Witch, Warlock, And Magician
by W. H. Davenport Adams
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About this eBook
- Author
- Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891
- Title
- Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland
- Credits
- Produced by Irma pehar, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis
- Subject
- Occultists -- Great Britain
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 38763
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38763
- Release Date
- February 4, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.WITCH, WARLOCK, AND MAGICIAN
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.INTRODUCTION. PROGRESS OF ALCHEMY IN EUROPE. — THE EARLIER ALCHEMISTS. — FOOTNOTE — IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
- 5.CHAPTER I. ROGER BACON: THE TRUE AND THE LEGENDARY. — ROGER BACON. — FOOTNOTES — ‘THE FAMOUS HISTORIE OF FRIAR BACON.’ — FOOTNOTES — GREENE’S COMEDY. — FOOTNOTES — APPENDIX TO CHAPTER I.
- 6.CHAPTER II. THE STORY OF DR. JOHN DEE. — EDWARD KELLY. — FOOTNOTES — NOTE.
- 7.CHAPTER III. DR. DEE’S DIARY. — FOOTNOTES
- 8.CHAPTER IV. MAGIC AND IMPOSTURE—A COUPLE OF KNAVES. — A CAUSE CÉLÈBRE. — FOOTNOTES — DR. LAMBE.
- 9.CHAPTER V. THE LAST OF THE ENGLISH MAGICIANS: WILLIAM LILLY. — NOTE.—DR. DEE’S MAGIC CRYSTAL. — FOOTNOTE
- 10.CHAPTER VI. ENGLISH ROSICRUCIANS. — FOOTNOTES — THOMAS VAUGHAN. — JOHN HEYDON. — FOOTNOTE
- 11.CHAPTER I. EARLY HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT IN ENGLAND. — FOOTNOTES
- 12.CHAPTER II. WITCHCRAFT IN ENGLAND IN THE 17TH CENTURY. — THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES. — THE WITCHES OF SALMESBURY. — FOOTNOTE — THE WITCH-FINDER: MATTHEW HOPKINS.
- 13.CHAPTER III. THE DECLINE OF WITCHCRAFT IN ENGLAND.
- 14.CHAPTER IV. THE WITCHES OF SCOTLAND. — FOOTNOTES — JAMES I. AND THE WITCHES. — FOOTNOTES — CASE OF JANET WISHART. — FOOTNOTE
- 15.CHAPTER V. THE LITERATURE OF WITCHCRAFT. — FOOTNOTE — BOOKS ON MAGIC.
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