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Irish Witchcraft and Demonology

St. John D. Seymour

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. . .Justiciary. When the latter reached Kilkenny, accompanied by the Chancellor, the Treasurer, and the King’s Council, the Bishop in their presence recited the charges against Dame Alice, and with the common consent of the lawyers present declared her to be a sorceress, magician, and heretic, and demanded that she should be handed over[Pg 37] to the secular arm and have her goods and chattels confiscated as well. Judging from Friar Clyn’s note this took place on the 2nd of July. On the same day the Bishop caused a great fire to be lit in the middle of the town in which he burnt the sackful of magical stock-in-trade, consisting of powders, ointments, human nails, hair, herbs, worms, and other abominations, which the reader will remember he had received from Sir John le Poer at an early stage in the proceedings.

Further trouble arose with William Outlawe, who was backed by the Chancellor and Treasurer, but the Bishop finally succeeded in beating him, and . . . Read More

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I found this book in a creepy little bookstore in San Francisco specializing in books on ~supernatural and esoteric~ literature 000OOooOOo. It is an incredible resource for a very specific topic, fortunately written in a casual and humorous tone. The author compiled the most comprehensive (and perha

A very informative book. The writing is difficult to understand but this is due to the time period it was written. Do not let this put you off, the stories about witchcraft and the supernatural in Ireland are haunting and will stay with me forever.

This is essentially a look at how witchcraft was seen and treated in Ireland over the years, particularly focusing on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and it gives a number of accounts of witch trials that took place in that country.

I didn’t know a lot about how witchcraft was seen in Irela

I was expecting a study of the practices of Irish witchcraft and demonology, not an account of how it was treated in Ireland over the years. This may have been partly my fault in misunderstanding when I went in. If you are looking for an informative book on the history of how it was approached (witc

Fascinating. I learned a lot. Some parts, uh, do not age well.

I thought it was great. Some stories are better than others, that's to be expected. I made so many reference notes to look further into. I thought it was all very interesting.

A very historical look at witchcraft and Ireland. Nothing mind breaking or new but it's Nice in the fact that it's specific. when this was written the author did his best to collect all the information he could on witchcraft in Ireland which was not an easy task for him so I'm very appreciative he t

St. John D. Seymour was a priest of the Church of England and a scholar, and he published the relatively succinct Irish Witchcraft and Demonology in 1913. Given the fact that he was obviously a deeply religious (meaning Christian) man and given the fact that he published this book more than a centur

Just a scant scattering of unrelated incidents, but written in a pretty lively style.

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