Compendium Maleficarum

Author : Francesco Maria Guazzo
Publisher : Book Tree
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1585092460

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Compendium Maleficarum by Francesco Maria Guazzo Pdf

Were witches real in the Middle Ages? This handbook on witchcraft, first published in 1628, claims to expose the entire practice and profession of witchcraft. Was used as support in the accusation of witches at the time, although we can recognize much of it today as being paranoid superstition by religious authorities. The book is valuable because it allows one to view the extreme superstition surrounding witchcraft at the time, and to better understand the degree of persecution that resulted.

Author : Francesco Maria Guazzo
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486121109

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Compendium Maleficarum by Francesco Maria Guazzo Pdf

Extraordinary document (1608) on witchcraft and demonology offers striking insight into early 17th century mind. Serious discussions of witches’ powers, poisons, crimes, more. Rare limited edition.

Author : Francesco Maria Guazzo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Demonology
ISBN : OCLC:643730433

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Compendium Maleficarum by Francesco Maria Guazzo Pdf

Author : Christopher S. Mackay
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107393714

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The Hammer of Witches by Christopher S. Mackay Pdf

The Malleus Maleficarum, first published in 1486–7, is the standard medieval text on witchcraft and it remained in print throughout the early modern period. Its descriptions of the evil acts of witches and the ways to exterminate them continue to contribute to our knowledge of early modern law, religion and society. Mackay's highly acclaimed translation, based on his extensive research and detailed analysis of the Latin text, is the only complete English version available, and the most reliable. Now available in a single volume, this key text is at last accessible to students and scholars of medieval history and literature. With detailed explanatory notes and a guide to further reading, this volume offers a unique insight into the fifteenth-century mind and its sense of sin, punishment and retribution.

Author : Montague Summers
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486411255

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Witchcraft and Black Magic by Montague Summers Pdf

Historical overview of demonology and the occult defines witchcraft and examines ceremonial practices, the casting of spells and conjuring, celebration of the Black Mass, and much more. A masterfully written, highly readable work.

Author : Brad Steiger
Publisher : Visible Ink Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781578593781

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The Werewolf Book by Brad Steiger Pdf

When Darkness Reigns and the Full Moon Glows, Terror Emerges to Stalk the Unsuspecting… From lycanthropic creatures found on television and film such as Teen Wolf, Twilight, and True Blood to the earliest folklore of shape-shifting creatures, The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shapeshifting Beings is an eye-opening, blood-pounding tour through the ages of monsters with the most amazing camouflage capabilities—they hide among us! Along the way, you’ll land at the doorstep of creatures like hirsute mass-murderer Albert Fish, and Fritz Haarman, who slaughtered and ate his victims—selling the leftovers as steaks and roasts in his butcher shop—as well as visits to mythical shamans, sirens, and skin walkers. Covering 140,000 years of legend, mythology, and fact, The Werewolf Book provides hair-raising evidence of strange and obsessional behavior through the centuries. Learn the basics of becoming a werewolf and the intricacies of slaying the beast. A true homage to werewolves and other full moon beasts, it includes topics such as … • Bear, tiger, coyote, and other shape-shifting people • Classic and modern werewolf movies • Gargoyles, totem poles, and Internet depictions • Serial killers and sadistic rulers • Sorcery, spells, and talismans • Television shows, songs, and computer games

Author : Montague Summers
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-30
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780486460116

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The History of Witchcraft and Demonology by Montague Summers Pdf

This classic of esoterica explores witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, damnation, Satanism, and every variety of magic. Written by the field's foremost scholar, it features colorful, little-known anecdotes about witches, devils, and their arts. It also provides numerous historical accounts of witch trials and surveys the role of witches in literature.

Author : Ludovico Maria Sinistrari
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Demonology
ISBN : HARVARD:32044009657271

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Demoniality; Or, Incubi and Succubi by Ludovico Maria Sinistrari Pdf

Author : R. Thompson
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781473390003

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The History of the Devil - The Horned God Of The West - Magic And Worship by R. Thompson Pdf

Originally published London 1929. A detailed history of the Devil in all his forms. Includes much content on magic, paganism and early Wicca practices. Contents Include: Early Belief. The Power of Magic. Magicians and Priests. Horned God of the West. Witch God and Devil. The Evolved Magician. Herne and his Kin. Decline of the Devil. Magic Today. etc. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Francesco Maria Guazzo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0404184138

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Compendium Maleficarum by Francesco Maria Guazzo Pdf

Extraordinary document (1608) on witchcraft and demonology offers striking insight into early 17th century mind. Serious discussions of witches' powers, poisons, crimes, more.

