Like Hitler's "Mein Kampf," Kramer and Sprenger's "Malleus Maleficarum" is a book that is read for historical importance rather than enjoyment. As such it should form a part of every thinking person's library as a warning beacon, if for no other reason that it is a seminal textbook on the inhumanity of humanity. First written in 1484 (and reprinted endlessly), "Malleus Maleficarum" was immediately given the imprimatur of the Holy See as the most important work on witchcraft, to date. And so it remains-a compendium of fifteenth century paranoia, all the more frightening for its totalitarian...
Like Hitler's "Mein Kampf," Kramer and Sprenger's "Malleus Maleficarum" is a book that is read for historical importance rather than enjoyment. As suc...
This is a comprehensive guide to the practices of witchcraft from their inception to the present day. Summers argues that all witchcraft is essentially the same, regardless of geographical location. He examines the practices of the cult in great detail, and its historical progression, within the context of the 1736 Repeal Act of George II.
This is a comprehensive guide to the practices of witchcraft from their inception to the present day. Summers argues that all witchcraft is essenti...
Montague Summers was a Roman Catholic priest, whom, it has been speculated, dabbled in the Black Arts. He wrote many scholarly books about the witch hunts, vampires, werewolves, and other occult subjects. In this book, Summers investigates the vampire phenomena from the perspective of the Catholic church; that there are real, dark forces in this world, that can take human form, and walk the Earth, seeking the ruin of souls. This work is complete with extensive footnotes, scholarly references and a bibliography.
Montague Summers was a Roman Catholic priest, whom, it has been speculated, dabbled in the Black Arts. He wrote many scholarly books about the witch h...
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2014 Reprint of 1946 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Intriguing, thoroughly researched volume provides expert historical view of demonology and the occult, drawing information from the Bible, literary classics, personal memoirs, correspondence, and court records. Scholarly, yet highly readable study defines witchcraft, then proceeds to examine ceremonial practices, the casting of spells and conjuring, celebration of the Black Mass, and much more. A masterfully written work for anyone interested in supernatural phenomena, this...
2014 Reprint of 1946 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Intriguing, thoroughly researc...
Montague Summers believed vampires were as real as the birds (bats?) in the sky. Here is a quality edition on his greatest work on the subject of vampires!
Montague Summers believed vampires were as real as the birds (bats?) in the sky. Here is a quality edition on his greatest work on the subject of vamp...