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William Godwin. The True Story vs. Myth of Witchcraft
The True Story vs. Myth of Witchcraft
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The Superstitions of Witchcraft. by Howard Williams
Preface
PART I. EARLIER FAITH
Chapter I
PART II. MEDIÆVAL FAITH
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
PART III. MODERN FAITH
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
The Devil in Britain and America. by John Ashton
Preface
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
Footnotes:
Witchcraft in Europe
History of Magic and Witchcraft
Magic and Witchcraft. by George Moir
Preface
Magic and Witchcraft
Footnotes:
Lives of the Necromancers. by William Godwin
Preface
Lives of the Necromancers
Ambitious Nature of Man
His Desire to Penetrate Into Futurity
Augury
Chiromancy
Physiognomy
Interpretation of Dreams
Casting of Lots
Astrology
Oracles
Delphi
The Desire to Command and Control Future Events
Commerce with the Invisible World
Sorcery and Enchantment
Witchcraft
Compacts with the Devil
Imps
Talismans and Amulets
Necromancy
Alchemy
Fairies
Rosicrucians
Sylphs and Gnomes, Salamanders and Undines
Examples of Necromancy and Witchcraft from the Bible
The Magi, or Wise Men of the East
Egypt
Statue of Memnon
Temple of Jupiter Ammon: its Oracles
Chaldea and Babylon
Zoroaster
Greece
Deities of Greece
Demigods
Daedalus
The Argonauts
Medea
Circe
Orpheus
Amphion
Tiresias
Abaris
Pythagoras
Epimenides
Empedocles
Aristeas
Hermotimus
The Mother of Demaratus, King of Sparta
Oracles
Invasion of Xerxes Into Greece
Democritus
Socrates
Rome
Virgil
Polydorus
Dido
Romulus
Numa
Tullus Hostilius
Accius Navius
Servius Tullius
The Sorceress of Virgil
Canidia
Erichtho
Sertorius
Casting Out Devils
Simon Magus
Elymas, the Sorcerer
Nero
Vespasian
Apollonius of Tyana
Apuleius
Alexander the Paphlagonian
Revolution Produced in the History of Necromancy and Witchcraft upon the Establishment of Christianity
Magical Consultations Respecting the Life of the Emperor
History of Necromancy in the East
General Silence of the East Respecting Individual Necromancers
Rocail
Hakem, Otherwise Mocanna
Arabian Nights’ Entertainments
Persian Tales
Story of a Goule
Arabian Nights
Resemblance of the Tales of the East and of Europe
Causes of Human Credulity
Dark Ages of Europe
Merlin
St. Dunstan
Communication of Europe and the Saracens
Gerbert, Pope Silvester Ii
Benedict the Ninth
Gregory the Seventh
Duff, King of Scotland
Macbeth
Virgil
Robert of Lincoln
Michael Scot
The Dean of Badajoz
Miracle of the Tub of Water
Institution of Friars
Albertus Magnus
Roger Bacon
Thomas Aquinas
Peter of Apono
English Law of High Treason
Ziito
Transmutation of Metals
Artephius
Raymond Lulli
Arnold of Villeneuve
English Laws Respecting Transmutation
Revival of Letters
Joan of Arc
Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester
Richard III
Sanguinary Proceedings Against Witchcraft
Savonarola
Trithemius
Luther
Cornelius Agrippa
Faustus
Sabellicus
Paracelsus
Cardan
Quacks, Who in Cool Blood Undertook to Overreach Mankind
Benvenuto Cellini
Nostradamus
Doctor Dee
Earl of Derby
King James’s Voyage to Norway
John Fian
King James’s Demonology
Statute, 1 James I
Forman and Others
Latest Ideas of James on the Subject
Lancashire Witches
Lady Davies
Edward Fairfax
Doctor Lamb
Urbain Grandier
Astrology
William Lilly
Matthew Hopkins
Cromwel
Dorothy Mateley
Witches Hanged by Sir Matthew Hale
Witchcraft in Sweden
Witchcraft in New England
Conclusion
Witch, Warlock, and Magician. by W. H. Davenport Adams
Preface
Introduction. Progress of Alchemy in Europe
THE EARLIER ALCHEMISTS
IN THE MIDDLE AGES
FOOTNOTE
BOOK I. THE ENGLISH MAGICIANS
Chapter I. Roger Bacon: The True and the Legendary
ROGER BACON
‘THE FAMOUS HISTORIE OF FRIAR BACON.’
