ISBN: 9781979315708

Malleus Maleficarum: The Hammer of the Witches by Heinrich Kramer. Translated by Montague Summers. The Malleus Maleficarum, usually translated as the Hammer of Witches, is the best kn… mais…

Malleus Maleficarum: The Hammer of the Witches by Heinrich Kramer. Translated by Montague Summers. The Malleus Maleficarum, usually translated as the Hammer of Witches, is the best known and the most important treatise on witchcraft. It was written by the discredited Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer (under his Latinized name Henricus Institoris) and first published in the German city of Speyer in 1487. It endorses extermination of witches and for this purpose develops a detailed legal and theological theory. It was a bestseller, second only to the Bible in terms of sales for almost 200 years. The top theologians of the Inquisition at the Faculty of Cologne condemned the book as recommending unethical and illegal procedures, as well as being inconsistent with Catholic doctrines of demonology. It has been recognized even from the very earliest times, during the first gropings towards the essential conveniences of social decency and social order, that witchcraft is an evil thing, an enemy to light, an ally of the powers of darkness, disruption, and decay. Sometimes, no doubt, primitive communities were obliged to tolerate the witch and her works owing to fear; in other words, witchcraft was a kind of blackmail; but directly Cities were able to to co-ordinate, and it became possible for Society to protect itself, precautions were taken and safeguards were instituted against this curse, this bane whose object seemed to blight all that was fair, all that was just and good, and that was well-appointed and honourable, in a word, whose aim proved to be set up on high the red standard of revolution; to overwhelm religion, existing order, and the comeliness of life in an abyss of anarchy, nihilism, and despair. In his great treatise De Ciutate Dei S. Augustine set forth the theory, or rather the living fact, of the two Cities, the City of God, and the opposing stronghold of all that is not for God, that is to say, of all that is against Him. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Self-Transformation>Paganism,Shamanism,Wicca>Wicca, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

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[EAN: 9781979315708], Libro nuovo, [SC: 69.02], [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Paperback. A Guide to Hunting and Interrogating Witches Hammer of the Witches Malleus Ma… mais…

[EAN: 9781979315708], Libro nuovo, [SC: 69.02], [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Paperback. A Guide to Hunting and Interrogating Witches Hammer of the Witches Malleus Maleficarum Heinrich Kramer Translated by Montague Summers The early legal codes of most European nations contain laws directed against witchcraft. Thus, for example, the oldest document of Frankish legislation, the Salic Law (Lex salica), which was reduced to a written form and promulgated under Clovis, who died 27 November, 511, mulcts (sic) those who practise magic with various fines, especially when it could be proven that the accused launched a deadly curse, or had tied the Witch's Knot. This latter charm was usually a long cord tightly tied up in elaborate loops, among whose reticulations it was customary to insert the feathers of a black hen, a raven, or some other bird which had, or was presumed to have, no speck of white. This is one of the oldest instruments of witchcraft and is known in all countries and among all nations. It was put to various uses. The wizards of Finland, when they sold wind in the three knots of a rope. If the first knot were undone a gentle breeze sprang up; if the second, it blew a mackerel gale; if the third, a hurricane. But the Witch's Ladder, as it was often known, could be used with far more baleful effects. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability., Books<

ISBN: 9781979315708

A Guide to Hunting and Interrogating WitchesHammer of the WitchesMalleus MaleficarumHeinrich KramerTranslated by Montague SummersThe early legal codes of most European nations contain law… mais…

A Guide to Hunting and Interrogating WitchesHammer of the WitchesMalleus MaleficarumHeinrich KramerTranslated by Montague SummersThe early legal codes of most European nations contain laws directed against witchcraft. Thus, for example, the oldest document of Frankish legislation, the Salic Law (Lex salica), which was reduced to a written form and promulgated under Clovis, who died 27 November, 511, mulcts (sic) those who practise magic with various fines, especially when it could be proven that the accused launched a deadly curse, or had tied the Witch's Knot. This latter charm was usually a long cord tightly tied up in elaborate loops, among whose reticulations it was customary to insert the feathers of a black hen, a raven, or some other bird which had, or was presumed to have, no speck of white. This is one of the oldest instruments of witchcraft and is known in all countries and among all nations. It was put to various uses. The wizards of Finland, when they sold wind in the three knots of a rope. If the first knot were undone a gentle breeze sprang up; if the second, it blew a mackerel gale; if the third, a hurricane. But the Witch's Ladder, as it was often known, could be used with far more baleful effects. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Self-Transformation>Paganism,Shamanism,Wicca>Wicca, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781979315708

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], A Guide to Hunting and Interrogating Witches Hammer of the Witches Malleus Maleficarum Heinrich Kramer Translated by Mont… mais…

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], A Guide to Hunting and Interrogating Witches Hammer of the Witches Malleus Maleficarum Heinrich Kramer Translated by Montague Summers The early legal codes of most European nations contain laws directed against witchcraft. Thus, for example, the oldest document of Frankish legislation, the Salic Law (Lex salica), which was reduced to a written form and promulgated under Clovis, who died 27 November, 511, mulcts (sic) those who practise magic with various fines, especially when it could be proven that the accused launched a deadly curse, or had tied the Witch's Knot. This latter charm was usually a long cord tightly tied up in elaborate loops, among whose reticulations it was customary to insert the feathers of a black hen, a raven, or some other bird which had, or was presumed to have, no speck of white. This is one of the oldest instruments of witchcraft and is known in all countries and among all nations. It was put to various uses. The wizards of Finland, when they sold wind in the three knots of a rope. If the first knot were undone a gentle breeze sprang up; if the second, it blew a mackerel gale; if the third, a hurricane. But the Witch's Ladder, as it was often known, could be used with far more baleful effects., Witchcraft & Wicca<