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Event: Humans begin the worship of Natures changing seasons; give names to gods: the sun, moon and stars, and those who bring the thunder and rain. They divide the year in half, in the Spring they put their animals out to graze. In the fall the animals are brought back to be cared for during the winter months. Civilization begins First pyramid built Migrating tribes of people began spreading their beliefs in their gods where ever they traveled. Through marriages and wars cultures grew and knowledge, commerce and religions were built upon, assimilated or annihilated. Cuneiform record of 250 herbs and their uses. Stonehenge construction begins Oldest known written record of medicine and trauma surgery (refers to uses of medicinal herbs). Second oldest written record of medicine with 700 cures and medical incantations. It varies from the first papyrus in that it refers to spells, magickal invocations and distasteful potions which were meant to ward off disease-causing demons. The Religion of the Magi begins during this time period. Judaism begins during this time period. The epic of Gilgamesh is recorded. Greeks destroy Troy Upanishads, Brahmanas & Vedas written First known reference to gargoyles. Beginning of the Roman Republic Empire Tentatively attributed to have been written during the Han Dynasty (206-220 BCE) by the Chinese Emperor Shenong. It lists 365 plants and their uses. Historically, the exact year cannot be determined, but these are the best guesses used by scholars. Historically, the exact year cannot be determined but these are the best guesses used by scholars.

4000 BCE+/-

Paleolithic Human

3600 BCE 2780 BCE

Sumeria Egypt

2000 BCE+/-

Nomadic Tribal Human

2000 BCE+/1860 BCE 1600 BCE

Assyrian Clay Tablets England Edwin Smith Papyrus

1550 BCE

Eber Papyrus

1300 BCE 1300 BCE c. 1200 BCE 1193 BCE 1000-500 BCE 600 BCE 509 BCE

Zarathushtra founds Zoroastrianism Moses founds Judaism Gilgamesh Troy Hindu Upanishads, Brahmanas & Vedas Gargoyle Roman Republic

c. 213 BCE

The Divine Farmers Herb-Root Classic

6 BCE - 6 CE 27 - 36

Jesus born Jesus crucified

c. 50

De Materia Medica

Pedanius Dioscorides wrote this extensive 5 volume compendium which detailed and explained over 500 herbs and their medicinal uses. Wealthiest religious organization in Roman Empire is the Christian Church Hindu missionaries spread the Krishna religion throughout India and the Near East First execution for heresy (witchcraft) by the Christian Church. Relative date of the fall of the Roman Empire Christianity is introduced to England. Approximate time period of the editing of the Sefer Yetzirah. The first English king to order command the destruction of Pagan idols. The date of Easter was changed to that of the Romans practice, thus ending the Celtic Christianity in Northumberland. This is most likely the first legislation passed and enforced against Witches. Tenet used in witchcraft trials. However it was so self-contradictory in its wording that it caused more problems than it solved. Problems or not, it was in use for 700 years! Date of the writing of this very strong denunciation of usage or study of magic. A bull issued by the Pope, establishes the Inquisition. This mans reign was filled with terror. He claimed to have uncovered many nests of Devil worshippers. His motto was We would gladly burn a hundred, if just one of them was guilty. This pope considered Conrad of Marburg a Christian champion and promoted his findings in this Papal Bull. A law was introduced to encourage conversion of Witches and heretics, rather than burning. This was the first time the image of a witch riding a broom was published. Ceremonial magician who is believed to have discovered the Philosophers Stone. Renaissance begins in Europe

250-300 300-400 383 476 597 600 640

Christian Church Krishna worship Priscillian of Avila execution Roman Empire falls Christianity introduced to England Sefer Yetzirah King Eorcenberht

663

Council of Whitby changes date of Easter Liber Poenitentialis by Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury

