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 175
... hath made a league with the devil ; b ) Or hath done some known prac- tices of witchcraft . [ Such as , the ac- cused ] hath invocated and called upon the devil ; hath entertained a familiar spirit , and had conference with it in form ...
... hath made a league with the devil ; b ) Or hath done some known prac- tices of witchcraft . [ Such as , the ac- cused ] hath invocated and called upon the devil ; hath entertained a familiar spirit , and had conference with it in form ...
Page 427
... hath consumed me ! " little low earthen pot with wool , color [ ed ] white and black . . . and that she hath seen her mother to feed them with milk . " Elizabeth Bennet confessed to having two " spirits , one called Suckin , being black ...
... hath consumed me ! " little low earthen pot with wool , color [ ed ] white and black . . . and that she hath seen her mother to feed them with milk . " Elizabeth Bennet confessed to having two " spirits , one called Suckin , being black ...
Page 478
... hath verily believed he hath seen a spirit externally before him when it hath been only an internal image dancing in his own brain . " But the reality of attendance at a sabbat was not the major issue of spectral evidence . This crux ...
... hath verily believed he hath seen a spirit externally before him when it hath been only an internal image dancing in his own brain . " But the reality of attendance at a sabbat was not the major issue of spectral evidence . This crux ...
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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