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  • An essay on demonology

    Ghosts and apparitions, and popular superstitions, also, an account of the witchcraft delusion at Salem, in 1682

    by James Thacher ...
    Contents of the book:GHOSTS AND APPARITIONSPOWER OF IMAGINATIONILLUSIONSIMAGINATION AND FEARSUPERSTITIONWITCHCRAFT AND SORCERYSALEM WITCHCRAFTTRIAL OF SUSANNA MARTIN, JUNE 29, 1692TRIAL OF ELIZABETH HOW, JUNE 30, 1692TRIAL OF MARTHA CARRYER, AUGUST 2, 1692OMENS AND AUGURIESMEDICAL QUACKERY. ... Read more

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  • Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions

    by James Thacher ...
    A belief in the entity of witchcraft and sorcery may boast of a high degree of antiquity. In both the Old and New Testament, we observe numerous tragical events, bearing the semblance of diabolical agency. A prominent instance is found in the witch of Endor, who is said to have been deeply versed in the art of deception, and notorious in her day for skill in practical astrology. It is the opinion ... Read more

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  • The True Story vs. Myth of Witchcraft

    Salem Trials, Demonology, Folklore, and the History of Belief, Persecution, and the Occult

    by Bram Stoker, Charles Mackay, William Godwin, Walter Scott, Charles Wentworth Upham, Jules Michelet, John Ashton, Howard Williams, Increase Mather, Cotton Mather, Allen Putnam, George Moir, Frederick George Lee, James Thacher, M. V. B. Perley, Wilhelm Meinhold, John M. Taylor, E. Lynn Linton, William P. Upham, W. H. Davenport Adams, M. Schele de Vere, John G. Campbell, John Maxwell Wood, Samuel Roberts Wells ...
    Translated by Jane Wilde, Lucie Duff-Gordon, Lionel James Trotter ...
    The True Story vs. Myth of Witchcraft assembles a capacious archive of witchcraft writing, setting legal testimony, religious polemic, antiquarian inquiry, historical narrative, folklore, and skeptical interpretation in productive tension. Ranging from Puritan accounts of diabolic threat to later efforts to explain accusation through social fear, credulity, and custom, the volume illuminates the ... Read more

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  • The Mystery of Witchcraft - History, Mythology & Art

    Salem Trials, European Persecution, Folklore, Demonology, and the Witch in Art and Literature

    by Bram Stoker, Charles Mackay, William Godwin, Walter Scott, Charles Wentworth Upham, Jules Michelet, John Ashton, Howard Williams, Increase Mather, Cotton Mather, Allen Putnam, George Moir, Frederick George Lee, James Thacher, M. V. B. Perley, Wilhelm Meinhold, John M. Taylor, E. Lynn Linton, William P. Upham, W. H. Davenport Adams, M. Schele de Vere, St. John D. Seymour, John G. Campbell, John Maxwell Wood, Samuel Roberts Wells, Margaret Murray ...
    Translated by Jane Wilde, Lucie Duff-Gordon, Lionel James Trotter ...
    The Mystery of Witchcraft—History, Mythology & Art surveys witchcraft as a shifting cultural category: alleged crime, theological peril, folk memory, literary motif, and visual-imaginative inheritance. Across sermons, legal and historical studies, antiquarian inquiry, folklore, travel-inflected observation, and Gothic or Romantic prose, the volume charts the movement from demonological certainty ... Read more

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  • The Collected Works on Magic & Witchcraft

    Salem Trials, Lives of the Necromancers, Modern Magic, Witch Stories…

    by Bram Stoker, Charles Mackay, William Godwin, Walter Scott, Charles Wentworth Upham, Jules Michelet, John Ashton, Howard Williams, Increase Mather, Cotton Mather, Allen Putnam, George Moir, Frederick George Lee, James Thacher, M. V. B. Perley, Wilhelm Meinhold, John M. Taylor, E. Lynn Linton, William P. Upham, W. H. Davenport Adams, M. Schele de Vere, St. John D. Seymour, John G. Campbell, John Maxwell Wood, Samuel Roberts Wells, Margaret Murray ...
    Translated by Jane Wilde, Lucie Duff-Gordon, Lionel James Trotter ...
    The Collected Works on Magic & Witchcraft is a comprehensive anthology that weaves together the transformative journey of esoteric knowledge from the medieval era through the nineteenth century. With a palette of literary styles ranging from Gothic narratives and historical treatises to philosophical discourses, this collection provides a profound exploration of magic and witchcraft's enigmatic ... Read more

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  • An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstitions

    by James Thacher ...
    An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstitions is a concise overview of the paranormal, and includes a section discussing the Salem Witch events. A table of contents is included. ... Read more

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  • An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstitions Also, an Account of the Witchcraft Delusion at Salem, in 1692

    by James Thacher ...
    TABLE OF CONTENTSADVERTISEMENT.GHOSTS AND APPARITIONS.POWER OF IMAGINATION.ILLUSIONS.IMAGINATION AND FEAR.SUPERSTITION.WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY.SALEM WITCHCRAFT.TRIAL OF SUSANNA MARTIN, JUNE 29, 1692.TRIAL OF ELIZABETH HOW, JUNE 30, 1692.<s... ... Read more

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  • An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstitions

    Also, an Account of the Witchcraft Delusion at Salem, in 1692

    by James Thacher ...
    In "An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstitions," James Thacher embarks on an intellectual exploration of the supernatural, analyzing the cultural perceptions and historical contexts surrounding demons and apparitions. Through a critical lens, Thacher combines empirical observation with a richly narrative style, drawing from folklore, biblical scripture, and ... Read more

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  • The True Story of Salem: Book 1-7

    Puritan Testimony, Witchcraft Trials, and the Making of a Colonial American Legacy

    by Charles Wentworth Upham, Increase Mather, Cotton Mather, James Thacher, M. V. B. Perley, William P. Upham, Samuel Roberts Wells ...
    The True Story of Salem: Book 1–7 gathers historical narrative, antiquarian inquiry, theological reflection, and documentary reconstruction around Salem's most enduringly contested legacy: the 1692 witchcraft crisis and its social afterlives. Its range—from firsthand-inflected colonial accounts to later historical syntheses—shows how Salem has been interpreted as religious tragedy, judicial ... Read more

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  • An essay on demonology, ghosts and apparitions, and popular superstitions, also, an account of the witchcraft delusion at salem, in 1682

    by James Thacher ...
    “Superstition, is a word of very extensive signification, but for the purpose of this work, the word applies to those who believe in witchcraft, magic, and apparitions, or that the divine will is decided by omens or auguries; that the fortune of individuals can be affected by things indifferent, by things deemed lucky or unlucky, or that disease can be cured by words, charms, and incantations. It ... Read more

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  • An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstitions - Also, an Account of the Witchcraft Delusion at Salem, in 1692

    by James Thacher ...
    “Superstition, is a word of very extensive signification, but for the purpose of this work, the word applies to those who believe in witchcraft, magic, and apparitions, or that the divine will is decided by omens or auguries; that the fortune of individuals can be affected by things indifferent, by things deemed lucky or unlucky, or that disease can be cured by words, charms, and incantations. It ... Read more

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  • An essay on demonology, ghosts and apparitions, and popular superstitions also, an account of the witchcraft delusion at Salem, in 1692

    by James Thacher ...
    TABLE OF CONTENTSADVERTISEMENT.GHOSTS AND APPARITIONS.POWER OF IMAGINATION.ILLUSIONS.IMAGINATION AND FEAR.SUPERSTITION.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.OMENS AND AUGURIES.MEDICAL QUACKERY. ... Read more

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