@RusA #9858820 Pacts with Satan were a very common thing in the witchcraft trials, at least to hear the prosecutors tell it. It was rare to produce an actual document like Grandier's, which is probably why this one is so often reproduced. More usually, the deal was what today we would call an oral contract: the sorcerer tells Satan he/she wishes to exchange his soul for wealth and power, and Satan agrees. Typically, Satan would seal the deal by touching the person and leaving a "devil's mark" - a mole, callus, birthmark, or other blemish supposedly distinct in appearance from a natural one. Close examination of the accused body, and pricking any suspicious mark (doing this to a witch's mark would produce no pain, so they said) was a standard part of these trials.
These days, ambitious and immoral people don't make a pact with Satan in exchange for wealth and power. Instead they sell their soul to a corporation and sign a contract of employment.
Speaking of leaders with supernatural powers: one of the wackier anti-Obama claims was that he was an evil magician who used African Muslim Satanist voodoo powers to get his way. Oh, and Hillary Clinton is a practicing witch who as First Lady engaged in necromancy, like getting advice by raising up Eleanor Roosevelt. Oh, and she eats babies.
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@RusA #9858820 Pacts with Satan were a very common thing in the witchcraft trials, at least to hear the prosecutors tell it.
These days, ambitious and immoral people don't make a pact with Satan in exchange for wealth and power. Instead they sell their soul to a corporation and sign a contract of employment.
Speaking of leaders with supernatural powers: one of the wackier anti-Obama claims was that he was an evil magician who used African Muslim Satanist voodoo powers to get his way. Oh, and Hillary Clinton is a practicing witch who as First Lady engaged in necromancy, like getting advice by raising up Eleanor Roosevelt. Oh, and she eats babies.