GREENE’S COMEDY
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER I
FOOTNOTES
Chapter II. The Story of Dr. John Dee
EDWARD KELLY
NOTE
FOOTNOTES
Chapter III. Dr. Dee’s Diary
FOOTNOTES
Chapter IV. Magic and Imposture—A Couple of Knaves
A CAUSE CÉLÈBRE
DR. LAMBE
FOOTNOTES
Chapter V. The Last of the English Magicians: William Lilly
NOTE.—DR. DEE’S MAGIC CRYSTAL
FOOTNOTE
Chapter VI. English Rosicrucians
THOMAS VAUGHAN
JOHN HEYDON
FOOTNOTES
BOOK II. WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT
Chapter I. Early History of Witchcraft in England
FOOTNOTES
Chapter II. Witchcraft in England in the 17th Century
THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES
THE WITCHES OF SALMESBURY
THE WITCH-FINDER: MATTHEW HOPKINS
FOOTNOTE
Chapter III. The Decline of Witchcraft in England
Chapter IV. The Witches of Scotland
JAMES I. AND THE WITCHES
CASE OF JANET WISHART
FOOTNOTES
Chapter V. The Literature of Witchcraft
FOOTNOTE
Irish Witchcraft and Demonology. by St. John D. Seymour
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Footnotes:
Practitioners of Magic & Witchcraft and Clairvoyance. by Bram Stoker
PRACTITIONERS OF MAGIC
Paracelsus
Cagliostro
Mesmer
WITCHCRAFT AND CLAIRVOYANCE
A. The Period
B. Doctor Dee
C. La Voisin
D. Sir Edward Kelley
E. Mother Damnable
F. Matthew Hopkins
Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch. by Wilhelm Meinhold
Preface
Introduction
The Seventh Chapter. How the Imperialists Robbed Me of All that was Left, and Likewise Broke Into the Church and Stole the Vasa Sacra; Also What More Befell Us
The Eighth Chapter. How Our Need Waxed Sorer and Sorer, and How I Sent Old Ilse with Another Letter to Pudgla, and How Heavy a Misfortune This Brought Upon Me
The Ninth Chapter. How the Old Maid-Servant Humbled Me by Her Faith, and the Lord Yet Blessed Me His Unworthy Servant
The Tenth Chapter. How We Journeyed to Wolgast, and Made Good Barter There
The Eleventh Chapter. How I Fed All the Congregation: Item, How I Journeyed to the Horse Fair at Gützkow, and What Befell Me There
The Twelfth Chapter. What Further Joy and Sorrow Befell Us: Item, How Wittich Appelmann Rode to Damerow to the Wolfhunt, and What He Proposed to My Daughter
The Thirteenth Chapter. What More Happened During the Winter: Item, How in the Spring Witchcraft Began in the Village
The Fourteenth Chapter. How Old Seden Disappeared All on a Sudden: Item, How the Great Gustavus Adolphus Came to Pomerania, and Took the Fort at Peenemünde
The Fifteenth Chapter. Of the Arrival of the High and Mighty King Gustavus Adolphus and What Befell Thereat
The Sixteenth Chapter. How Little Mary Paasch was Sorely Plagued of the Devil, and the Whole Parish Fell Off From Me
The Seventeenth Chapter. How My Poor Child was Taken Up for a Witch, and Carried to Pudgla
The Eighteenth Chapter. Of the First Trial, and What Came Thereof
The Nineteenth Chapter. How Satan, by the Permission of the Most Righteous God, Sought Altogether to Ruin Us, and How We Lost All Hope
The Twentieth Chapter. Of the Malice of the Governor and of Old Lizzie: Item, of the Examination of Witnesses
The Twenty-first Chapter. De Confrontatione Testium
The Twenty-second Chapter. How the Syndicus Dom. Michelsen Arrived and Prepared His Defence of My Poor Child
The Twenty-third Chapter. How My Poor Child was Sentenced to be Put to the Question
The Twenty-fourth Chapter. How in My Presence the Devil Fetched Old Lizzie Kolken
The Twenty-fifth Chapter. How Satan Sifted Me Like Wheat, Whereas My Daughter Withstood Him Right Bravely
The Twenty-sixth Chapter. How I Received the Holy Sacrament with My Daughter and the Old Maidservant, and How She was Then Led for the Last Time Before the Court, with the Drawn Sword and the Outcry, to Receive Sentence
The Twenty-seventh Chapter. Of that Which Befell Us by the Way: Item, of the Fearful Death of the Sheriff at the Mill