668-690

906

Canon Episcopi

1141 3/25/1199

Hugh of St. Victors Didascalicon Pope Innocent III

1231

Conrad of Marburg, 1st Inquisitor of Germany

1233

Pope Gregory IXs Vox in Rama

6/25/1233 1280 11/15/1280 1300

Germany Witches on brooms Albertus Magnus died Renaissance

9/13/1306 10/13/1307 10/26/1307 3/22/1311

Phillip IV of France Knights Templar slayings Templars Pope Clement

Draws up the order for the arrest of the Templars. The Church organized a mass attack on the Templars around Europe De Molay and 31 others confess to heresy, but later recant their confessions. Phillip IV persuaded the Pope to suppress the Templar Order. Head of the Knights of Templar in France, retracts his confession of heresy before being burned at the stake. The first bull to promote the theory of witchcraft. The Pope authorized the Inquisition to begin full scale persecution of sorcery and witchcraft. The servant of Lady Alice Kyteler is executed in Irelands first recorded Witch burning. This trial was also the first time that stories of humans mating with demons were linked to pacts with Satan. The fourth witchcraft bull issued. Founding date of the Order of the Garter. Later, anthropologist Margaret Murray linked it to the Order of Witchcraft. Aradia began this tradition of the Craft. The faculty of the theology department declared that all forms of magick and divination involved a pact with the Devil and thus were heresy. Beginning of the burning of 167 local people accused of witchcraft, from 1428 - 1450. The death of this French farm girl turned prophetess and warrior. The English tried and burned her for heresy and witchcraft. Birth of this Kabbalist. First recorded use of this word, by Nicholas Jacquier. It replaced synagogue to describe the meeting places of witches & heretics. He took the English throne after accusing Edward IVs widow of witchcraft. This Papal Bull encouraged the Church to begin witch hunting. Birth of Henry Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim. First publication of this horrendous document.

3/14/1314 2/27/1318 1320

Jacques de Molay Bull of Pope John XXII Pope John XXII

11/3/1324

Petronella de Meath burned

11/4/1330 4/23/1350 1353 1398 1428

Pope John XXII Edward III Strega Witchcraft University of Paris Theology Department Brianqon Trials

5/30/1431 1/29/1455 1458

Burning of Joan of Arc Johann Reuchlin born Sabbat

6/26/1483 12/5/1484 1486 1486

Richard of Gloucester Pope Innocent VIIIs Summis Desiderantes Affectibus Agrippa born Malleus Maleficarum: The Witchs Hammer

5/9/1487

Malleus Maleficarum: The Witchs Hammer Pope Innocent VIII died Paracelsus Jacob Sprenger died Johann Reuchlin died Kabbalah Grete Herball Dr. John Dee Juan Diego Agrippas De occulta Philosopha Agrippa died Lord Hunterford Paracelsus died Trial of John Prentice Heinrich Khunrath Queen Elizabeth I Witchcraft Act Nostradamus died Chelmsford, England Agnes Waterhouse hanged Enochian System Dr. John Dee Chelmsford, England Samuel Family hanged

Written by James Sprenger and Henry Kramer. The Hammer of Witches was first submitted to the University of Cologne. He issued the famous anti-witchcraft bull Summis Desiderantes Affectibus. Birthday of the magician, alchemist and healer Phillipus Aureolus Paracelsus. Co-author of the Malleus Maleficarum. Death of this famous Kabbalist. Agrippa and Paracelsus develop their tradition of the Kabbalah system. Anonymously published first herbal book. Birthday of this English mathematician and astrologer. Appearance of the virgin of Guadalupe at an ancient Aztec temple. Date of the publishing. Death of Agrippa. Executed for treasonously speculating on the Kings death after consulting Mother Roche, a Witch. Death of the physician and alchemist Paracelsus. He was accused of having children bit by an imp that came in the form of a ferret. Birth year of this Hermetic alchemist, magickian and Kabbalist. Enactment of a statute against witchcraft in England. Date the act went into effect. Date of death of famous French astrologer and psychic. Confession of Witches during the first of four major Witch trials. Accused of having a familiar, a spotted cat named Sathan. Dr. John Dee develops the Enochian System of Ceremonial Magick. Supposed date that he began crystal gazing. Conviction of Witches. This entire family in Huntington, England, who helped several poor families, one of which accused them of witchcraft.

7/25/1492 11/10/1493 12/6/1495 6/30/1522 1525 1526 7/13/1527 12/12/1531 1533 1535 7/20/1540 1541 7/2/1549 1560 3/19/1563 6/1/1563 7/1/1566 7/26/1566 7/29/1566 1570-1580 5/26/1581 7/5/1589 12/17/1592

1595

Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae (Amphitheater of Eternal Wisdom)

