The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft

About this eBook

Author

Webster, John, 1611-1682

Title

The displaying of supposed witchcraft : Wherein is affirmed that there are many sorts of deceivers and impostors, and divers persons under a passive delusion of melancholy and fancy. But that there is a corporeal league made betwixt the devil and the witch, or that he sucks on the witches body, has carnal copulation, or that witches are turned into cats, dogs, raise tempests, or the like, is utterly denied and disproved. Wherein also is handled, the existence of angels and spirits, the truth of apparitions, the nature of astral and sydereal spirits, the force of charms, and philters; with other abstruse matters

Original Publication

London: J. M., 1676, pubdate 1677.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis

Subject

Witchcraft -- Early works to 1800

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72654

Release Date

January 7, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE DISPLAYING OF SUPPOSED WITCHCRAFT. Wherein is affirmed that there are many sorts of Deceivers and Impostors , AND Divers persons under a passive Delusion of MELANCHOLY and FANCY . But that there is a Corporeal League made betwixt the DEVIL and the WITCH, Or that he sucks on the Witches Body , has Carnal Copulation , or that Witches are turned into Cats , Dogs , raise Tempests, or the like, is utterly denied and disproved. Wherein also is handled, The Existence of Angels and Spirits, the truth of Apparitions, the Nature of Astral and Sydereal Spirits, the force of Charms, and Philters; with other abstruse matters.
2. 2.To his Worshipful and honoured Friends Thomas Parker of Braisholme , John Asheton of the Lower-Hall , William Drake of Barnolaswick-coat , William Johnson of the Grange , Henry Marsden of Gisburne Esquires, and his Majesties Justices of Peace and Quorum in the West-riding of Yorkshire .
3. 3.THE PREFACE or INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.THE CONTENTS. — CHAP. I.
5. 5.CHAP. II.
6. 6.CHAP. III.
7. 7.CHAP. IV.
8. 8.CHAP. V.
9. 9.CHAP. VI.
10. 10.CHAP. VII.
11. 11.CHAP. VIII.
12. 12.CHAP. IX.
13. 13.CHAP. X.
14. 14.CHAP. XI.
15. 15.CHAP. XII.
16. 16.CHAP. XIII.
17. 17.CHAP. XIV.
18. 18.CHAP. XV.
19. 19.CHAP. XVI.
20. 20.CHAP. XVII.
21. 21.The Examination of Edmund Robinson Son of Edmund Robinson of Pendle-forest eleven years of age, taken at Padham before Richard Shutleworth and John Starkey Esquires, two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the County of Lancaster, the 10 th day of February, 1633.

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