there is perhaps no more endearing image of the witch than her a stride a broom set against a harvest moon on a midnight journey to join her coven deep within a forest or high atop a mountain from medieval woodcuts to samantha of bewitched fame to robert egger's masterful depiction of NUMBER_TOKENth century new england this image of the witch has endured for centuries though the origins of flight via the broom and the nightly gathering of witches is a surprisingly complex story in fact it took centuries for this image to coalesce from significantly disparate tracks into a unified composite myth now referred to by scholars as the elaborated theory of witchcraft from pre-christian folklore and medicinal practices to the rise of the inquisition and early modern witch-hunts let's explore the origins of this notion of flight upon a broom and the nightly gathering of the sabbat of the witches if you're interested in magic hermetic philosophy or the history of the occult make sure to subscribe and check out my numerous other content on topics and esotericism also if you want to support my work of providing accessible scholarly and free content on topics in esotericism here on youtube for free make sure to check out my patreon or perhaps consider supporting the work via a one-time donation you can find those links below and i really do appreciate your consideration of supporting the project of this channel but now let's turn to the witches flight to the sabbath i'm dr justin sledge and welcome to esoterica where we explore the arcane in history philosophy and religion
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