Some Questions for Witches
Questions put to alleged witches under torture were so similar that they alone account for the similarity of the “confessions.”
Self-incrimination was unavoidable, and once the trial had begun, there was no escape from torture and eventual death.
Imagine these questions put during the brutally ingenious tortures described above:
How long have you been a witch?
Why did you become a witch?
How did you become a witch, and what happened on the occasion?
What demon did you choose to be your lover?
What was his name?
What was the name of your master among the evil demons?
What was the oath you were forced to render him?
How did you make this oath, and what were its conditions?
Where did you consummate your union with your incubus?
What demons and what other humans participated at the sabbat?
How was the sabbat banquet arranged?
What Devil’s mark did your incubus make on your body?
What injury have you done to such and such a person, and how did you do it?
Who are the children on whom you have cast a spell?
Who are your accomplices in evil?
What is the ointment with which you rub your broomstick made of?
How are you able to fly through the air?
