The history of the devil and the idea of evil : from the earliest times to the present day (1900)
Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 · Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co. · leaf 311
her consequenceswhich, though less important, are sometimes bad enoughin themselves. We mention a few of them: (1) Therewere persons who actually tried to make contracts withthe Devil. (2) People possessed of a lively imaginationbegan to dream that they stood in all kinds of relationsto the Evil… … Witches. (From Horndorff Dc tnagicis arlibus.) to predict the future. (5) There w^ere plenty of fools whotried to become rich by magic; and (6) worst of all, menwho knew better than the self-constituted guardians ofthe right faith, were relentlessly persecuted even untodeath. The Devil was believed…
Devil · Demonology · Good and evil
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