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Rosalia – The Evil Black Witch of the Harz

By Gary Bateman

PREFACE

Author’s Notes on “Rosalia – The Evil Black Witch of the Harz”

Introduction and Overview:  This epic narrative poem on “Rosalia” is pure fiction—but it is a creative reality though in the deep poetic recesses of my mind, however; I should note to you that there is indeed a tradition of Witchcraft and Sorcery in the region of the Harz Mountains here in Germany which definitely dates back to medieval times.  People who live there have some fun with Halloween and Walpurgis Nacht parties each year in Bad Harzburg and other towns within the Harz.  Though the witch thing is a friendlier proposition in today’s “modern world,” it was certainly not this way centuries ago when those accused of Witchcraft and Sorcery met a rather gruesome fate when they were convicted of doing evil things and consorting with “The Devil.” Moreover, throughout the text I have sprinkled a few witchcraft-oriented terms in the German so the reader can get feel for the Germanic setting for the poem.  The “Cliff Notes” I’ve cited below will ensure that these few German terms are precisely explained and defined in their English equivalent meanings.  Any other terms in Latin, for example, will be defined and explained as well.  The time and location setting for this epic narrative poem is the early 16th Century in the Harz Mountains in Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, with the principal events occurring in and around the vicinity of the Brocken Summit which is the highest summit in the Harz mountain range and in Northern Germany.    

Academic Source Attribution:  The source attribution on the subject of the Black Arts for “Rosalia” came from:  Richard Cavendish, The Black Arts, (New York:  The Putnam Publishing Group, 1967), passim throughout book.  Mr. Cavendish's scholarly book on this subject was quite helpful while I was doing my research on this epic narrative poem.  I wanted to make sure that the information I was presenting was at least in line with the common terminology used and associated with this rather arcane subject area.  I also conducted on-line internet research on a number of related topics within the Witchcraft genre to get a more in-depth feel for this fascinating topic. 

Dramatis Personae:

Rosalia—The Evil Black Witch of the Harz

Aurelia—The Princess of the Light and The Precious Child of God

Monseigneur Wolfgang Augustus Hardenberg (Regional Catholic Church Monseigneur in the Harz at Cloister Marten)

Rosalia’s Hell-Spawned Minions

Monseigneur Hardenberg’s Priests from Cloister Marten

Jehovah —The Almighty Lord God

Jesus Christ—Son of God

Archangel Gabriel and His Force of Heavenly Angels

Lucifer—The Dark Angel and Ruler of the Underworld

Author’s Cliff Notes – Answer Key for Challenging Words and Foreign Phrases in the Text:

Title of Poem: “Rosalia—die boese Hexe aus dem Harz”   (Note: This is the actual title of this epic poem, and in English, it means: “Rosalia—The Evil Black Witch of the Harz.”)

Prologue:  “Brocken summit in the Harz.”  Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz Mountains.  It is part of the ongoing Witchcraft tradition today in the Harz.

Rosalia’s Entrée to the 16th Century:  Entrée in the Section II title here means “Entrance.”

Vocabulary Terms:  (in order of text presentation throughout the poem)

Scaurous:  An adjective that refers to “with large ankles.”

Schnauzkrampf-like mouth:  “Schnauzkrampf” is a noun that refers to “a mouth that looks more like a snout.”

Die Hexerei:  German noun for “Witchcraft.”

Nefandous:  Adjective for “unmentionable” or “unspeakable.”

Black Mass Satanist Prayer:  The lead-in for this unholy prayer starts with the words, “Our Father, which wert in heaven . . . ,” meaning, of course, “Our Father, which was in heaven . . . ,” with wert being the Old English form of was.

Nefast:  Adjective for “wicked.”

Malleus Maleficarum (1486):  This term from the Latin means, “Hammer of Witches.”  This medieval document was written by two Catholic inquisitors in 1486, and then they codified it and passed it down within the Church hierarchy.  This particular document reflected the Church’s “then” present knowledge of witchcraft and sorcery.

Cloister Marten:  The regional catholic monastery located in the Harz.

mirabile visu:  a Latin term or expression for “Wonderful to behold.”

Burg Worlerede:  A fortress castle very near to Cloister Marten in the Harz.

Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved, Schoeningen, Germany (September 20, 2014)

Rosalia - The Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part Two Rosalia’s Instruments of Evil and Debauchery Rosalia needed certain tools or instruments of evil and debauchery to successfully pursue her nefandous plans of bringing the people of the Harz countryside under the dominion and control of the Devil. The following instruments could be construed as weapons in and of themselves and were integral to Rosalia’s practice of Witchcraft and Sorcery, and were central to her fervent desire of accomplishing this dastardly goal as she actively sought to corrupt and destroy the souls of her victims. Her bright gems of evil and debauchery included: Necromancy As Rosalia expanded her power, control, and influence among the people she became involved in Necromancy, that is to say, the art of predicting events by communicating with the dead. She would use her channeling efforts to enter the spirit world, and in an act of true malevolence, would prompt her spirit contacts to conjure evil dreams and have them pervade the consciousness of her unsuspecting victims. She would, at times, summon Lucifer himself in the midst of all of this to directly maximize her channeling efforts. Moleosophy and Wartology Rosalia had mastery of the arcane art of Moleosophy and Wartology, whereby she could divine the temperament of people and surrounding future events by spiritually sensing and reading the moles and warts on men and women in a stream of consciousness. Beyond this divining and sensing aspect, this power was also amply reflected in the use of her Black Wart and the use of its bile liquid contents to inflict irreparable harm on her victims and engender absolute fear. Witch’s Broom Rosalia had a Witch’s Broom, serving as her primary mode of transportation for traversing the Harz and for frightening and wreaking utter havoc on her unsuspecting victims. Black Hen’s Blood Rosalia used a Black Hen’s Blood gruesomely obtained by beating a black hen to death, and then smearing a small portion of the blood on her human victim or the victim’s clothing— in effect, to transfer the agony of the hen’s death to her intended victim. Magic Wand The Magic Wand made of hazel is another invaluable weapon used by Rosalia as an instrument of indomitable evil force and power as personified in its likeness as a phallic symbol. Rosalia’s mastery of her Magic Wand enabled her to instinctively react in casting black magic spells on her victims and conjuring an aura of evil spirits to plague and ultimately destroy her victims’ families. Black Potions Rosalia brewed alchemic poisonous potions to a horrifying hideous effect, using them to startle, stun and paralyze her victims with unending fear while unmercifully taunting and tormenting them with equal evil effect, and using Witchcraft to destroy once innocent souls and harvest fear. Rosalia employed her alchemic masterpieces to great effect in gaining control of her victims’ will or desire to resist her evil intentions. Rosalia sometimes used her Black Potions to immediately subdue and poison to death victims who had insulted her and driven her anger to an insatiable lust and frenzy. Witch’s Dagger Rosalia’s Athamé was her special coal-black-colored ceremonial dagger, of course, with a double-edged blade, but in her instance totally black to include the actual blade itself, with the sign of the Pentagram firmly engrained into the dagger’s handle. This was Rosalia’s magical dagger, her tool which she used for ritual black mass ceremonies and to direct psychic energy and to even exact both torture and murder—beyond the normal expected use of such a dagger in a witchcraft ceremony. Black Cat Whereas a vampire has the power to command his or her “Children of the Night,” and to take the form of a wolf or a bat, similarly, Rosalia could transmute her human form and soul appearance into that of a Black Cat, or on occasion, into that of a White Cat to better mask her nefarious activities and evil intentions. Black Witches’ Sabbath Given her power and authority from the Dark One (or Satan himself), Rosalia was so anointed to conduct a Black Witches’ Sabbath two times a year: April 30th on the Great Sabbath of Walpurgis Nacht and October 31st with Halloween (All Hallows’ Eve). These were the events during which Rosalia summoned the “Goat of Mendes” by which Satan would appear in physical form as a goat or a ram. Rosalia used these special witch coven gatherings on Walpurgis Nacht and Halloween as defining events by which she would give over the souls of her trusted disciples to Satan. She would also recommit her blasphemous Faustian eternal allegiance to the Dark One made over centuries before when she existed in other evil reincarnated soul being forms before becoming Rosalia. Black Mass Intoning, in a shrill repetitive manner six times: Rosalia recited the Satanist Prayer (Our Father, which wert in Heaven . . .) during monthly Black Mass celebrations and the Black Witches’ Sabbath with her Coven. Rosalia used the transformative power of these events to further energize her disciples and to call directly on Satan to inform him of her evil activities and seek his continued influence and support for her acts of terror, torture, and debauchery—all in his name. Tragically, all of Rosalia’s disciples were lost souls and faced eternal damnation because of their continued association with her. At the end of the Black Mass rituals all of Rosalia’s disciples were left in a state of unfettered “Humicubation,” whereby they lay on the ground in a state of submission and penitence to her for ever having worshipped the Lord God. End of Part Two Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved, Schoeningen, Germany (September 20, 2014)