The Twenty-eighth Chapter. How My Daughter was at Length Saved by the Help of the All-merciful, Yea, of the All-merciful God
The Twenty-ninth Chapter. Of Our Next Great Sorrow, and Final Joy
Sidonia, the Sorceress. by Wilhelm Meinhold
VOLUME I
Preface
LETTER OF DR. THEODORE PLÖNNIES
BOOK I
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
BOOK II
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
BOOK III
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
VOLUME II
BOOK III. Continued
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
Conclusion
La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages. by Jules Michelet
Preface
Introduction
FOOTNOTES:
BOOK I
Chapter I. The Death of the Gods
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter II. Why the Middle Ages Fell Into Despair
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter III. The Little Devil of the Fireside
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter IV. Temptations
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter V. Possession
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter VI. The Covenant
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter VII. The King of the Dead
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter VIII. The Prince of Nature
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter IX. The Devil a Physician
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter X. Charms and Philtres
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter XI. The Rebels’ Communion—Sabbaths—The Black Mass
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter XII. The Sequel—Love and Death—Satan Disappears
FOOTNOTES:
BOOK II
Chapter I. The Witch in Her Decline—Satan Multiplied and Made Common
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter II. The Hammer for Witches
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter III. Century of Toleration in France: Reaction
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter IV. The Witches of the Basque Country: 160984
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter V. Satan Turns Priest
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter VI. Gauffridi: 1610
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter VII. The Demoniacs of Loudun—Urban Grandier: 1632-1634
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter VIII. The Demoniacs of Louviers—Madeline Bavent: 1633-1647
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter IX. The Devil Triumphs in the Seventeenth Century
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter X. Father Girard and La Cadiere: 1730
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter XI. Cadiere in the Convent: 1730
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter XII. The Trial of Cadiere: 1730-1731
FOOTNOTES:
Epilogue
Tales & Legends
Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland. by John G. Campbell
Chapter I. Black Witchcraft
WITCHES AND MILK
COUNTER-CHARMS
GOING TO SEA
RAISING STORMS AND DROWNING PEOPLE
WITCHES AS SHEEP
WITCHES AS HARES
WITCHES AS CATS
WITCHES AS RATS
WITCHES AS GULLS
WITCH AS CORMORANT
WITCHES AS WHALES
DELAYING THE BIRTH OF A CHILD
CLAY CORPSE
SILVER SIXPENCE
SAVING HORSES
TAILOR AND WITCHES
CELEBRATED WITCHES
WIZARD RISING AFTER DEATH
HOW TO DETECT WITCHES
Chapter II. White Witchcraft
EOLAS
CURE FOR THE EVIL EYE
CHARM FOR SPRAINS
CHARM FOR BRUISES
CHARM FOR RHEUMATIC PAINS
CHARM FOR CONSUMPTION
FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE CHEST
CHARM FOR TOOTHACHE
MADE FOR MERRION MACFADYN
CHARMS FOR CATTLE
CHARM AGAINST DANGER (Sian)
THE OLD WIFE’S CHARM FOR HER COW
CHARM FOR A SHEEP IN ITS COT
AGAINST DROWNING AND IN WAR
CHARM AGAINST DANGERS IN WAR
CHARM FOR CLOTH
CHARM FOR GENERAL USE
“THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.”
