# Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft

Author: Scott, Walter, 1771-1832; Morley, Henry, 1822-1894 [Editor]

Genre: Witchcraft

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14461

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Letters+on+Demonology+and+Witchcraft+Scott&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Origin of the general Opinions respecting Demonology among Mankind--The Belief in the Immortality of the Soul is the main inducement to credit its occasional re-appearance--The Philosophical Objections to the Apparition of an Abstract Spirit little understood by the Vulgar and Ignorant--The situations of excited Passion incident to Humanity, which teach Men to wish or apprehend Supernatural Apparitions--They are often presented by the Sleeping Sense--Story of Somnambulism--The Influence of Credulity contagious, so that Individuals will trust the Evidence of others in despite of their own Senses--Examples from the "Historia Verdadera" of Bernal Dias del Castillo, and from the Works of Patr...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-on-demonology-and-witchcraft-14461/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-on-demonology-and-witchcraft-14461/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-on-demonology-and-witchcraft-14461/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-on-demonology-and-witchcraft-14461/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-on-demonology-and-witchcraft-14461/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-on-demonology-and-witchcraft-14461/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-on-demonology-and-witchcraft-14461/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-on-demonology-and-witchcraft-14461/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-on-demonology-and-witchcraft-14461/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-on-demonology-and-witchcraft-14461/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-on-demonology-and-witchcraft-14461/chapters/5/index.md)