1520 Malleus Maleficarum Hammer of Witches Dark Demonic 16th Century OCCULT EVIL

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1520 Malleus Maleficarum Hammer of Witches Dark Demonic 16th Century OCCULT EVIL:
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Dark, crusty. Devilish. Demonic. Evil!
The way you\'d expect a 16th century witch craft occult book.... This RARE antiquarian book is sold as is - as discovered!The Malleus Maleficarum accuses male and female witches of infanticide, cannibalism and casting evil spells to harm their enemies as well as having the power to steal a man\'s penis. It goes on to give accounts of witches committing these crimes.The ancient subjects of astronomy, philosophy, and medicine were being reintroduced to the West at this time, as well as a plethora of ancient texts being rediscovered and studied. The Malleus Maleficarum often makes reference to the Bible and Aristotelian thought, and it is heavily influenced by the philosophical tenets of Neo-Platonism. It also mentions astrology and astronomy, which had recently been reintroduced to the West by the ancient works of Pythagoras.The Malleus Maleficarum asserts that three elements are necessary for witchcraft: the evil intentions of the witch, the help of the Devil, and the Permission of God. The treatise is divided into three sections. The first section tries to refute critics who deny the reality of witchcraft, thereby hindering its prosecution. The second section describes the actual forms of witchcraft and its remedies. The third section is to assist judges confronting and combating witchcraft. However, each of these three sections has the prevailing themes of what is witchcraft and who is a witch.
Section I examines the concept of witchcraft theoretically, from the point of view of natural philosophy and theology. Specifically it addresses the question of whether witchcraft is a real phenomenon or imaginary, perhaps \"deluding phantasms of the devil, or simply the fantasies of overwrought human minds\".[The conclusion drawn is that witchcraft must be real because the Devil is real. Witches entered into a pact with Satan to allow them the power to perform harmful magical acts, thus establishing an essential link between witches and the Devil. Section II
Matters of practice and actual cases are discussed, and the powers of witches and their recruitment strategies. It states that it is mostly witches, as opposed to the Devil, who do the recruiting, by making something go wrong in the life of a respectable matron that makes her consult the knowledge of a witch, or by introducing young maidens to tempting young devils. It details how witches cast spells, and remedies that can be taken to prevent witchcraft, or help those who have been affected by it.
Section III is the legal part of the Malleus Maleficarum that describes how to prosecute a witch. The arguments are clearly laid for the lay magistrates prosecuting witches. The section offers a step-by-step guide to the conduct of a witch trial, from the method of initiating the process and assembling accusations, to the interrogation (including torture) of witnesses, and the formal charging of the accused. Women who did not cry during their trial were automatically believed to be witches.
The book;
Dark, crusty. Devilish. Demonic. Evil to the core!!!!
The way you\'d expect a 16th century witch craft occult book.... This RARE antiquarian book is sold as is - as discovered!Title page (of the seventh Cologne edition) of the Malleus Maleficarum, 1520 (as matching that found online of a copy at the University of Sydney Library). The Latin title is \"MALLEUS MALEFICARUM, Maleficas, & earum hæresim, ut phramea potentissima conterens.\" (Generally translated into English as The Hammer of Witches which destroyeth Witches and their heresy as with a two-edged sword).
Author(s) Heinrich Kramer and, credited but under modern academic dispute, Jacob SprengerHandwritten 1662 as pictured - perhaps date owner wrote in when they acquired this bookThis tithe page can also be found on Wikipedia dating it the 1520 edition. Condition
Decorative initials throughout
Vellum boards worn stained as pictured
Vellum boards attached
Writing on title page as pictured
Partial remnant of old leather ties as pictured
Last page excised- according to matching it to the google book - a facsimile will be provided with this - 9 lines of text*
Some age toning of paper
Some damp staining
Binding sound
Some minor staining in text
As published pages not numbered
Size: about 4\" by 6\" by 1 1/2\"
Edges in red (faded)
Ancient vellum spine as pictured
Text Latin
Overall interior good for age
Exterior as pictured OLD- acceptable
Stamp date verso April 11, 1932 from a library
? Perhaps when they acquired the copy ?
Rear end page tattered plus no free end page or free front blank page
Pages not numbered as printed * missing last page contains this as per a online library google book from the Bavarian State Library
ANNOXX. COLONIAE EXCVDEBAT
IOANNES GYMNICVS
( printed in Cologne)
ANNOXX=1520Selling this nearly 500 year old book AS IS
Ship daily ***Additional photos gladly supplied for serious interests+++Discovered at a very reputable rare book sale.