Author : Donald Tyson
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738729947

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The Demonology of King James I by Donald Tyson Pdf

Written by King James I and published in 1597, the original edition of Demonology is widely regarded as one of the most interesting and controversial religious writings in history, yet because it is written in the language of its day, it has been notoriously difficult to understand. Now occult scholar Donald Tyson has modernized and annotated the original text, making this historically important work accessible to contemporary readers. Also deciphered here, for the first time, is the anonymous tract News from Scotland, an account of the North Berwick witch trials over which King James presided. Tyson examines King James' obsession with witches and their alleged attempts on his life, and offers a knowledgeable and sympathetic look at the details of magick and witchcraft in the Jacobean period. Demonology features historical woodcut illustrations and includes the original old English texts in their entirety. This reference work is the key to an essential source text on seventeenth-century witchcraft and the Scottish witch trials

Author : James Sprenger,Heinrich Kramer
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : Criminal procedure (Canon law)
ISBN : 1540728137

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Malleus Maleficarum - The Witch Hammer by James Sprenger,Heinrich Kramer Pdf

The Malleus Maleficarum is a seminal treatise regarding witchcraft and demons, presented here complete with an authoritative translation to modern English by Montague Summers. At the time this book was published in 1487, the Christian church had considered witchcraft a dangerous affront to the faith for many centuries. Executions of suspected witches were intermittent, and various explanations of behaviors deemed suspect were thought to be caused by possession, either by the devil or demon such as an incubus or succubus. Kramer wrote this book after he had tried and failed to have a woman executed for witchcraft. Unhappy at the verdict of the court, he authored the Malleus Maleficarum as a manual for other witch seekers to refer to. For centuries the text was used by Christians as a reference source on matters of demonology, although it was not used directly by the Inquisition who became notorious for their tortures and murders. Contrary to popular supposition, Kramer's work does not exclusively recommend death by burning as a punishment for witches. It also describes various methods of exorcism, whereby the demonic force may be banished from the body of the suffering witch. However the book openly advocates discrimination against women, albeit while acknowledging that a minority of witchcraft practitioners are male. A theory on why the vast majority of witches are female is posited, rooted in the presence of woman in the Biblical canon; as with Eve, the wife of Adam, and Mary; the mother of Jesus Christ. By the end of the book, it is agreed that witches are created from a pact made with the Devil himself, with whom they engage in sexual liaisons. The witch is then summoned by flight to an evil assembly headed by the Devil, encouraged to practice illicit forms of sex, and then granted the powers of maleficent magic. Decades after the initial publication, the name of James Sprenger was credited. Scholars disagree on whether he was a meaningful contributor who expanded the core text. Whatever the case may be, for its thoroughness the Malleus Maleficarum is the single most complete source on Christian attitudes to witchcraft and demons in existence. This translation to English by Montague Summers underwent revision and refinement over the years. This edition contains the original introductions, wherein the translator explains the process by which he strove for the greatest accuracy possible.

Author : Francesco Maria Guazzo,Montague Summers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : Demonology
ISBN : LCCN:a34000569

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Compendium Maleficarum by Francesco Maria Guazzo,Montague Summers Pdf

Author : Ernst and Johanna Lehner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780486132518

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Devils, Demons, and Witchcraft by Ernst and Johanna Lehner Pdf

244 representations, symbols, and manuscript pages of devils and death from Ancient Egypt to 1913. Fascinating graphics depict demons, witches, and warlocks, more. Works by Dürer, Cranach, Holbein, Rembrandt, others.

Author : Mike Rosen,Jakob Sprenger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1593622139

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Malleus Maleficarum by Mike Rosen,Jakob Sprenger Pdf

In 1487, Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger wrote the Malleus Maleficarum, the premiere manual for exposing, capturing, prosecuting, and burning witches used by every right-thinking European magistrate of the late middle ages. Cartoonist Mike Rosen has adapted this warm and uplifting tome which fueled a wave of witch-hunting that lasted for nearly two centuries and cost nearly 60,000 people (mostly women) their lives. The adaptation's tongue-in-cheek tone exposes a kind of paranoid thinking which exists to this day in some circles and answeres all of those nagging eternal questions; Do witches kill newborn babies for use in their rituals? Can they turn men into beasts? Can they steal mens' penises, collecting them in great numbers, to hide in, say, a bird's nest up in a tree, where they then move around like squiggly phallic snakes and eat corn and oats? Finally, most importantly, do witches have sexual relations with devils? How do they have sexual relations with devils? And could we hear some more about these sexual relations with devils? Nothing makes for a fun read like torture, murder, infanticide, and disembodied penises! Always fun and educational.