This was their job, and they made money from it. It is only one of many sexual fantasies created by these men who were paid to bring people in for prosecution. It is my firm belief that the sexual imagery of the witch “riding” her broom is the result of the sexually repressed minds of the witch hunters themselves. We must believe a host of other outrageous stories that were created to instil fear and hatred, dividing a populace and creating a space where the old, the weak, the poor and the independent thinkers were targeted against the power of the Church and patriarchy. We must believe that these people suckled their familiars (animal helpers) with their own blood. We must believe that these people had sexual congress with goats, or the Devil himself. If we are to believe that what was said under torture is factually correct, then we must also believe what else was said alongside this confession. In England, torture was illegal, however, they still kept their victims awake and used sleep deprivation to get what they wanted, as well as having the person kept in one position for hours at a time without being able to move.
Europe and Scotland had absolutely awful methods of torturing so-called witches to extract information from them, usually with questions led by the examiner to produce a consistent result among the captives.
What is often forgotten or purposefully left out is the fact that these so-called confessions were extracted under torture. This theory comes from a few confessions extracted during the dreadful times of the witch hunts across Europe. I can tell you, there are a lot easier ways to get high. Often these folks state that the witch used a hallucinogenic ointment which was rubbed onto the broom, and then inserted in a sexual manner which made her think she was “flying”. Over the years I’ve heard quite a few people equate the riding of the broom by a witch to a sexual experience.
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