Heinrich Khunraths first known work on alchemy classic which combined Christianity and magick. Written by John Gerard and most likely a plagiarization of the Belgian herbalist Dodoens. It was the most widely known herbal of its time. A baker from Koppern, Germany, she was sentenced to death for witchcraft. Repeal of Queen Elizabeth Is Witchcraft Act of 1563 and replaces it with a stricter statute. Death of this Hermetic alchemist, magickian and Kabbalist. Northamptonshire Witches condemned. First of the Malkin Tower Witches. The Witches of Lancashire are executed. After quarreling with neighbors, they accused her of dealing with the devil, who appeared to her in the form of a black man. Birthday of the astrologer and herbalist. Established in Paris, France. The publication opposed the witch hunts. Birth of this famous Kabbalist. Court in Loudoun, France finds him guilty of bewitching nuns. Self-proclaimed Witch-finder General of England. His career spanned from 1644 - 1646. This was published a year after his death. When several patients died, she became the first person executed as a Witch in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. A book about Aztec cures that was written by author Juan Badiano. A widely used and most famous English herbal book written by Nicholas Culpepper. It also contained a mix of astrology, folklore along with the medicinal information. A farmhand from Oberstedten, she is sentenced to death for witchcraft. Nicholas Culpepers translation of Juan Badianos publication Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis aka Little Book of the Medicinal Herbs of the Indians aka Badianus.

1597

The Herball or General History of Plants

9/9/1603 6/11/1604 9/9/1605 7/22/1612 7/27/1612 8/20/1612 1/12/1616 10/18/1616 8/22/1623 1631 7/15/1631 8/18/1634 1646 1647 6/15/1648

Else Pfraum sentenced Statute of King James I Death of Heinrich Khunrath England Jennet Preston hanged Lancashire, England Mary Smith hanged Nicholas Culpepper Order of the Rosy Cross Freidrich von Spees Cautio Criminalis Christian Knorr von Rosenroth born Father Urbain Grandier Death of Matthew Hopkins Matthew Hopkins Discovery of Witches Margaret Jones, Boston Physician Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis aka Little Book of the Medicinal Herbs of the Indians aka Badianus

c. 1650

1652

The English Physician

2/14/1652

Else Blum sentenced

1657

Joyful News Out of the New Found World

5/11/1659 5/27/1662 3/11/1670 1677/1678 1684 5/10/1692 6/10/1692 6/16/1692

Christmas ban by Puritans Isobel Gowdie Major Weir burned Rosenroths Kabbala Denudata Alice Molland Sarah Osborne died Bridget Bishop hanged Roger Toothaker died

Massachusetts Bay Colony Puritans claim celebrations are too pagan. Final confession, without torture, to witchcraft. Alleged Scottish sorcerer burned to death. Publish date of this book by the famous Kabbalist Christian Knorr von Rosenroth. She was the last person executed for witchcraft in England. She died in jail after being accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. She was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. He died in jail after being accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. She was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. Her infant died in the jail prior to Sarah Goods execution. She was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. She was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. She was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. She was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. He was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. She was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. He was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. He was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. He was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. He was pressed to death for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. She was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. She was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. She was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.

7/19/1692

Sarah Good hanged

7/19/1692 7/19/1692 7/19/1692 7/19/1692 8/19/1692 8/19/1692 8/19/1692 8/19/1692 8/19/1692 9/19/1692 9/22/1692 9/22/1692 9/22/1692

Elizabeth Howe hanged Susannah Martin hanged Rebecca Nurse hanged Sarah Wildes hanged Rev. George Burroughs hanged Martha Carrier hanged George Jacobs hanged John Proctor hanged John Willard hanged

Giles Corey pressed Martha Corey hanged Mary Easty hanged Alice Parker hanged

9/22/1692 9/22/1692 9/22/1692 9/22/1692 9/22/1692 12/3/1692 3/10/1693 1712 1722 2/13/1728

Mary Parker

hanged

She was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. She was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. She was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. He was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. He was hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. She died in jail after being accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. She died in jail after being accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. She was the last person convicted of witchcraft in England. Date of the last execution for witchcraft in Scotland. Minister at the Salem Witch trial dies. Queen Elizabeths Witchcraft Act was repealed and replaced with one years imprisonment and three months in the pillory. This applied to all who practiced the occult and did fortune telling. Date of repeal of King James Is statute against witches, which was enacted in 1604 and replaced Queen Elizabeth Is Witchcraft Act of 1563. This was the last official execution in France for witchcraft. This was the last official execution in Germany for witchcraft. Founding year of this Druidic Order by Henry Hurle. Final witchcraft laws repealed. Birth date of Eliphas Levi, the artist of the famous (and controversial) depiction of Baphomet. Birthday of the author of Aradia, Gospel of Witches. Birthday of the co-founder of the Theosophical Society. Birthday of the founder of the Golden Dawn. First presentation of Eliphas Levis depiction of the God Baphomet.

