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
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