CHARM FOR CONFERRING GRACES
CHARM FOR THE FACES OF YOUNG WOMEN
LOVE CHARM
CHARM TO KEEP AWAY HARM IN A LAWSUIT
SERPENT STONE
SNAIL BEADS (Cnaipein Seilcheig)
FROG STONE
STONES
FAIRY ARROW
CRUBAN STONE
VARIOUS
Soisgeul, GOSPEL
MISCELLANEOUS CURES
WARTS (Foineachun)
STYE (Neònagan)
TETTER (Teine-dé, HERPES LABIALIS)
HICCUP (an aileag)
HOOPING-COUGH (an trigh, an trîugh)
STIFF NECK,
TOOTHACHE (Déide)
FALLING SICKNESS (an tuiteamas)
MADNESS
Màm, AXILLARY SWELLING
LUMBAGO (Leum droma)
CONSUMPTION (Caitheamh)
LEPROSY (Mùr)
Loch Ma Nàr,
WELLS
PLANTS AND TREES. MOUNTAIN ASH
PEARLWORT (Mòthan)
ST. JOHN’S WORT (Achlasan Challum Chille)
JUNIPER (Iubhar-beinne, lit. Mountain Yew)
YARROW (Chathair làir)
“THE ENTICING PLANT” (Lus an tàlaidh)
THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF ENCHANTMENTS
Chapter III. Death Warnings
HUGH OF THE LITTLE HEAD (Eoghan a chinn bhig)
Chapter IV. Second Sight (an da shealladh)
SPECTRES OF THE LIVING (Tamhasg)
APPARITIONS OF THE DEAD
STRONG AND UNDUE WISHES
TÀRADH
MARRIAGE
COMING MISFORTUNE
EVENTS AT A DISTANCE
DEATH
COFFIN
NOISE OF GLASSES TO BE USED AT FUNERALS
FUNERAL PROCESSION
WRAITHS SEEN BEFORE DEATH
DROWNING
HORSES AND DOGS
CRYING HEARD BEFORE DEATH
LIGHTS
SPIRITS SEEN BEFORE DEATH
RETURN OF THE DEAD
BONES OF THE DEAD AND PLACE OF BURIAL
SPIRITS APPEARING IN DREAMS
TO GET RID OF THE SECOND SIGHT
Chapter V. Hobgoblins
THE Bodach, OR CARLE
FUATH
CACHLAIDH NA FEUSAIG, ISLAY
THE HEADLESS BODY (Colann gun cheann)
THE GREY PAW (Spòg liath)
EWEN AND THE CARLIN WIFE
THE BLACK WALKER OF THE FORD
STROWAN, ATHOLE
THE UNEARTHLY WHISTLE
THE BATTLE OF GAURA
THE BEAST OF ODAL PASS
Luideag, “THE RAG.”
Lochan Doimeig
RETURN OF THE DEAD
DONALD GORM’S GHOST
TAIBHSE CHOIMHLIG
KINGAIRLOCH, ARGYLESHIRE
FLADDA-CHUAIN
HAUNTED HOUSES
Bòcain, GOBLINS
Chapter VI. The Celtic Year
NOLLAIG
CALLUINN
CHRISTMAS RHYMES (Rann Calluinn)
NEW-YEAR NIGHT
NEW-YEAR’S DAY
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
WINTER SEASON
FEBRUARY (Faoilleach)
Earrach beag nam Faochag
ST. BRIDE’S DAY
SPRING
Feadag, THE WHISTLE,
Gobag, THE SHARP-BILLED ONE,
Sguabag, THE SWEEPER,
Gearran, A GELDING, OR PERHAPS Gearan, COMPLAINT
A Chailleach, the old wife
Trì làithean nan ōisgean, THREE HOG DAYS
Mhàrt, SEED-TIME
Inid, SHROVETIDE
Carghas, LENT,
ST. KESSOCK’S DAY (Féill mo Cheasaig)
ST. PATRICK’S DAY (Feill Pàruig)
LADY DAY (Féill Moire)
SHORE OR MAUNDY-THURSDAY
GOOD FRIDAY (Di-haoine na Ceusa)
EASTER (Càsg)
ALL-FOOLS’ DAY
Bailc na Bealltainn
Bealltainn, MAY-DAY
Céitein, MONTH OF MAY
WHISTLING WEEK
Màigh, MAY
THE AVOIDING DAY OF THE YEAR
Caingis, WHITSUNTIDE, PENTECOST
Feill-Sheathain, ST. JOHN’S OR MID-SUMMER’S EVE, 24TH JUNE-6TH JULY
Mios crochadh nan Con, DOG-DAYS
Latha Martainn Builg, TRANSLATION OF MARTIN
Lùnasdal, LAMMAS, AUGUST 1-12TH
Iuchar, THE HOT MONTH (i.e. AUGUST)
Fèill Moire, ASSUMPTION DAY
Féill Ròid, ROODMAS, SEPTEMBER 14-26
MICHAELMAS (Feill Mìcheil)
Samhain, HALLOWMAS,
Feill Fionnain
DAYS OF THE WEEK
Di-dòmhnaich, SUNDAY (dies Domini)
Di-luain, MONDAY
Di-màirt, TUESDAY
Di-Ciadain, WEDNESDAY
Di’rdaoin, THURSDAY
Di-haoine, FRIDAY, DIES VENORIS
Di-sathuirne, SATURDAY (Dies Saturni)
WEATHER WISDOM, ETC
THE MOON
FOOTNOTES
Witch Stories. by E. Lynn Linton
Preface
The Witches of Scotland
THE STORY OF LADY GLAMMIS1
BESSIE DUNLOP AND THOM REID.2
ALISON PEARSON AND THE FAIRY FOLK.3
THE CRIMES OF LADY FOWLIS.4
BESSIE ROY
THE DEVIL’S SECRETARY.5
THE GRACE WIFE OF KEITH AND HER CUMMERS.6
THE TWO ALISONS
THE TROUBLES OF ABERDEEN.13
WHITE WITCHES.16
THE MISDEEDS OF ISOBEL GRIERSON.17
BARTIE PATERSON’S CHARM.18
BEIGIS TOD AND HER COMPEERS.19