Ann Pudeator hanged Margaret Scott hanged Wilmot Redd hanged Samuel Wardwell hanged Ann Foster died Lydia Dustin died Jane Wenham of Walkern Scotlands last execution Cotton Mather died

1736

Witchcraft Act repealed

1736

Repeal of the Statute of James I

1745 1775 1781 1/13/1787 2/8/1810

Execution of Father Louis Debaraz Execution of Anna Maria Schwiigel Ancient Order of Druids Austria Eliphas Levi Alphonse Louis Constant born Charles Godfrey Leland Henry Steele Olcott MacGregor Mathers Baphomet

8/15/1824 8/2/1832 1/8/1854 1855

1861 1862 1865 6/13/1865 5/31/1875 9/7/1875 10/12/1875

La Clef des Grands Mystres The Key to the Great Mysteries Fables et Symboles Stories and Images La Science des Esprits The Science of Spirits William Butler Yeats Eliphas Levi died Theosophical Society Aleister Crowley

Publication of Eliphas Levis famous work. Publication of Eliphas Levis famous work. Publication of Eliphas Levis famous work. Birthday of the poet and member of the Golden Dawn. Death of the famous Kabbalist and magickian. Co-founded by H.P. Blavatsky, Henry Steele and others. Birthday of Ceremonial Magician Aleister Crowley. Beginning of this esoteric tradition by Dr. William Wynn Westcott and S.L. MacGregor Mathers. Founded by Orpheis Caroline High Correll Birthday of the woman who is reported to have initiated Gerald Gardner. Birthday of Gerald Gardner the founder of Gardnerian Wicca. Publish date of this translation of Rosenroths Kabbala Denudata Date that Mathers MacGregor founded the Golden Dawn. Date of his initiation into the Isis-Urania temple of the Golden Dawn. Date of his initiation into the Golden Dawn. Names himself the supreme leader of the Golden Dawn. Charles Leland wrote about Italian Witchcraft in his book Aradia. Posthumous publication of Eliphas Levis famous work. Date of initiation into the Golden Dawn as Frater Perdurabo. Birthday of the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. This famous occultist was born on this date in London, England. A.E. Waite publishes his tarot deck, with the art of Pamela Coleman Smith. Birthday of this Alexandrian Witch.

1877 9/4/1879 1/19/1880 6/13/1884 1887 3/1/1888 3/7/1890 3/8/1896 10/29/1896 1897 1898 11/18/1898 12/9/1902 11/17/1907 12/14/1910 1/28/1916

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn Correllian Nativist Tradition Dorothy Clutterbuck Gerald Gardner The Kabbalah Unveiled by S.L. MacGregor Mathers Golden Dawn formed William Butler Yeats William Alexander Aynton MacGregor Mathers Aradia Le Grand Arcane, ou l'Occultisme Dvoil The Great Secret, or Occultism Unveiled Aleister Crowley Margaret Hamilton Birth of Israel Regardie Rider-Waite Tarot Deck Stewart Farrar

2/22/1923 5/6/1938 1/28/1939 5/21/1946 1947 12/5/1947 8/17/1950 6/22/1951 9/27/1952

Sybil Leek Rev. Gleb Botkin William Butler Yeats died Gwydion Pendderwen Gardnerian Witchcraft Aleister Crowley died Nicholas Black Elk died Fraudulent Mediums Act Illustrated Magazine article Re: Southern Coven of British Witches Wendy the Witch debut Scott Cunningham Wendy the Witch comic Church of All Worlds Gardnerian Coven Gerald Gardner died

Birthday of this astrologer and Witch. Founding date of the Long Island Church of Aphrodite. Date of this poet and member of the Golden Dawn. Birthday of this Pagan poet. Beginning of Gardnerian Witchcraft Infamous Ceremonial Magician dies. Member of the Ghost Dance. Replaced the final witchcraft law in England. This article tells of an English Coven of 17 men and women who performed a ritual during WWII to repel the invasion of England by Hitler. Her first appearance was in the back of a Casper the Friendly Ghost comic book. Birthday of this Solitary Witch and Wiccan author. First issue of Wendy the Witch comic book debuts. CAW founded. First coven in the United States. Father of Modern Witchcraft and the founder of the Gardnerian Wicca Tradition dies. First date on air on ABC-TV. The show ran 8 seasons, ending in 1972. It was about a Witch who married a mortal. Date of incorporation. First Wiccan church to do so in the U.S. Date of founding of this CAW publication. Date of his initiation into the Alexandrian Tradition. CAW received its IRS charter. Origination of Gaia Theory. They begin their first coven. Patricia Crowthers radio show airs for the first time. Zsuzsanna Budapest founded this feminist tradition of Wicca. Last date on air on ABC-TV. The show began in 1964 and ran 8 seasons.

