The Witchcraft Delusion In Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697) by John M. Taylor - HTML preview

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CHAPTER I

Perkins' definition--Burr's "Servants of Satan"--The monkish idea--The ancientness of witchcraft--Its universality--Its regulation--What it was--Its oldest record--The Babylonian Stele--Its discovery--King Hammurabi's Code, 2250 B.C.--Its character and importance--Hebraic resemblances--Its witchcraft law--The test of guilt--The water test.