Hazards of the Dark Arts

Contents



List of illustrations



List of Abbreviations



Acknowledgements



Introduction



Johannes Hartlieb, The Book of All Forbidden Arts



[A.] Prologue



[B.] Powers of the Devil



[C.] An example from Caesarius of Heisterbach



[D.] Moral exhortation



[E.] Nygramancy (necromancy)



[F.] Geomancy



[G.] Correlation of arts with elements



[H.] Hydromancy



[I.] Aeromancy



[J.] Pyromancy



[K.] Chiromancy



[L.] Spatulamancy



[M.] General prohibition



Ulrich Molitoris, On witches and pythonesses, in German "Unholden" or "Hexen"



Letter



[Part I]

1. Weather magic



2. Harm to humans and infants



3. Impotence



4. Change of form



5. Riding on sticks or wolves



6. Intercourse of Devil with women



7. Children born to demons and witches



8. Foretelling future things



[Part II]



Chaps. 1-3 resumed



Chap. 4 resumed



Chap. 5 resumed



Chaps. 6-7 resumed



Epilogue



Short bibliography

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