John Loughman Tales Of Witchcraft CD

The Cemetery of Charter Street, Salem Massachusetts, lies still and eerie. Faded headstones sound the seventeen hundreds. The twenty two people executed for witchcraft in the spring and summer of 1692AD did not have a Christian burial. Their remains were pitched into an unmarked grave. Unfounded accusations led to the execution of Samantha Burton and Rebecca Simpson, both considered to be witches. FOR THREE HUNDRED YEARS THEIR STORY WAS LEFT UNTOLD.The Clergyman, a leading citizen of Salem, seduces the young maiden Samantha. Samantha`s pregnancy follows. The man of God realising how harshly he will be judged by the hierarchy of the Salem community if the baby is born, decides Samantha must be declared a witch to protect himself. The opportunity is presented to him when Samantha and her friend Rebecca are found dancing in the forest near Salem where an infants body is found. Samantha with unborn child and her friend Rebecca are arrested, later committed to trial and sentenced to death by fire at the stake. THE DRAMA UNFOLDS!!Here is a harrowing tale of battle between free spirits and those who only seek to condemn. All is revealed from the promised land.Fifteen songs including three instrumental pieces provide wings for flight. "MAY THE INNOCENTS REST IN PEACE" NARRATION FROM THE STORY/LYRIC BOOKLET Journey with me through worlds of solitude where morning dews caress tall trees. Let us fly to the virgin garden and converse with sparrows and butterflies and their families. Here there is no pain. Just peaceful acknowledgement. My peaceful friend, my mother. When shall I sleep and be wise and understand my wild blood? I have known you. And the truth is mine. The fledgling grows weak after great journeys travelled. Failing motions weary and the wilderness whispers half-forgotten memories. This single soul rests beneath the morning lights believing every murmer. The fragile traveller, mysterious and beautiful, by the lagoon's edge shall journey no more. The forest in its autumn beauty falls indifferent to her final solitude. The worlds of time have stripped my grasp. The river's edge shrouds the mists of yesteryear. They, like me, embraced a dream of boundless love. Together in the virgin forest I never felt that we were safe. Resting beneath a filtered sun of strange and yellow eyes. Watching and waiting, the forest became naked. Its forbidden secrets were revealed. The trees felt hungry. They talked in whispers. They grieved for the loss of a child who would grow no more. Bare-breasted witches, pure white with golden hair, feasted on forbidden fruit. Sam, let the fair girls swim. Let us leave. Go quietly. And go now. Salem 1692ADFollowing a season of savage snow, on the 23rd day of spring, the body of a baby child was discovered in the forest on the outskirts of Salem village. Two days later Samantha Burton and Rebecca Simpson were arrested. They were charged with murder and witchcraft.And the streets will surely flow with my blood at dawn. But torture holds no fear for I hold a love, rare and innocent. My son, you never had a beginning. But have no fear of death. They will never break me or corrupt my eternal bond with you! As one mystery ends, another begins...He awaits uneasy, unacquainted with the truthful tears of innocence she spills.The gentle spirits wept upon reading the sandstone inscription. The town elders smiled. Soon Rebecca discovered a fresh new path leading to the meadow. Beneath a weeping tree fern lay a nest of fledglings. Sheltering the anxious young, Rebecca awaited the return of their mother...Dare not she leave. "Please let the meek see their first night through". She prayed. After two nights of snow the mother finally returned. Seeing Rebecca asleep she nestled against her side. Rebecca and her young were reunited in repose. The final survivors may be these two lonely witches.THE SONLet me tell you a tale of witchcraft. I'd like to tell you