Sketchy Preacher Agenda & Why My Kitten Is A Witch

I would like to start this blog post by saying that I am always peeved by preachers, and any text that I read, I always enter with a bias against them. In regards to Chapter 7’s preacher, Johann Geiler Von Kayersberg, I am equally as bothered by his preacher self and his preacher ways because of the artfully crafted manner that is presented. Kayersberg does not take the fear route of Bernardino—God’s wrath is going to come get us, ahhhhh!—but instead, his motive is appealing to the desire to understand and make sense of the plague that is witchcraft—I don't see witches flying through the sky, but does that mean they do not fly at night; surely a human cannot impact weather on their own, but then how do they do it? . He is giving his audience answers to questions, which, in return, means that they will consider what he says to be fact—regardless to if it is or not (which is why I lean towards anti-preacher).

The agenda of Kayersberg is clear, though, even though he is much calmer in nature than Bernardino (almost like if you put like Ben Carson and Donald Trump in a room together: they are appealing to the same concerns, but go about it in a totally different way and are attracting similar people). He wants to push this idea that there is a more vulnerable sect of the human race that can fall into the Devil’s assault on God—specifically females: “and why is the female sex more involved with witchcraft and the sorcery of the devil…?...because of their instability of spirit, because they are understood better by demons, and because of their talkativeness” (238). These attributes that are assigned to women can surely be found in the households of many of those who hear these words, and can result in accusations in the way that Bernardino encouraged accusations by means of fear. In addition, his message and information shows that magic is not always visible, and that a witch can do things under the guise of normal functions—such as meeting the devil in her sleep, and being transported mentally while remaining in a specific location.

This is a picture of one of my kittens, Bentley, who is clearly a witch because he is sleeping and kicked his legs a little bit, so the devil MUST be transporting him! (And he is a black cat, and Disney movies tell me he must be a witch) (&&& he is adorable and much cuter than the kitties on the Internet!)

And look, he studies Kors and Peters!!!