Quotes About Burning Times

In December 2013, The Times of India reported that, despite laws introduced to combat the phenomenon, witch hunts continue unabated, especially in rural areas. Their study indicates that many of these cases are rooted in property disputes, just as so many witch hunts were centuries ago during Europe's Burning Times.

Starhawk develops this idea further in her beautiful essay "The Burning Times" in which she argues that "the persecution of Witches undermined the unity of the peasant community.