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 93
... devils appears under Demonology . Devil's Mark . Devil's marks [ stigmata diaboli ] or the devil's seal [ sigillum dia- boli ] occur in nearly all reports of witches or witch trials and illustrate how perverted intelligence and ...
... devils appears under Demonology . Devil's Mark . Devil's marks [ stigmata diaboli ] or the devil's seal [ sigillum dia- boli ] occur in nearly all reports of witches or witch trials and illustrate how perverted intelligence and ...
Page 135
... devils appears under Demonology . Devil's Mark . Devil's marks [ stigmata diaboli ] or the devil's seal [ sigillum dia- boli ] occur in nearly all reports of witches or witch trials and illustrate how perverted intelligence and ...
... devils appears under Demonology . Devil's Mark . Devil's marks [ stigmata diaboli ] or the devil's seal [ sigillum dia- boli ] occur in nearly all reports of witches or witch trials and illustrate how perverted intelligence and ...
Page 498
... Devil has power to represent the like- ness ( or simulacrum ) of an innocent person at a sabbat ; but since the Devil is circum- scribed by God , in practice he represents only the wicked . God protects the inno- cent ; if the Devil ...
... Devil has power to represent the like- ness ( or simulacrum ) of an innocent person at a sabbat ; but since the Devil is circum- scribed by God , in practice he represents only the wicked . God protects the inno- cent ; if the Devil ...
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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