An Essay on Demonology Ghosts and Apparitions and Popular Superstitions Also an Account of the Witchcraft Delusion at Salem in 1692
James Thacher
Publisher: Maria
Summary
TABLE OF CONTENTS ADVERTISEMENT. GHOSTS AND APPARITIONS. POWER OF IMAGINATION. ILLUSIONS. IMAGINATION AND FEAR. SUPERSTITION. WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY. SALEM WITCHCRAFT. TRIAL OF SUSANNA MARTIN, JUNE 29, 1692. TRIAL OF ELIZABETH HOW, JUNE 30, 1692. TRIAL OF MARTHA CARRYER, AUGUST 2, 1692. OMENS AND AUGURIES. MEDICAL QUACKERY.