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    Jun 10, 2022 2 minutes

    NATURAL CAUSES?

    I enjoyed your excellent Essential Guide to the History of Witchcraft (April 2022), but I was surprised to learn that historians have ‘debunked’ the idea that ergotism played a part in the tragic events in Salem, Massachusetts.

    Outbreaks of ergotism infecting cereal crops have been known for centuries and they have had a devastating

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