The Door to Witchcraft: A New Witch's Guide to History, Traditions, and Modern-Day Spells

by Tonya A. Brown

197 CE The divide between men and women is created. Tertullian, a Christian philosopher, states in De Cultu Feminarum that women are inherently lesser than men and that they are the devil’s gateway to our world. 900 CE Women are considered consorts of the devil. A document (canon Episcopi) is recorded by Regino of Prüm, a German monk, stating that women can be perverted by the devil and ride into the night with the goddess Diana. 1022 CE The first woman is formally executed for heresy; the witch stereotype is set. The king of France, King Robert, approves the trial of over a dozen individuals for practicing religious heresy, including one woman. During this trial, she is accused of orgies, worshipping demonic entities, and

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