An amazing woman, and a sad story we still see repeated today. I'm reminded of the story of a Wiccan in S.C. who had some neighborhood punks shooting into her home's windows from the street. When she called the cops they asked 'You're the witch right? Uh, huh. We'll send someone when we can.", and three hours later they did.
To Isobel. Slàinte,a ghràdhachadh nan sìthichean
Perhaps she knew that we would read her words, all of these centuries later, and see her for the bright, creative human being that she was. I hope she would take some solace knowing that we of the future see her condemnation as unjust, stupid and evil.
Its a nice thought, but I cant make myself believe it. It seems more likely to me that her words were coerced or forced and she was manipulated into confession. I imagine she was saying whatever she thought she needed to in the short term to appease her interrogators with no thought to future readers who had no power to save her. Poor woman.
Is there somewhere I can read the original/translated confessions in full? The piece really sold me on them but didn’t seem to link to anything.
what a great article, and just in time for Haloween. thanks for sharing