"I don't see it that way," rejoined Fowler, calmly
"I don't see it that way," rejoined Fowler, calmly
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The Origin, Prevalence, and Variety of Superstition--The Belief in Witchcraft the most horrid Form of…
The Origin, Prevalence, and Variety of Superstition--The Belief in Witchcraft the most horrid Form of Superstition--Most flourishing in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries--The Sentiments of Addison, Blackstone, and the Lawyers of the Eighteenth Century up
Read record →Scotland one of the most Superstitious Countries in Europe--Scott's Relation of the Barbarities perpetrated in…
Scotland one of the most Superstitious Countries in Europe--Scott's Relation of the Barbarities perpetrated in the Witch-trials under the Auspices of James VI.--The Fate of Agnes Sampson, Euphane MacCalzean, &c.--Irrational Conduct of the Courts of Justice--Ca
Read record →The Literature of Europe in the Seventeenth Century proves the Universality and Horror of Witchcraft--The most…
The Literature of Europe in the Seventeenth Century proves the Universality and Horror of Witchcraft--The most acute and most liberal Men of Learning convinced of its Reality--Erasmus and Francis Bacon--Lawyers prejudiced by Legislation--Matthew Hale's judicia
Read record →Witchcraft in the English Colonies in North America--Puritan Intolerance and Superstition--Cotton Mather's…
Witchcraft in the English Colonies in North America--Puritan Intolerance and Superstition--Cotton Mather's 'Late Memorable Providences'--Demoniacal Possession--Evidence given before the Commission--Apologies issued by Authority--Sudden Termination of the Proce
Read record →The Origin, Prevalence, and Variety of Superstition--The Belief in Witchcraft the most horrid Form of…
The Origin, Prevalence, and Variety of Superstition--The Belief in Witchcraft the most horrid Form of Superstition--Most flourishing in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries--The Sentiments of Addison, Blackstone, and the Lawyers of the Eighteenth Century up
Read record →The belief in the infernal art of witchcraft is perhaps the most horrid, as it certainly is the most absurd,…
The belief in the infernal art of witchcraft is perhaps the most horrid, as it certainly is the most absurd, phenomenon in the religious history of the world
Read record →T are made from all parts of the world, not only from Norway and Lapland, from the East and West Indies, but…
t are made from all parts of the world, not only from Norway and Lapland, from the East and West Indies, but from every particular nation in Europe, I cannot forbear thinking that there is such an intercourse and commerce with evil spirits as that which we exp
Read record →The sentiments of Addison on a kindred subject are very similar
The sentiments of Addison on a kindred subject are very similar
Read record →The origin of witchcraft and the vulgar diabolism is to be found in the rude beginnings of the religious or…
The origin of witchcraft and the vulgar diabolism is to be found in the rude beginnings of the religious or superstitious feeling which, known amongst the present savage nations as Fetishism, probably prevailed almost universally in the earliest ages; while th
Read record →In Persian theology, the shadowy idea of the devil of western Asia was wholly different from the grosser…
In Persian theology, the shadowy idea of the devil of western Asia was wholly different from the grosser conception of Christendom
Read record →Te had to yield to a profane monarchy, the forbidden practices were so notorious and the evil was of such…
te had to yield to a profane monarchy, the forbidden practices were so notorious and the evil was of such magnitude, that the newly-elected prince 'ejected' (as Josephus relates) 'the fortune-tellers, necromancers, and all such as exercised the like arts.' His
Read record →Captivity of the two tribes carried away into an honourable servitude he soon rose into the highest favour,…
captivity of the two tribes carried away into an honourable servitude he soon rose into the highest favour, because, as we are informed, he excelled in a divination that surpassed all the art of the Chaldeans, themselves so famous for it
Read record →Devils or demons, and the 'prince of the devils,' frequently appear; and the demoniacs may represent the…
Devils or demons, and the 'prince of the devils,' frequently appear; and the demoniacs may represent the victims of witchcraft
Read record →That witchcraft, or whatever term expresses the criminal practice, prevailed among the worshippers of Jehovah,…
That witchcraft, or whatever term expresses the criminal practice, prevailed among the worshippers of Jehovah, is evident from the repeated anathemas both in their own and the Christian scriptures, not to speak of traditional legends; but the Hebrew and Greek
Read record →The science of magic proper is developed in the later schools of philosophy, in which Oriental theology or…
