Encyclopedia // OCCULT
Salem Witch Trials
Salem Village, 1692–93: afflicted girls, spectral evidence, twenty executions, and a masterclass in how fear, religion, and neighborly grudges can cosplay as the occult. It is not a haunting attraction origin story—it is a legal and social catastrophe that still shapes how America talks about witches.
High Strangeness’ Occult category and Literature Vault exist partly for this lineage: primary-ish public-domain texts (think witchcraft treatises and later esoteric works) sit beside modern report tools so history and experience can talk without getting confused for each other.
Visit Salem’s museums thoughtfully; log personal synchronicities or occult-practice notes in-app if that is your beat; read /occult-literature when you want the old books without the gift-shop filter.
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