"How many bodies have we to pass through ... before we hasten to the One alone?"
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(Ayrıca boynuzlu, kuyruklu, kırmızı ‘Şeytan’ imajı pagan toprakları işgale başlayan Hristiyanlardan gelir. Paganlığı ve cadılığı Hristiyanlığa bir tehdit olarak görmüş, bu yüzden inançlı ve büyüyü pratik eden halkın yardım aldığı, onları koruyan ‘entity’leri şeytanlaştırmaya, kalifiyesizleştirmeye çalışmışlardır. Hristiyanlığa ters giden her şey onlar için kötüdür ve yok edilmelidir.)
Magic was now considered more of a threat to the Church because it appeared to have much in common with heresy. Both were described as the work of the Devil and involved ignorance and excessive pride (for ignoring the Church) as well as trickery and deceit. Heretics began to fall under suspicion for sorcery and witches for heresy.
The nude female body was a sign to medieval eyes of women's lasciviousness and of how susceptible they were to demonic temptation…
…These first victims of the drive against witchcraft were all accused of using their magical powers to manipulate men. Their convictions were part of an increasingly misogynistic view of women as either chaste and saintly paragons in courtly romances or evil seductresses using sex to cheat and exploit men. Depictions of naked women were often linked to demonic
power.
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