The science of magic proper is developed in the later schools of philosophy, in which Oriental theology or demonology was largely mixed
Read record →Of the incantations, charms, and magic compounds in the practice of Greek witchcraft, numerous examples occur…
Of the incantations, charms, and magic compounds in the practice of Greek witchcraft, numerous examples occur in the tragic and comic poetry of Greece; and the philtres, or love-charms, of Theocritus are well known
Read record →Etruria furnished the people of Romulus with the science of divination
Etruria furnished the people of Romulus with the science of divination
Read record →E entire globe, oppressing the minds and intellects of almost all men and seizing upon the weakness of human…
e entire globe, oppressing the minds and intellects of almost all men and seizing upon the weakness of human nature.[23] The historian of 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' justifies and illustrates this lament of the philosopher of the Republic in the
Read record →Famous classical types.[25] Propertius has characterised the Striga as 'daring enough to impose laws upon the…
famous classical types.[25] Propertius has characterised the Striga as 'daring enough to impose laws upon the moon bewitched by her spells;' while Petronius makes his witch, as potent as Strepsiades' Thessalian sorceress, exclaim that the very form of the moon
Read record →Not many years after the death of Julian the Christian Empire witnessed a persecution for witchcraft that for…
Not many years after the death of Julian the Christian Empire witnessed a persecution for witchcraft that for its ferocity, if not for its folly, can be paralleled only by similar scenes in the fifteenth or seventeenth century
Read record →[31] The following story exhibits the influence of witchcraft among the followers of Odin
[31] The following story exhibits the influence of witchcraft among the followers of Odin
Read record →In the extremity of the northern peninsula (amongst the Laplanders), where the light of science, or indeed of…
In the extremity of the northern peninsula (amongst the Laplanders), where the light of science, or indeed of civilisation, has scarcely yet penetrated, witchcraft remains as flourishing as in the days of Odin; and the Laplanders at present are possibly as cre
Read record →Divining or necromantic faculties have been generally regarded in the East as honourable properties; whereas in…
divining or necromantic faculties have been generally regarded in the East as honourable properties; whereas in the West they have been degraded into the criminal follies of an infernal compact
Read record →The extent of the credit and practice of witchcraft under the Church triumphant is evident from the numerous…
The extent of the credit and practice of witchcraft under the Church triumphant is evident from the numerous decrees and anathemas of the Church in council, which, while oftener treating it as a dread reality, has sometimes ventured to contemn or to affect to
Read record →A correspondent of Cyprian, the celebrated African bishop, describes a woman who pretended 'to be inspired by…
A correspondent of Cyprian, the celebrated African bishop, describes a woman who pretended 'to be inspired by the Holy Ghost, but was really acted on by a diabolical spirit, by which she counterfeited ecstasies, and pretended to prophesy, and wrought many wond
Read record →Christian witchcraft was of a more tremendous nature than even that of older times, both in its origin and…
Christian witchcraft was of a more tremendous nature than even that of older times, both in its origin and practice
Read record →Christian theology in the first age even was considerably indebted to the Platonic doctrines as taught in the…
Christian theology in the first age even was considerably indebted to the Platonic doctrines as taught in the Alexandrian school; and demonology in the third century received considerable accessions from the speculations of Neo-Platonism, the reconciling mediu
Read record →The female sex has been always most concerned in the crime of Christian witchcraft
The female sex has been always most concerned in the crime of Christian witchcraft
Read record →Reginald Scot gives the reasons alleged by the apologists of witchcraft
Reginald Scot gives the reasons alleged by the apologists of witchcraft
Read record →Glanvil, who wrote in the latter half of the seventeenth century, and is bitterly opposed to the…
Glanvil, who wrote in the latter half of the seventeenth century, and is bitterly opposed to the 'Witch-Advocate' and his followers, defends the capabilities of hags and the like for serving the demons
Read record →Tremendous as was the power of the witch in earlier Christendom, it was not yet degraded into the thoroughly…
Tremendous as was the power of the witch in earlier Christendom, it was not yet degraded into the thoroughly diabolistic character of her more recent successors
