Bilingual report — Gina Santi Photography — Images of the Month – November 2023

      Images of the Month – November 2023 
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Witchhunt in the Middle Ages
Since the early Middle Ages, Europeans feared that phantasms, ghouls, and spirits somehow found their way back to earth and do harm to people, animals, and crops during Halloween. Igniting protective fires and torches and tolling the town’s church bells were especially important on this night to whisk off the mischievous entities.William Shakespeare brilliantly depicts the Christian beliefs about witches during those times: the three nameless witches in Macbeth embody wickedness, obscurity, madness, struggle, and have a twisted sense of scruples. Using this curse, they warn Macbeth of his upcoming troubles:

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting,
Lizard’s leg and howlet’s wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Cool it with a baboon’s blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.

Have a wicked good Halloween, everyone! May chills run down your spine tonight!
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Desde principios de la Edad Media, los europeos temían que fantasmas, demonios y espíritus encontraran de alguna manera su camino de regreso a la tierra y dañaran a las personas, los animales y las cosechas durante Halloween. En esta noche era especialmente importante encender fuegos protectores y antorchas y tocar las campanas de la iglesia de la ciudad para ahuyentar a las traviesas entidades.William Shakespeare describe brillantemente las creencias cristianas sobre las brujas de aquella época: las tres brujas sin nombre de Macbeth encarnan la maldad, la oscuridad, la locura, la lucha y tienen un retorcido sentido de los escrúpulos. Usando este conjuro, advierten a Macbeth de sus próximos problemas:


Doble doble trabajo y problemas;
Quema de fuego y burbuja de caldero.
Filete de culebra,
En el caldero se hierve y se hornea;
Ojo de tritón y dedo de rana,
Lana de murciélago y lengua de perro,
El tenedor de la víbora y el aguijón del gusano ciego,
Pata de lagarto y ala de aullido,
Por un amuleto de problemas poderosos,
Como un caldo infernal que hierve y burbujea.
Doble doble trabajo y problemas;
Quema de fuego y burbuja de caldero.
Enfriarlo con sangre de babuino,
Entonces el encanto es firme y bueno.

¡Que tengan todos una muy buena Noche de Brujas! ¡Que los escalofríos les recorran la espalda esta noche!
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— Gina Santi is a freelance photographer born and raised in Venezuela and currently based in Tempe, Arizona. She earned her master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology from Northern Arizona University and has participated in various events in Northern Arizona, including the annual Celebraciones de la Gente at the Museum of Northern Arizona. Visit http://www.ginasantiphotography.com for more information.