THE PITIFUL FATE OF MARGARET BARCLAY.21
MARGARET WALLACE AND HER DEAR BURD.22
THOM REID AGAIN.23
BESSIE SMITH
THOMAS GRIEVE’S ENCHANTMENTS (1623).25
KATHERINE GRANT AND HER STOUP.26
THE MISDEEDS OF MARION RICHART.27
LADY LEE’S PENNY AND THE WITCHES OF 1629.28
ELSPETH CURSETTER AND HER FRIENDS.29
SANDIE AND THE DEVIL.31
THE MIDWIFE’S DOUBLE SIN
KATHERINE GRIEVE AND JOHN SINCLAIR.32
BESSIE BATHGATE’S NIPS.33
BESSIE SKEBISTER.34
THE TRIAL OF SPIRITS.35
SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE
SINCLAIR’S STORIES.42
MANIE HALIBURTON.43
THE DEVIL OF GLENLUCE,44
JONET WATSON AND THE DEVIL IN GREEN
THE LANTHORNE AND THE BAHR-RECHT.49
MISCELLANEOUS
CLOWTS AND THE SERPENT.54
THE WITCHES OF AULDEARNE:55
THE SECRET SINS OF MAJOR WEIR.57
THE DUMB GIRL OF POLLOK.58
LIZZIE MUDIE AND HER VICTIMS.59
BRAVE OLD KATHERINE LIDDELL.60
THE DEVIL IN HIS CUPS.62
THE GHOST OF THE BLACK-BROWED MAID.63
THE SUCCUBUS.64
THE ISLAND WITCHES
THE RENFREWSHIRE WITCHES.70
MISCELLANEOUS
THE STIRK’S FOOT.72
THE HORRIBLE MURDER OF JANET CORNFOOT.73
THE SPELL OF THE SLAP.75
THE PLAGUE OF CATS.76
THE YOUNG HONOURABLE’S DECEITS
THE LAST OF THE WITCHES
The Witches of England
THE WITCH OF BERKELEY
EARLY HISTORIC TRIALS
THE AFFLICTIONS OF ALEXANDER NYNDGE,
ADE DAVIE’S MOURNING.97
THE POSSESSION OF MILDRED NORRINGTON.98
MISCELLANEOUS
THE WITCHES OF S. OSEES,
THE WOMAN AND THE BEAR
THE WITCHES OF WARBOIS.107
THE MAN OF HOPE AND THE DEVIL.108
GIFFARD’S ANECDOTES.109
THE POSSESSED MAID OF THAMES STREET.111
SWEET FATHER FOREMAN
THE WITCHES OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.113
THE WITCHES OF LANCASHIRE.114
GRACE SOWERBUTS AND THE PRIESTS.122
MARY AND HER CATS.123
RUTTERKIN.124
THE BOY OF BILSTON.125
MR. FAIRFAX’S FOLLY
THE COUNTESS.126
THE TWO VOICES.127
THE SECOND CURSE OF PENDLE.128
THE WITCH ON A PLANK.129
THE WITCH-FINDING OF HOPKINS
THE MANNINGTREE WITCHES,
THE HUNTINGDON IMPS
MR. CLARK’S EXAMPLES
THE NEWCASTLE PRICKERS
THE WITCH IN THE BRAKE.136
THE TEWKESBURY WITCH THAT SUCKED THE SOW
THE DEVIL’S DELUSION.137
THE WITCH OF WAPPING
THE GEOLOGICAL BEWITCHMENT.138
THE BURNING BEWITCHMENT.139
THE STRINGY MEAT.140
THE LOST WIFE.141
DR. LAMB AND HIS DARLING.142
THE SPRIGHTLY LAD OF SOMERSETSHIRE.143
THE WITCHES OF THE RESTORATION
THE WITCH-FINDER FOUND
DOLL BILBY AND HER COMPEER.145
THE ASTRAL SPIRIT’S ASSAULT
JULIAN’S TOADS.146
THE YOUGHAL WITCH
THE WITCHES OF STYLES’S KNOT.147
ROBIN AND HIS SERVANTS148
SIR MATTHEW HALE’S JUDGMENT.149
THE WAITING-MAID AND THE PIN.150
JANE STRETTON AND THE CUNNING WOMAN.151
THE BIDEFORD TROUBLES.152
SIR JOHN HOLT’S JUDGMENTS.153
THE SURREY DEMONIAC.156
THE GROCER’S YOUNG MAN.158
THE WITCH OF WALKERNE.159
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Studies
The Witch Mania. by Charles Mackay
Volume 1: National Delusions
The Mississippi Scheme
The South Sea Bubble
LIST OF BUBBLES
The Tulipomania
Relics
Modern Prophecies
Popular Admiration for Great Thieves
Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard
Duels and Ordeals
The Love of the Marvellous and the Disbelief of the True
Popular Follies in Great Cities
Old Price Riots
The Thugs, or Phansigars
Volume 2: Peculiar Follies
The Crusades
The Witch Mania
"REQUEST OF THE PARLIAMENT OF ROUEN TO THE KING, IN 1670
The Slow Poisoners
Haunted Houses
Volume 3: Philosophical Delusions
BOOK I. The Alchemysts
OR, SEARCHERS FOR THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE AND THE WATER OF LIFE
PART I.—HISTORY OF ALCHYMY FROM THE EARLIEST PERIODS TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