Read record →The Saxons, in the fifth century, imported into Britain the pagan forms of the Fatherland; and the Anglo-Saxon…
The Saxons, in the fifth century, imported into Britain the pagan forms of the Fatherland; and the Anglo-Saxon (Christian) laws are usually directed against practices connected with heathen worship, of which many reminiscences were long preserved
Read record →Angels and men, who assume at pleasure the form of men, of the lower animals, or any monstrous shape, and…
angels and men, who assume at pleasure the form of men, of the lower animals, or any monstrous shape, and propagate their species like, and sometimes with, human kind--appear in imposing proportions in 'The Thousand and One Nights'--that rich display of the fa
Read record →The philosopher's compact stipulated that after death his soul was to be the reward and possession of the…
The philosopher's compact stipulated that after death his soul was to be the reward and possession of the devil, whether he died within the church's sacred walls or without them
Read record →John XXII., one of his more immediate successors, is said to be the pope who first formally condemned the crime…
John XXII., one of his more immediate successors, is said to be the pope who first formally condemned the crime of witchcraft, more systematically anathematised some hundred and fifty years afterwards by Innocent VIII
Read record →Alchymy, astrology, and kindred arts were closely allied to the practice of witchcraft: the profession of…
Alchymy, astrology, and kindred arts were closely allied to the practice of witchcraft: the profession of medicine was little better than the mixing of magical ointments, love-potions, elixirs, not always of an innocent sort; and Sangrados were not wanting in
Read record →Cotemporary annalists record the extraordinary frenzy aggravated, as it was, by the proceedings against the…
Cotemporary annalists record the extraordinary frenzy aggravated, as it was, by the proceedings against the Templars, the signal of witch persecutions throughout France
Read record →Conspicuous about this period, by their importance and iniquity, are the cases of the Pucelle d'Orleans and the…
Conspicuous about this period, by their importance and iniquity, are the cases of the Pucelle d'Orleans and the catastrophe of Arras
Read record →Without detracting from the real merit of the patriotic martyr, it might be suspected that, besides her…
Without detracting from the real merit of the patriotic martyr, it might be suspected that, besides her inflamed imagination, a pious and pardonable collusion was resorted to as a last desperate effort to rouse the energy of the troops or the hopes of the peop
Read record →They admitted (under the severest torture, promises, and threats) the truth of their meetings at the sabbaths
They admitted (under the severest torture, promises, and threats) the truth of their meetings at the sabbaths
Read record →Perhaps the most memorable epoch in the annals of witchcraft is the date of the promulgation of the bull of…
Perhaps the most memorable epoch in the annals of witchcraft is the date of the promulgation of the bull of Pope Innocent VIII., when its prosecution was formally sanctioned, enforced, and developed in the most explicit manner by the highest authority in the C
Read record →It is difficult to decide which is the more astonishing, the perfect folly or the perfect iniquity of the Code:…
It is difficult to decide which is the more astonishing, the perfect folly or the perfect iniquity of the Code: it is easier to understand how so many thousands of victims were helplessly sacrificed
Read record →Fourteenth chapter: Upon torture and the mode of racking
Fourteenth chapter: Upon torture and the mode of racking
Read record →The 'Bull' and 'Malleus' were the code and textbook of Witchcraft amongst the Catholics, as the Act and…
The 'Bull' and 'Malleus' were the code and textbook of Witchcraft amongst the Catholics, as the Act and 'Demonologie' of James VI
Read record →The Christian Scriptures have seemed to suggest and sanction a constant personal interference of the 'great…
The Christian Scriptures have seemed to suggest and sanction a constant personal interference of the 'great adversary,' who is always traversing the earth 'seeking whom he may devour;' and his popular figure is represented as a union of the great dragon, the s
Read record →Their exact numbers and orders are differently estimated by different authorities
Their exact numbers and orders are differently estimated by different authorities
Read record →Terrestrial devils are Lares, Genii, Fauns, Satyrs, Wood-nymphs, Foliots, Fairies, Robin Goodfellows, Trulli;…
Terrestrial devils are Lares, Genii, Fauns, Satyrs, Wood-nymphs, Foliots, Fairies, Robin Goodfellows, Trulli; which, as they are most conversant with men, so they do them most harm
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