The “witches” at Salem weren’t real witches. However, if witch hunters had waited three centuries, they would have found Salem to be a happy hunting ground. When I visited there some years ago, a tour guide said that Salem has the largest population of self-proclaimed witches of any city in America.
One of the sickest things about witchcraft is that its dark side has persisted, hidden in darkness where most can’t see it, since the beginning. They torture and kill children. It goes on to this day.
There’s no such thing as benevolent witchcraft.
Some know what they’re doing, others don’t, but they all serve the devil.
“ The “witches” at Salem weren’t real witches”
You are correct as to most of the victims. It was mainly about using the courts and government to steal property. And even preachers fighting over congregations.
But it started with Tituba, who very much was a pagan and practicing pagan worship and rituals.