The digital world loves trailblazing, but it's only a few in number who really manage to upset the consensus. In this episode we'll look at a book I recently finished, "La Sorcière" (Satanism and witchcraft, a study in medieval superstition) by Jules Michelet, who definitely did his fair share of trailblazing when it concerns reimagining a loathed figure into a character worthy of our interest and empathy. I found it to be an exciting read and that's why I want to share some of the ideas found in this book. A number of questions were triggered as a result of finishing this work. The strict medieval-modern divide that Michelet makes and also acts as moral divide, is something that has been accepted and subsequently criticized by many scholars. But a few things he claimed are more worthy of note, in my opinion, to be studied up closely. I want to look at how early modern times ended up being a bit more of a mess than what Michelet thought the middle ages to have been. And I want to ask why and how that was. I also want to take a closer look at the figures present at the Witches' Sabbath and who they really were. Are we truly dealing here with a similar icon like the inverted cross of the satanists, or is something more arcane going on here? This is the first of many explorations on this particular topic. 

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Intro track: Graal - Kroon VII