Compendium Maleficarum Compendium of the Witches
Compendium Maleficarum Compendium of the Witches 2011 Reprint of 1929 Edition. Francesco Maria Guazzo was an Italian priest in Milan. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with…
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Compendium Maleficarum Compendium of the Witches
2011 Reprint of 1929 Edition. Francesco Maria Guazzo was an Italian priest in Milan. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.
He describes the eleven formulas or ceremonies previous to the vow to Satan, allegedly necessary to participate of the Sabbath; besides, Guazzo offers detailed descriptions of the sexual relationships between men and succubi, and women and incubi. In the "Compendium Maleficarum" (Compendium of the Witches), he cites numerous experts on the subject, among them Nicholas Remy. The book was not translated into English until 1929, when this was accomplished under the direction of the witchcraft scholar Montague Summers.
It discusses witches' alleged powers to transport themselves from place to place, create living things, make beasts talk and the dead reappear. Also discusses witches' powers, poisons and crimes, sleep-inducing spells and methods for removing them, apparitions of demons and specters and more. Guazzo also established also a classification of the demons, inspired by a previous work by Michael Psellus.