#anders poulsen

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In 1692, an almost 100-year-old Sámi shaman named Anders Poulsen had his drum confiscated and stood trial for witchcraft in Vadsø (Northern Norway).

Before he was convicted, he was murdered in his cell with an axe by a mentally ill person named Villum Gundersen. He became the last victim of the Finnmark witch trials.

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Go Not Near Her, She Is Of Witching Way - Things From The Pages Of My Notebook

Go Not Near Her, She Is Of Witching Way – Things From The Pages Of My Notebook

For weeks and weeks and weeks, I’ve been hounding myself to go back through my notebooks and copy out everything significant. I finally got around to doing it today but only managed to plough through three of five. I’m going to make an attempt (so no promises!) to try and do a ‘Things From The Pages Of My Notebook’ post once a week, else they’ll end up being ridiculously vast posts. Like this…

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Go Not Near Her, She Is Of Witching Way - Things From The Pages Of My Notebook

Go Not Near Her, She Is Of Witching Way – Things From The Pages Of My Notebook

For weeks and weeks and weeks, I’ve been hounding myself to go back through my notebooks and copy out everything significant. I finally got around to doing it today but only managed to plough through three of five. I’m going to make an attempt (so no promises!) to try and do a ‘Things From The Pages Of My Notebook’ post once a week, else they’ll end up being ridiculously vast posts. Like this…

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