent years is the male obsession with the female sexual experience. While Kremer was obsessed with virginity, devil and witch sexual encounters and the strange sex related magical abilities of witch-craft, today our social media feeds are littered with podcasts of “Alpha” men harassing woman for conducting their sex lives as they see fit. The roots of extremist INCELs and the Manosphere members is founded within the shaming and harassment of woman through the males apparent ‘higher moral’ standards. Remind you of anyone? In light of research for my recent INCEL and Manosphere blog I watched a clip from a YouTube/Podcast called the Whatever Podcast. Here a man interviewed a husband, and his wife in front of his daughter and exposed her “body count” (number of sexual partners) in front of them, recording their reactions. To which the parents were astounded and embarrassed by her “body count”. I wonder who else would love to do this? Kremer, Andrew Tate and other insecure men who deem to know what is best for woman in their search for control over them.

Like sheep to their masters, these podcasts comment sections are filled with misogynistic, sexually frustrated, insecure men who think that a woman’s sexual partners are a glimpse into her rotting heart and soul. We sit and mock those that believed in such witchery as the Malleus Maleficarum, laughing at the strange and somewhat comical ideas of magic and the sphere of devil worship. Yet, there was something in their action that they deemed pure. They were doing the work of God, at least some were. While Kremer was a unhinged leader of sheep, the sheep only wished to sort out evil and vanquish it from the lands they held so close to their hearts. Today, in this era of modern technology, democracy and freedom, the gutters of our society is riddled with this new witch hunt. One that uses shame and mass viewership as a a punishment for female sexual expression. To humiliate woman for acting on sexual impulses. The words of Malleus Maleficarum may be dated, but the witch hunt continues into this modern era with new tactics and new meaning. Led by insecure men that deem their opinion to be to gospel truth.