The Light was retreating before Darkness: Tales of the Witch hunt and climate change

Resumen

Back in time, solar eclipses and comets, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions were often interpreted "as signs of divineanger against human sins". When the Great Storn of 1170´s in England has flatten crops and flood swept away people and buildings, inundating fens, only a Crusade against God´s enemies could placate his anger. However, the belief in witchcraft goes far back into prehistoric era. Weather witching can be encountered in Greco-roman as well as in Celtic and Teutonic cultures.