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    The Demonology of King James I: Includes the Original Text of Daemonologie and News from Scotland
    The Demonology of King James I: Includes the Original Text of Daemonologie and News from Scotland
    The Demonology of King James I: Includes the Original Text of Daemonologie and News from Scotland
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    The Demonology of King James I: Includes the Original Text of Daemonologie and News from Scotland

    By Donald Tyson

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    Written by King James I and published in 1597, the original edition of Demonology is widely regarded as one of the most interesting and controversial religious writings in history, yet because it is written in the language of its day, it has been notoriously difficult to understand.

    Now occult scholar Donald Tyson has modernized and annotated the original text, making this historically important work accessible to contemporary readers. Also deciphered here, for the first time, is the anonymous tract News from Scotland, an account of the North Berwick witch trials over which King James presided.

    Tyson examines King James' obsession with witches and their alleged attempts on his life, and offers a knowledgeable and sympathetic look at the details of magick and witchcraft in the Jacobean period. Demonology features historical woodcut illustrations and includes the original old English texts in their entirety. This reference work is the key to an essential source text on seventeenth-century witchcraft and the Scottish witch trials

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLlewellyn Worldwide
    Release dateMar 8, 2012
    ISBN9780738729947
    The Demonology of King James I: Includes the Original Text of Daemonologie and News from Scotland
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    Donald Tyson

    Donald Tyson is an occult scholar and the author of the popular, critically acclaimed Necronomicon series. He has written more than a dozen books on Western esoteric traditions, including Tarot Magic, and edited and annotated Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy. Donald lives in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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      Profound. In depth and wonderfully translated. Thank you for taking the time to retranslate this.

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