Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
Addressed to J. G. Lockhart
Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge
- Author: Walter Scott
- Date Published: January 2011
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108025874
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Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) is best known for his poetry and for historical novels such as Ivanhoe and Rob Roy, but he also had a lifelong fascination with witchcraft and the occult. Following a spell of ill-health, Scott was encouraged by his son-in-law, publisher J. G. Lockhart, to put together a volume examining the causes of paranormal phenomena. This collection of letters, first published in 1830, is notable for both its scope (examining social, cultural, medical and psychological factors in peoples' paranormal experiences) and its clear, rational standpoint. Scott explores the influence of Christianity on evolving views of what is classified as 'witchcraft' or 'evil', and he explains the many (often innocuous) meanings of the word 'witch'. Written with palpable enthusiasm and from a strikingly modern perspective, this volume explores a range of topics including fairies, elves and fortune-telling as well as inquisitions and witch trials.
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- Date Published: January 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108025874
- length: 422 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 24 mm
- weight: 0.53kg
- contains: 1 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Origin of the general opinions respecting demonology among mankind
2. Consequence of the Fall on the communication between men and the spiritual world
3. Creed of Zoroaster
4. The fairy superstition is derived from different sources
5. Those who dealt in fortune-telling, mystical cures by charms, and the like, often claimed an intercourse with Fairy Land
6. Immediate effect of Christianity on articles of popular superstition
7. Penal laws unpopular when rigidly exercised
8. The effects of the witch superstition are to be traced in the laws of a kingdom
9. Scottish trials
10. Other mystic arts independent of witchcraft.
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