Demonolatry (1930)

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Demonolatry

 

by

Nicolas Remy

Translated by E.A. Ashwin

Edited, Introduction & Notes by Rev. Montague Summers

 

 

1930

John Rodker – London

188 + xliii pp

Hardcover – Limited First Edition of only 1275 copies, of which this is no. 839

Very Good condition – no dust jacket

In stock

Description

Edited and introduced by Rev. Montague Summers, Demonolatry by Nicolas Remy is a classic work from the era of the Christian persecution of so-called “witches.”

In an era when the church and its people actually believed in a universal infection of heresy and sorcery, they turned to this book for guidance. Daemonolatreiae, first published in France in 1595, was the leading witchcraft handbook of its day. In addition to defining the black arts and their practitioners–making it possible to “recognize” witches–it offered civil and religious authorities directives for persecution of the accused and punishment of the condemned.

This book amplified and updated Malleus Maleficarum, the 1486 opus that established trial procedures for charges of heresy and witchcraft. Its author, Nicolas Remy, was a notorious magistrate who boasted of having personally condemned and burned hundreds of witches. Remy’s collection of notes, opinions, and court records features lurid details of satanic pacts and sexual perversity as well as the particulars of numerous trials. A work of tremendous historical significance, this volume is complemented by an introduction and notes by Montague Summers, a celebrated occult historian and expert on witchcraft and supernatural lore.

This is the first edition published by Rodker in 1930. There is no dust jacket and the book is in exceptional shape.

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