{"id":5369,"date":"2014-10-08T14:49:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T18:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=5369"},"modified":"2014-09-30T14:49:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T18:49:55","slug":"witches-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/10\/08\/witches-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Witches in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 619px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/mma_witches_sabbath_397440\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ia600507.us.archive.org\/8\/items\/mma_witches_sabbath_397440\/397440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"451\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Witches&#8217; Sabbath\u00a0Claude Gillot (French, Langres 1673\u20131722 Paris) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art &#8211; Gallery Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You know, I was going to gather together a cool little gallery of witches as they&#8217;ve been depicted through history. There is a vast array of artwork out there reflecting human belief through the ages.\u00a0 The artwork is as fascinating to me as the diverse and complex beliefs that spawned it.<\/p>\n<p>I hadn&#8217;t gotten too far into my collecting when I scaled back to this.\u00a0 This isn&#8217;t my favorite piece of art depicting witches or Witches&#8217; Sabbaths.\u00a0 I say that now, and yet the more I look at it, the more it drags me in.\u00a0 It was that little girl in the front (with the withered arms) that got me first.\u00a0 And then as I was scrolling about the enlarged print, those two guys to the far left gave me some heeby jeebies.\u00a0 The detail is amazing; the oddities remind me of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hieronymus_Bosch\">Hieronymus Bosch<\/a>, whose artwork I adore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know, I was going to gather together a cool little gallery of witches as they&#8217;ve been depicted through history. There is a vast array of artwork out there reflecting human belief through the ages.\u00a0 The artwork is as fascinating to me as the diverse and complex beliefs that spawned it. I hadn&#8217;t gotten too&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/10\/08\/witches-in-history\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Witches in 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