The Witching Square WS 02 is a concept related to witchcraft and divination. It involves using a specific square pattern, often referred to as a "witching square," to harness and channel supernatural energies. This particular square, also known as a magic square, is believed to possess certain mystical properties that can be used for various purposes such as spellcasting, divination, and ritualistic practices. The origins of the witching square can be traced back to ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia and China, where people believed in the power of numbers and their connection to the spiritual realm. The square is usually divided into smaller cells or boxes, each containing a number or symbol. When these numbers are added together in any row, column, or diagonal, the result is always the same, creating a sense of magical balance and harmony.

APUSH Chapter 4 Flashcards

Which of these is NOT a true statement about life expectancy for the earliest Chesapeake settlers?

It was ten years shorter for these Chesapeake colonists than it had been in England.

Many of the early male settlers died soon after arriving in the Chesapeake.

Half of those born in early Virginia and Maryland did not live past age twenty.

The population grew rapidly due to new male immigrants.

Half of the male settlers made it to age 50; half the female settlers to age 40.

During the seventeenth century, indentured servitude solved the labor problem in many English colonies for all of the following reasons except that

the Indian population proved to be an unreliable work force because they died quickly after contact with whites.

African slaves cost too much money.

in some areas families formed too slowly.

Spain had stopped sending slaves to its New World colonies.

families procreated too slowly.

The headright system, which made some people very wealthy, consisted of

using Indians as forced labor.

giving land to indentured servants to get them to come to the New World.

giving the right to acquire fifty acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America.

discouraging the importation of indentured servants to America.

giving a father's wealth to the oldest son.

By 1700, the most populous colony in English America was

Seventeenth-century colonial tobacco growers usually responded to depressed prices for their crop by

selling slaves to reduce productive labor.

selling land to reduce their volume of production.

growing more tobacco to increase their volume of production.

planting corn and wheat instead of tobacco.

releasing unneeded indentured servants early.

____ reaped the greatest benefit from the land policies of the headright system.

New England colonists

English yeomen who agreed to exchange their labor temporarily in return for payment of their passage to an American colony were called

birds of passage.

For their labor in the colonies, indentured servants received all of the following except

passage to America.

a suit of clothes.

a few barrels of corn.

at times, a small parcel of land.

Throughout the greater part of the seventeenth century, the Chesapeake colonies acquired most of the labor they needed from

West Indian natives.

prisoners of war.

Indentured servants in the seventeenth century Chesapeake represented

one tenth of the population.

one-fourth of the population.

half of the population.

three-quarters of the population.

85% of the population.

Over the course of the seventeenth century, most indentured servants

devolved into slavery.

managed to escape the terms of their contracts.

faced increasingly harsh circumstances.

saw their wages increase.

By the end of the seventeenth century, indentured servants who gained their freedom

often gained great wealth as more land opened for settlement.

rarely returned to work for their masters.

almost always found high-paying jobs in the cities.

had little choice but to hire themselves out for low wages to their former masters.

often returned to England penniless and broke.

Bacon's Rebellion was supported mainly by

young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land and find women to marry.

the planter class of Virginia.

those protesting the increased importation of African slaves.

people from Jamestown only.

the local Indians.

The immediate reason for Bacon's Rebellion was

the Virginia governor's refusal to retaliate against Indian attacks on frontier settlements.

the wealthy planter class losing control of the colony.

a shortage of indentured servants.

to halt the importation of African slaves.

As a result of Bacon's Rebellion

African slavery was reduced.

planters began to look for less troublesome laborers.

Governor Berkeley was dismissed from office.

Nathaniel Bacon was named to head the Virginia militia.

better relations developed with local Indians.

The majority of African slaves coming to the New World

went to English North America.

were delivered to South America and the West Indies.

came to New England.

were brought by the Dutch.

died before reaching their destination.

All of the following are reasons for increased reliance on slave labor, after 1680, in colonial America except

higher wages in England reduced the number of emigrating servants.

planters feared the growing number of landless freemen in the colonies.

the British Royal African company lost its monopoly on the slave trade in colonial America.

Americans rushed to cash in on the slave trade.

the development of wheat as a staple crop in the British colonies.

Many of the slaves who reached North America

came from eastern Africa.

were originally captured by African coastal tribes.

were captured in southern Africa.

eventually gained their freedom.

settled in the middle colonies.

For those Africans who were sold into slavery, the middle passage can be best described as

the trip from the interior of Africa to the coast.

the easiest part of their journey to America.

the journey from American parts to their new homes.

the gruesome ocean voyage to America.