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Date: 8/19/2015 5:19:00 AM
Read this one yesterday, and came back to comment on it... now all the wartness I inquired of earlier makes sense! Wow...the category entitled "Moleosophy and Wartology " is really fascinating to me... this entire section of this crazy good poem is stunning. The black hen's blood section is terrifying as well... onto part 3~ Always, Laura
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Gary Bateman
Date: 8/19/2015 2:45:00 PM
Hello Laura, This was the particular section whereby I relied on some witchcraft terminology input from Richard Cavendish's masterful work entitled, "The Black Arts," a book published by The Putnam Publishing Group in 1967. I have attributed Cavendish as a source in my preface note above (and later in my book). I also consulted some online sources for further variety of text. You can see that a great deal of research did go into this write. I thank you and laud you for taking the time to really read this epic tale of witchcraft. I realized last year when I posted this "Beta Draft" of Rosalia to PS that very few people would really attempt to read it, let alone click it open. Anyone of these particular topics would make go spin-off topics for Halloween poetry. I posted the Black Mass Incantation Prayer I wrote in Rosalia as a Halloween standalone write last year. Enjoy!! Best, Gary
Date: 1/29/2015 4:08:00 PM
Just finished reading part two, this is a magnificent narrative my friend! I am hooked to read on to the conclusion as time permits. You have a natural gift for poetry and story telling too! A7..
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Date: 1/30/2015 6:48:00 PM
Robert!! Thanks so much!! (I will send you the Final A4 16-page MS Word copy of this whole epic poem + the two-page Preface to it that I will be sending to my publisher soon. This publisher version is the latest and has certain tweaks to it that the PoetrySoup-posted version does not have.) "Rosalia" will be Part II of my book since it's a standalone document because of its volume, depth, and the terrifying nature of the story. Thanks for your wonderful note, the "7," and your support!! Best Always, Gary
Date: 1/14/2015 11:10:00 AM
Gary I am going to Part 3. Love my friend. I sincerely thank you for this write. I hope I can read the Part 3 with more confidence. Love to you and Ingrid. I think there is much frost in Schoeningen. Here temp is comfortable below 17 deg C. We are enjoying harvesting festival here. Eating homemade pies made from Rice powder, milk, coconut powder, Pulses. Potatoes/ Big freshwater fishes are also available for this festival. Oh they are really good.Bye Gary Have a good day. Your friend Rajat
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Date: 1/14/2015 5:40:00 PM
Hello Rajat, Part 2 was necessary to set the table with Rosalia's powers of evil and witchcraft. Beyond that, the tale does pick up th pace, etc. (I'm going to e-mail you the MS Word Copy and Preface of this epic poem, which is the latest version beyond this one on Poetry Soup. It is the one going the my Publisher next month for Part Two of my book. It should make the reading in toto easier. The food you mention sounds wonderful!! Enjoy!! Best and Love, Gary
Date: 12/29/2014 1:20:00 AM
I am really thrilled Gary. So vast a canvas, so many things to learn.I first met Dr.Heinrich Faust in my Graduation Classes while studying Marlowe's Dr. Faustus. I love Fantasy and Medieval Literature. Congratulations Gary. You are great. I am reading your Rosalia, though in slow pace.I will let you know my impressions.Love and respect to you Gary, Ingrid. happy 2015--rajat
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Date: 12/29/2014 7:13:00 AM
Rajat My Dear Friend, I am so happy and thrilled indeed that you are reading every word of my long epic narrative poem on "Rosalia." (We live exactly one hour's drive from the Harz and the Brocken Summit where Goethe wrote about Faust's encounter with Mephistopheles. Witchcraft is still a big tradition there.) This epic will be in my forthcoming poetry book in 2015. I will make sure you get a copy of it. Best Always Rajat!! Gary

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