The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and DemonologyAn historical and human compendium, from original sources in the world's greatest libraries, describing the witches' sabbat and pact, incubi and succubi, eyewitness reports of trials, werewolves, and vampires, sexual relations with the devil, demoniacal possession and exorcism, poltergeists, barbarous tortures, and the theological and legal theories of inquisition, witchcraft and demonology. |
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Page 193
... blood , and every witch fed them from her fingers or little protuberances on her body . These were the witch's marks , for which every suspect was meticulously searched . These little teats or wens must be distinguished from devil's ...
... blood , and every witch fed them from her fingers or little protuberances on her body . These were the witch's marks , for which every suspect was meticulously searched . These little teats or wens must be distinguished from devil's ...
Page 458
... blood ran down in abun- dance . " At this they scoffed , saying fore- bodingly , " This blood shall not serve our turn , we will have thy heart's blood . " In 1717 at Leicester a suspect resisted scratch- ing , and consequently was held ...
... blood ran down in abun- dance . " At this they scoffed , saying fore- bodingly , " This blood shall not serve our turn , we will have thy heart's blood . " In 1717 at Leicester a suspect resisted scratch- ing , and consequently was held ...
Page 522
... blood of chil- dren . Vampire was first used in English about 1734 , when it was described as fol- lows : " The bodies of deceased persons , animated by evil spirits , which come out of the graves in the night - time , suck the blood of ...
... blood of chil- dren . Vampire was first used in English about 1734 , when it was described as fol- lows : " The bodies of deceased persons , animated by evil spirits , which come out of the graves in the night - time , suck the blood of ...
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accomplices accused Ann Putnam believed bewitching Bishop blood Bodin body burned alive Canon Episcopi Catholic cause century charged charms child Christian Church condemned confessed convicted Cotton Mather court craft crime daughter death delusion demonologists demons devil devil's marks Elizabeth England English evidence evil example execution exorcism familiar spirit Father gave girl Grandier Guazzo guilty hand hanged heard heresy heretics holy husband incubus indicted innocent Inquisition inquisitors Isobel Johann Johannes Junius John judges killed King Lancre later lycanthropy Madeleine magic maleficia Malleus Maleficarum Margaret Mary Matthew Hopkins ment mother never night nuns ointment pact Parlement persecution persons poltergeist possession priest prisoner punished Reginald Scot Remy sabbat Salem Samuel Satan sentence Sister sorcery spectral evidence spirits squassation story strappado succubus suspected things Thomas tion told torture Wesley wife witch trials witchcraft witnesses woman women wrote young