PART II.—PROGRESS OF THE INFATUATION DURING THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES
BOOK II. Fortune Telling
BOOK III. The Magnetisers
Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland. by John Maxwell Wood
Preface
Chapter I. Traditional Witchcraft Described
Chapter II. Witch Narrative
Chapter III. Witchcraft Trials and Persecution
Chapter IV. Fairies and Brownies
Chapter V. Wraiths and Warnings
Chapter VI. Death Customs and Funeral Ceremony
Chapter VII. Ghost Lore and Haunted Houses
Appendix
Glossary
Footnotes:
Modern Magic. by M. Schele de Vere
Preface
I. Witchcraft
II. Black and White Magic
III. Dreams
IV. Visions
V. Ghosts
VI. Divination
SECOND SIGHT
ORACLES AND PROPHECIES
THE DIVINING ROD
VII. Possession
VAMPIRISM
ZOANTHROPY
VIII. Magnetism
SOMNAMBULISM
IX. Miraculous Cures
X. Mysticism
Witchcraft in America
Salem Trials
The Wonders of the Invisible World. by Cotton Mather and Increase Mather
Introduction
The Author's Defence
Enchantments Encountered
Section I
§ II
§ III
§ IV
§ V
§ VI
§ VII
An Abstract of Mr. Perkins's Way for the Discovery of Witches
A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World
Corollary I
Corollary II
Corollary III
Corollary IV
Corollary V
The first Conjecture
The Second Conjecture
The Third Conjecture
An Hortatory and Necessary Address, to a Country Now Extraordinarily Alarum'd by the Wrath of the Devil
TIS THIS,
A Narrative of an Apparition which a Gentleman in Boston, had of His Brother, Just Then Murthered in London
A Modern Instance of Witches, Discovered and Condemned in a Tryal, Before that Celebrated Judge, Sir Matthew Hale
I. The Tryal of G. B. at a Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held in Salem, 1692
II. The Tryal of Bridget Bishop, Alias Oliver, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held at Salem, June 2. 1692
I
III. The Tryal of Susanna Martin, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held by Adjournment at Salem, June 29. 1692
I
IV. The Tryal of Elizabeth How, at the. Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held by Adjournment. at Salem, June 30. 1692
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V. The Trial of Martha Carrier, at the. Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held by Adjournment. at Salem, August 2. 1692
I
The First Curiositie
A Second Curiositie
A Third Curiositie
A Fourth Curiositie
Matter Omitted in the Trials
The Devil Discovered
Case
A Further Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches
Cases of Conscience. Concerning Witchcrafts and Evil Spirits Personating Men
A True Narrative of some Remarkable Passages relating to sundry Persons afflicted by Witchcraft at Salem Village in New-England, which happened from the 19th. of March to the 5th. of April, 1692
Remarks of things more than ordinary about the. Afflicted Persons
Remarks concerning the Accused
A Further Account of the Tryals of. the New-England Witches, Sent in a Letter from. Thence, to a Gentleman in London
Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits Personating Men; Witchcrafts, Infallible Proofs of Guilt in such as are Accused with that Crime
Christian Reader
Cases of Conscience Concerning Witchcrafts
Postscript
FOOTNOTES:
Salem Witchcraft. by Charles Wentworth Upham
Preface
Map and Illustrations
Index to the Map
DWELLINGS IN 1692
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS LIST
Town of Salem
Grants
Farms
Introduction
Part First. Salem Village
Part Second. Witchcraft
Part Third. Witchcraft at Salem Village
Supplement
Appendix
I. Prefatory Address
II. Deodat Lawson's Narrative