The 1662 slave codes in Virginia are significant because they

restricted the number of slaves that could be imported into the colony.

established a legal difference between servants and slaves based on race.

established curfews and prohibited slaves from moving freely about the colony.

outlined the conditions under which slaves could obtain their freedom.

made slaves and indentured servants of equal status under the law.

Identify the statement that is false.

Most of the early African immigrants gained their freedom.

The legal difference between a slave and a servant was unclear early on in colonial history.

Slavery in American began for economic reasons.

Slavery was harshest in the deep South.

Some slaves became slave owners once they were freed.

The physical and social conditions of slavery were harshest in

All of the following are true conditions of the Chesapeake, as compared to the Deep South, except

tobacco was less physically demanding than rice.

tobacco plantations were larger and closer to one another, allowing for more contact with friends and relatives.

the proportion of female slaves in the Chesapeake had begun to rise by 1720.

it was one of the few slave societies in history to perpetuate itself by its own natural reproduction.

even though the slave population began to rise, family life was still impossible.

African American contributions to American culture include all of the following except

a variety of words.

While slavery might have begun in America for economic reasons,

it soon became clear by 1700 that profits were down.

race was rarely an issue in relations between blacks and whites.

racial discrimination also powerfully molded the American slave system.

profit soon played a less central role.

Europe profited most from the institution.

Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials

Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. In a plain meetinghouse a woman stands before her judges. The accusers, girls and young women, are fervent and overexcited. The accused is a poor, unpopular woman who had her first child before she was married. As the trial proceeds the girls begin to wail, tear their clothing, and scream that the woman is hurting them. Some of them expose wounds to the horrified onlookers, holding out the pins that have stabbed them -- pins that appeared as if by magic. Are they acting or are they really tormented by an unseen evil? Whatever the cause, the nightmare has begun: The witch trials will eventually claim twenty-five lives, shatter the community, and forever shape the American social conscience.

Genres HistoryNonfictionWitchesHistoricalReligionAmerican HistoryWitchcraft

288 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2003

About the author

Aronson has won many awards for his books for young readers and has a doctorate in American history. His lectures cover educational topics such as mysteries and controversies in American history, teenagers and their reading, the literary passions of boys, and always leave audiences asking for more.

When these numbers are added together in any row, column, or diagonal, the result is always the same, creating a sense of magical balance and harmony. In the context of witchcraft, the witching square is often used as a tool for casting spells or performing rituals. It is believed that the arrangement of numbers or symbols within the square can influence the energies or forces at play, helping the witch to achieve the desired outcome.

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Writers about the Salem witch trials are like economists in that if you put five of them together in a room they will come up with at least six explanations as to what happened. Marc Aronson did a fairly creditable job of presenting the known facts and explaining several of the varying viewpoints and doing it in a manner that young adult audiences can easily grasp.

I particularly like the way he presented my 8x great grandmother Rebecca (Towne) Nurse and her sister Mary (Towne) Easty. These two women, when placed in the unenviable position of having to confess to witchcraft to save their lives, could not bring themselves to lie and went to their deaths as the fine Christian women that they were. Knowing that it was too late to save herself, Mary used her trial to appeal to the better nature of her neighbors.

'I petition to your honors not for my own life for I know I must die and my appointed time is set but. if it be possible no more innocent blood be shed'

She was hanged on September 22, 1692. Two weeks later Harvard President Increase Mather disallowed spectral evidence, effectively ending the executions.

I highly recommend this book if you are curious about the known facts of the Salem Witch Trials between February 1692 and May 1693 in colonial Massachusetts. Nineteen were hung, one was pressed to death and another fifty confessed to being witches and so were not executed.

It is a YA book, but it is clear, informative and not childish. It is directed toward teenagers and tries to explain to them how and why this could have happened. I too was dumbfounded. It seems almost incomprehensible that the young accusers behaved as they did. In addition, there is a lot of information out there that is totally false. The author points out the falsehoods. In America, witches were not burned! The book has footnotes, a “Time-line of Milestones in Puritan History”, an index, bibliography and photographs. Don’t expect to see the house where the first trials were held; it doesn’t exist anymore, but there is a photo of the place!

Before reading I had a general idea: mass hysteria, personal gain, revenge and Puritanical beliefs. It can be hard to comprehend how the Puritans thought. The author draws parallels to modern times so we can better understand. We too might behave as those girls did; I am referring to the accusers. Why would the witches, the accused, confess to that which they hadn’t done? We do not have definitive answers, but I agree with the author’s conclusions. He even depicts controversial points of view, both contemporary and historical ones. All of this is convincingly explained. The author looks at the accusers, the accused, the judges and townspeople; all are studied in detail.

