You can pass through a keyhole? Prove it!

Mike Flynn is not only one of my favorite science fiction writers, he's a heckuva blogger. I especially enjoyed this post on the Church's stance on not persecuting witches during the so-called Dark Ages because they said magic was superstition ... with this among the examples.

Vincent of Beauvais, to disabuse a woman convinced she was a witch who could pass through keyholes, locked the door and chased her about the room with a stick, while exhorting her to escape through the keyhole. (Now THAT is the scientific spirit, right there!)

He then goes on to point out that during the Age of Science there began quite a persecution of those accused of witchcraft.