III. Letter from R.P. to Jonathan Corwin
IV. Extracts from Mr. Parris's Church Records
Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather. by Charles Wentworth Upham
Prefatory Note
Introduction
I
The Connection of the Mathers with the Superstitions of Their Time
II
The Goodwin Children. Some General Remarks Upon the Criticisms of the North American Review
III
Cotton Mather and the Goodwin Children. John Baily. John Hale. Goodwin's Certificates. Mather's Idea of Witchcraft as a War with the Devil. His Use of Prayer. Connection Between the Case of the Goodwin Children and Salem Witchcraft
FOOTNOTES:
IV
The Relation of the Mathers to the Administration of Massachusetts, in 1692. The New Charter. The Government Under It Arranged by Them. Arrival of Sir William Phips
V
The Special Court of Oyer and Terminer. How It Was Established. Who Responsible for It. The Government of the Province Concentrated in Its Chief-justice
VI
Cotton Mather's Connection With the Court. Spectral Evidence. Letter to John Richards. Advice of the Ministers
VII
Advice of the Ministers, Further Considered. Cotton Mather's Plan for Dealing With Spectral Testimony
VIII
Cotton Mather and Spectral Evidence
IX
Cotton Mather and the Preliminary Examinations. John Proctor. George Burroughs
X
Cotton Mather and the Witchcraft Trials. The Executions
FOOTNOTES:
XI
Letter to Stephen Sewall. "Wonders of the Invisible World." Its Origin and Design. Cotton Mather's Account of the Trials
XII
"Wonders of the Invisible World," Continued. Passages From It. "Cases of Conscience." Increase Mather
XIII
The Court of Oyer and Terminer Brought to a Sudden End. Sir William Phips
FOOTNOTES:
XIV
Cotton Mather's Writings Subsequent to the Witchcraft Prosecutions
XV
History of Opinion as to Cotton Mather's Connection With Salem Witchcraft. Thomas Brattle. The People of Salem Village. John Hall. John Higginson. Michael Wigglesworth
XVI
History of Opinion as to Cotton Mather, Continued. Francis Hutchinson. Daniel Neal. Isaac Watts. Thomas Hutchinson. William Bentley. John Eliot. Josiah Quincy
XVII
The Effect Upon the Power of the Mathers, in the Public Affairs of the Province, of Their Connection With Witchcraft
XVIII
Cotton Mather's Writings and Character
XIX
Robert Calef's Writings and Character
XX
Miscellaneous Remarks. Conclusion
A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials. by M. V. B. Perley
Notice
Introduction
Antiquity of the Witch. and Her Legal Status
The Colonial Laws and. Their Biblical Origin
The Modern Witch and. Her Terrible Persecution
The American Witch and. Views of the Educated
Old Crone Lore and. Three Notable Dissenters
Pen Picture of a Witch. Home of the “Delusion”
Ingersoll and His Tavern. Revs. Bailey, Burroughs, Lawson
Rev. Samuel Parris, Student. West Indian Trader, First Pastor
John and His Tituba. Rev. S. Parris’s Slaves
Parris’s Witch School, Apt. Pupils, Their Personnel
Casting out Devils “Still the Wonder Grew”
A Portentous Leap Day “The Greatest Show on Earth”
Unwarrantable Usurpation. Names of the Court and Jury
Trials Arrested, Court Suspended. List of Those Hanged
The Beginning of the End. Rev. John Hale’s Change of Heart
Lofty Character of the Condemned. Judge Joseph Story’s Tribute
The Place of Execution. The Crevice for the Corpses
Mrs. Howe’s Case
The Sunday Warrant. And its Sunday Service
The Preliminary Examination. She Never Heard of Her Accusers Before
The Indictment. The Case. Heard June 29th and 30th and July 1st
The Witnesses. Timothy and Deborah Perley
Samuel and Ruth Perley
Rev. Samuel Phillips
Rev. Edward Payson
Deborah Hadley
