Cauldron

By Crusader1307

Another component most associated with Witchcraft – the simple iron Cauldron has had a long and misunderstood. With examples dating to The European Bronze Age (3,300 BC), their usage as cooking devices, placed over fire – were not really a form of Witchcraft until the the early 17th Century AD – and English Playwright William Shakespeare. ''Used'' to great effect in His 1601 Play ''Macbeth'', in which three ''Witches'' conspire to foretell the future of the ''King'' of Scotland – from that period forward, The Cauldron was a piece of Witch Lore (as it is today). ''Used'' to concoct potions for spells – it would be adopted by some later (19th Century AD) Wiccan Practitioners and Folk Magic followers. In later Art and Literature (again thanks to Shakespeare), the Cauldron would become not only a focal point in Witchcraft and Satanism, but a staple in many icons associated with the tradition of Halloween.