Although for the most part the writing is clear and to the point, sometimes it is diffuse and peculiarly “philosophical” in tone. At the end the starts analyzing literature, fiction versus non-fiction which is rather off topic! He points out the errors in Arthur Miller’s classic play The Crucible,also about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, but then gets all philosophical about its merits. OK, this is in an appendix!

Witch Hunt is one of the most informative, engrossing books I have ever read. Nonfiction is one of my least favorite genres, but this book really changed that. It poses interesting theories and has my mind going in a constant loop. Were the witches really witches? Although the book doesn’t answer this question, the reader leaves with a lingering sense of true human behavior. We mix our lies with truths.
This is meant to be a young adult book, but it doesn’t stretch the truth to make things seem less frightening then they were. It is clear and informative, following the trail of trials throughout Salem’s rise and fall. A perfect ending ties everything together perfectly, just like a nonfiction book should. I highly recommend this book for really anyone over 10 years old.

4.5 (want to give 5, but just not quite there). The most clear and readable books I've read on this topic. And I've read a lot. This time in US history fascinates me-- since my ancestors are some of these famous "witches." If looking for detailed nonfiction this book doesn't succeed, but that was one thing I preferred-- many other books of this topic get bogged down in the details. Remember this book is more YA than most, so facts are factual but simplified. Especially enjoyed the discussion on Mary Easty (one of the last hanged) since less is usually written on her. Would like more on the prisoners that got released, however. Mostly liked the clear, concise end of the book though and its discussion of the "trials" conclusion. Many other books just list numerous peoples' names/stories, unclearly or jumbled together for pages. Others don't really finish it at all.

a super informative book that i absolutely adored!! i’m not usually an avid reader of nonfiction, but this hit the spot. and honestly the best part was the epilogue where the author insults and laughs at every other historian’s theories

Witch Hunt by Marc Aronson was a fantastic work of nonfiction. I had trepidations when I first began the book because I was afraid that it would read too much like a text book. But I found myself wanting to know what happened next so much that I hardly had the patience for turning the page! Although at times it may seem a little dry, the book reads like a novel rather than an academic piece.

Having read about the Salem Witch Trials prior to this work, I felt that Aronson gave a whole picture of what is known of the events. His audience is primarily young adults, but this text would be just as informative as a work written on the same subject for adult. Yet, he manages to make it an entertaining read as well.

I think this would not only be a useful tool for the classroom but perhaps a necessary tool to accompany Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Though the Crucible is a great representation of McCarthyism, it is a horrible representation of what happened during the Salem Witch Trials. So what is the purpose then of writing historically inaccurate fiction? With Hunt can reconcile this issues with students. Aronson includes a great piece in the appendix of Witch Hunt devoted to explaining the value of The Crucible, Miller's artistic license, and the value the play does have in understanding the witch trials. It is a very useful tool in giving students a full picture not only of Miller's work, but of the Salem Witch Trials as a whole.