5/1/1954 6/27/1956 8/1/1960 4/7/1962 12/10/1963 2/12/1964

9/17/1964

Bewitched begins

3/3/1968 3/21/1968 2/21/1970 6/18/1970 9/6/1970 12/28/1970 1/6/1971 12/21/1971 3/25/1972

Church of All Worlds Green Egg Stewart Farrar Church of All Worlds Oberon Zell Janet and Stewart Farrar A Spell of Witchcraft show Dianic Wicca Bewitched ends

10/31/1973 12/7/1973 4/14/1974 5/1/1974 3/1/1975 10/21/1976 11/1/1979 7/6/1981 11/9/1982 11/2/1983

Seax-Wicca Tradition began An ABC of Witchcraft Witch Meet Arnold Crowther died Covenant of the Goddess The Cauldron Aquarian Tabernacle Church Scott Cunningham Gwydion Pendderwen died Circle Sanctuary

Raymond Buckland began a new Tradition after leaving the Gardnerian Tradition. Published by Doreen Valiente. Adoption of the Principles of Wiccan Belief in St. Paul, MN. Date of death of this Gardnerian Witch. COG is formed. Date of first publication. Date of establishment in the United States. Date of his initiation into the Ancient Pictish Gaelic Way. Famous bard dies in a car accident. Land purchased for a nature preserve. Death of one of the 20th Centurys most significant contributors to the occult. Principle source for information on the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Congressman Robert S. Walker introduced this bill to deny tax-exempt status to witchcraft organizations. Date of Adoption. First recorded appearance on Silbury Hill, England. Wins lawsuit after being fired for her Wiccan religion by the Salvation Army. Founded by Lady Tamara Von Forslun. Date of incorporation in Australia. Owner of the store Magickal Childe in New York. Death from complications caused by AIDS He handed over the reigns to the Seax-Wica Tradition to Michael B. Smith. A Celtic-Neopagan organization in the U.S. incorporates as nonprofit. Published the first Wiccan tract. First date on air on WB-TV. The show ran 8 seasons, ending in 2006. It was about 3 Witch sisters called the Charmed Ones. Author of the famous Charge of the Goddess. The matriarch of British witchcraft.

3/10/1985

Israel Regardie died.

9/19/1985 5/22/1988 7/14/1988 1/9/1989 8/13/1989 11/20/1992 7/9/1992 3/28/1993 8/1/1993 11/29/1995 4/6/1996 10/7/1998 9/1/1999 9/21/2001

HR-3389 bill to amend IRS rules Earth Religion Anti-Abuse Act Crop Circles Jamie Dodge Church of Wicca-Australia Church of All Worlds Herman Slater died Scott Cunningham died Raymond Buckland retires Henge of Keltria Pete Pathfinder Charmed begins Doreen Valiente died Eleanor Bone died

11/16/2001

J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter

Release date of Harry Potter and The Sorcerers Stone, the first of a series of movies based on the Harry Potter books character created by Ms. Rowling. Date of death. Last date on air on WB-TV. The show began in 1998 and ran 8 years. After nine years of debate, the Pentacle was finally approved by the U.S. Veterans Administration for placement on Wiccan soldiers memorial plaques.

3/20/2002 5/21/2006

Lady Sheba died Charmed ends

4/23/2007

Wiccan Symbol Approved on Veteran Memorials

Famous Pagans Birthdays: 1/16 Dennis Carpenter of Circle Sanctuary 1/30 Zsusanna Budapest, feminist Witch 2/6 Laurie Cabot, Wiccan author 4/16 Margot Adler, author of Drawing Down the Moon 4/29 Ed Fitch, Wiccan author 5/3 D.J. Conway, Wiccan author 6/17 Starhawk, Wiccan author 6/24 Janet Farrar, Alexandrian Witch and author 8/20 Ann Moura, author and Witch 8/31 Raymond Buckland, author and Witch 9/10 Carl Llewellyn Weschcke, president of Llewellyn Worldwide 9/11 Silver RavenWolf, Black Forest Clan Witch and author 10/2 Timothy Roderick, modern Witch and author 10/20 Selena Fox of Circle Sanctuary 11/18 Maria Kay Simms, high priestess, author and artist 12/1 Anodea Judith, president of Church of All Worlds 12/28 Gerina Dunwich, Wiccan author