How Witchcraft Skepticism produced the Lesser Key of Solomon, Modern Demonology & Psychiatry – YouTube

How Witchcraft Skepticism produced the Lesser Key of Solomon

Johann Weyer’s 1563 De Praestigiis Daemonum (On the Deceptions of the Demons) would prove to be an important opening salvo for skepticism concerning the early modern Witch Trails. In it, Weyer argues that demons can only perform illusions and that the women accused of witchcraft are often suffering from “melancholia”…

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