The book Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials. The protagonist in this book is the witches. The witches are seen as evil, manipulative, and cruel.The witches were accused of witchcraft or performing rituals, or things of the sort. The witches were then put on trials, and judged whether guilty or not guilty. Those accused were often women, but occasionally were men. Those who accused the “witch” would attend the trial, and scream in pain, or in fear, often claiming they were seeing the devil, or were being tormented by the “witch”. They would harm themselves to draw blood, and claim things like that the witch was using black magic, or dolls, to stab them with needles. They would all insist these things were happening, though no one knows quite sure why. The witches are often found guilty and are executed. They may be burned, drowned, beheaded, etc. The obstacles the protagonist faces are similar to ones people today face. Many people are often ostracized, bullied, tormented, etc. Although they aren’t put on trial and killed, they live similar lifestyles in some ways. For example, if a rumor were spread about someone being a witch, those rumors would spread like wildfire, and the one having the rumors would be treated poorly. These things still happen today, where is someone spreads a rumor about a student at school, people are quick to judge and ignore, often treating the other person unfairly.
I rated the book Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials by Marc Aronson a 4 out of 5 stars. The reason for this rating is because some of the stories in this book are sort of boring, or seem to be like other ones. There is also not a whole lot of evidence towards what the author is assuming, but it’s still definitely a good book. I think that this book is totally worth-while, and that it can teach some really good things to the reader. There were a lot of quotes I liked in the book, but my favorite one says, “Take the story of Sleeping Beauty. Once upon a time, the story begins, there was a royal couple unable to have children. When they finally do have a child, and hold a grand celebration, they slight one old women, while giving gifts to all the others. The old woman’s fury, her anger at not getting her due, make her decide to kill-or permanently put to sleep-the beautiful baby. Anyone who reads the fairy tale today is sure to care about the child. We want the old woman to be prevented from doing her evil deeds, maybe even killed. We are reacting in exactly the same way as did the villager who, for hundreds of years, condemned the witches. After all, the story leaves out two big questions: Why did the king and queen slight the old woman, and how were they able finally to have a child? One way to answer these questions is to see the old woman as a midwife, a wisewoman, the one who made sleeping Beauty’s birth possible.” This is just one example of the many things that the author mentions, which really holds a lot of depth and meaning. The more I think about this quote, the more things I think it is saying, or can mean. I think that this quote is saying that we cannot truly and surely judge anyone. We often hear of stories of people doing, or wanting to do horrible things, much like the old woman in the fairy tale, and we assume the worst of them, and want them punished, and maybe even killed. We can never really ever know the true story, or what was going on. Even if we are involved in what is happening, we can never know the sincerity, thoughts, and intentions of the other person. Unless we are an omniscient narrator, we can never know what the purpose of the actions of the other person were. This quote may also be trying to say that we need to see the bigger picture, and maybe be a little more sceptical. As you can see, this book has great lessons, and has a lot of thought and depth in the writing, and can often have good discussions inside of it.

I enjoyed the book and the research the author put into it to show the accuracy of the witch trials. I think the Salem Witch Trials will always be a subject people will talk about just due to the fact of how many Innocent people were executed.

For example, a witch may use the square to attract love, prosperity, or protection by focusing on specific numbers or symbols associated with these intentions. Furthermore, the witching square is also utilized in divination practices, particularly in the realm of numerology and fortune-telling. By interpreting the patterns and meanings of the numbers or symbols within the square, a practitioner can gain insights into someone's character, personality traits, or future events. This can be done by looking at the relationships between the numbers, their positions in the square, and other factors such as astrology or tarot. It is important to note that the witching square is not exclusive to witchcraft or divination. It is a concept that has been used by various cultures throughout history, each with their own interpretations and applications. Some cultures see the square as a sacred symbol of balance and harmony, while others view it as a potent tool for accessing hidden knowledge or spiritual realms. In conclusion, the Witching Square WS 02 is a powerful concept in witchcraft and divination, involving the use of a square pattern with numbers or symbols to harness supernatural energies. It can be utilized for casting spells, performing rituals, or gaining insights through divination practices. The magic square represents a balance of forces and provides a framework for working with ancient spiritual principles..

Reviews for "The Witching Circle: Harnessing the Powers of Witching Square WS 02"

1. John - 2 stars - I was really disappointed with Witching Square WS 02. The story felt disjointed and the characters seemed one-dimensional. The pacing was also off, with certain scenes dragging on while others were rushed through. I also found the writing style to be lacking; it lacked depth and failed to engage my interest. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this book to others.

2. Sarah - 1 star - I couldn't finish Witching Square WS 02. The plot was confusing and hard to follow, and I couldn't connect with any of the characters. The dialogue felt forced and unnatural, making it difficult to become fully immersed in the story. The book fell flat for me, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone looking for a captivating read.

3. Mike - 2 stars - Witching Square WS 02 felt like a missed opportunity. The premise had potential, but the execution fell flat. The world-building was lacking and left me with more questions than answers. The pacing was inconsistent, and the plot twists felt forced and contrived. Overall, I found the book to be underwhelming and wouldn't recommend it to fans of the genre.

4. Emily - 2 stars - I found Witching Square WS 02 to be a disappointing read. The characters were poorly developed, and their actions and motivations often made little sense. The writing style was also a letdown, with awkward phrasing and repetitive descriptions. The story lacked depth and failed to hold my interest throughout. I would advise others to look elsewhere for a more engaging and well-written book.

5. David - 1 star - Witching Square WS 02 was a complete letdown. The plot was predictable and cliché, and the characters were stereotypes that never evolved beyond their initial introductions. The writing was amateurish, with awkward dialogue and unnecessary exposition. I had high hopes for this book, but it failed to deliver on any level. I would not recommend wasting your time on this poorly executed story.

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