Elizabethan Demonology

Elizabethan Demonology
Author: Thomas Alfred Spalding
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2019-11-25
Genre: History
ISBN:

Elizabethan Demonology is a book by Thomas Alfred Spalding. It takes an in-depth look at demonology in the Elizabethan and Jacobean era and draws upon Shakespeare's view of the spirit world.

The Dictionary of Demons: Expanded & Revised

The Dictionary of Demons: Expanded & Revised
Author: M. Belanger
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2021-05-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 073876549X

This premium-hardcover, limited edition of one the world's most important books on demonology has been expanded to include even more fascinating details about even more demons. Ever since the publication of the original book, author M. Belanger has been collecting material for this expanded, tenth-anniversary edition. The addition of new articles, demons, appendices, and art make the bestselling Dictionary of Demons into an even more comprehensive resource. You will discover an expanded introduction, special extended articles, an update to the Decans of the Zodiac, additional entries on demons that were not previously included, and dozens of new illustrations. These additions explore the roots of demonology, comparative mythologies, and the influence of important source texts. Compiled from intensive research on notorious and obscure sources from the Western grimoiric tradition, The Dictionary of Demons is one of the most complete compendiums of demonic names available anywhere. Presented alphabetically from Aariel to Zynextyur, more than 1,500 demons are introduced, explored, and cross-referenced by theme and elemental or planetary correspondence. This meticulously researched reference work features fascinating short articles on demonology and a wealth of woodcuts, etchings, and paintings depicting demons through the ages.

Reading Witchcraft

Reading Witchcraft
Author: Marion Gibson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2005-08-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134624859

In this original study of witchcraft, Gibson explores the stories told by and about witches and their 'victims' through trial records, early news books, pamphlets and fascinating personal accounts. The author discusses the issues surrounding the interpretation of original historical sources and demonstrates that their representations of witchcraft are far from straight forward or reliable. Innovative and thought-provoking, this book sheds new light on early modern people's responses to witches and on the sometimes bizarre flexibility of the human imagination.

Medicine and Magic in Elizabethan London

Medicine and Magic in Elizabethan London
Author: Lauren Kassell
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2007-02-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0191514225

Simon Forman (1552-1611) is one of London's most infamous astrologers. He stood apart from the medical elite because he was not formally educated and because he represented, and boldly asserted, medical ideas that were antithetical to those held by most learned physicians. He survived the plague, was consulted thousands of times a year for medical and other questions, distilled strong waters made from beer, herbs, and sometimes chemical ingredients, pursued the philosopher's stone in experiments and ancient texts, and when he was fortunate spoke with angels. He wrote compulsively, documenting his life and protesting his expertise in thousands of pages of notes and treatises. This highly readable book provides the first full account of Forman's papers, makes sense of his notorious reputation, and vividly recovers the world of medicine and magic in Elizabethan London.