Daniel, John, Sarah Warren
Simon and Mary Chapman
Isaac Cummings, Sr
Joseph and Mary Knowlton
James Howe, Sr. (ninety-four yrs. old)
Isaac Cummings, Jr
Mary Cummings, Sr
Mary Cummings, Sr
Mary Cummings
Francis Lane
John Howe
Jacob Foster
Joseph Safford
Thomas Andrews
Removal of Attainder. and Reimbursement
Home of Mrs. Howe. Located. The Conclusion
Descendants of James Howe
Descendants of James Howe. Ipswich Howes—James Branch
ARMA VIRUMQUE CANO
The Coat of Arms. James, Jr., and Elizabeth
An Account of the Witchcraft Delusion at Salem in 1682. by James Thacher
Witchcraft and Sorcery
Salem Witchcraft
TRIAL OF SUSANNA MARTIN, JUNE 29, 1692
TRIAL OF ELIZABETH HOW, JUNE 30, 1692
TRIAL OF MARTHA CARRYER, AUGUST 2, 1692
House of John Procter, Witchcraft Martyr, 1692. by William P. Upham
Studies
The Salem Witchcraft, the Planchette Mystery, and Modern Spiritualism. by Samuel Roberts Wells
Introduction
SALEM WITCHCRAFT. The Place
The Salemite of Forty Years Ago
How the Subject was Opened
Careful Historiography
The Actors in the Tragedy
Philosophy of the Delusion
Character of the Early Settlement
First Causes
Death of the Patriarch
Growth
Trouble in the Church
Rev. Mr. Burroughs
Deodat Lawson
Parris—A Malignant
A Protean Devil
State of Physiology
William Penn as a Precedent
Phenomena of Witchery
Parris and His “Circle”
The Inquisitions—Sarah Good
A Child Witch
The Towne Sisters
Depositions of Parris and His Tools
Goody Nurse’s Excommunication
Mary Easty
Mrs. Cloyse
The Proctor Family
The Jacobs Family
Giles and Martha Corey
Decline of the Delusion
The Physio-psychological Causes of the Trouble
The Last of Parris
“One of the Afflicted”—Her Confession
The Transition
The Fetish Theory Then and Now
The Views of Modern Investigators
Importance of the Subject
THE PLANCHETTE MYSTERY. What Planchette Is and Does
The Press on Planchette
Theory First—That the Board is Moved by the Hands that Rest Upon It
Theory Second—It is Electricity, or Magnetism
Electricity Has Nothing To Do With It
Third—The Devil Theory
Theory of a Floating, Ambient Mentality
“To Daimonion” (The Demon)
It is Some Principle of Nature as Yet Unknown
Theory of the Agency of Departed Spirits
Planchette’s Own Theory
The Rational Difficulty
The Medium—The Doctrine of Spheres
The Moral and Religious Difficulty
What This Modern Development Is, and What is to Come of It
Conclusion
How to Work Planchette
Spiritualism
“The Communion of Saints”
Dr. Doddridge’s Dream
The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697) by John M. Taylor
Foreword
Two Indictments for Witchcraft
A Warrant for the Execution of a Witch1 and the Sheriff's Return Thereon
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Historical Note
Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism. by Allen Putnam
Preface
Explanatory Note
Witchcraft Marvel-Workers
Mather and Calef
Cotton Mather
Robert Calef
Thomas Hutchinson
C. W. Upham
Margaret Jones
Ann Hibbins
Ann Cole
Elizabeth Knap
The Morse Family
The Goodwin Family
Salem Witchcraft
Tituba
Sarah Good
Dorcas Good
Sarah Osburn
Martha Corey
Giles Corey
Rebecca Nurse
Mary Easty
Susanna Martin
Martha Carrier
Rev. George Burroughs
Summary
The Confessors
The Accusing Girls
The Prosecutors
Witchcraft’s Author
The Motive
Local and Personal
Methods of Providence
Appendix
On Witchcraft
Glimpses of the Supernatural – Witchcraft and Necromancy. by Frederick George Lee
WITCHCRAFT AND NECROMANCY
Footnotes:
Letters On Demonology And Witchcraft. by Sir Walter Scott
Introduction
Letter I
Letter II
Letter III
Letter IV
Letter V
Letter VI
Letter VII
Letter VIII
Letter IX
Letter X
