The History of Witchcraft and Demonology

An erudite and idiosyncratic survey by the Anglo-Catholic writer who translated several early modern demonologies. Summers treats witchcraft as a real Satanic conspiracy, discussing the sabbath, the witch's familiar, possession and the trials with extensive quotation from primary sources. Its interpretive stance is long outdated, but the book remains a significant document of twentieth-century occult literature and a useful guide to older demonological writing.