by Donald Tyson
The Key to an Essential
Source Text on Seventeenth-Century Witchcraft and the Scottish Witch
Trials
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.
