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1. The world bewitch'd, or, An examination of the common opinions concerning spirits: their nature, power, administration and operations, as also the effects men are able to produce by their communication : divided into IV parts / by Balthazar Bekker ... ; vol. I translated from a French copy, approved of and subscribed by the author's own hand.

Creator:: Bekker, Balthasar, 1634-1698
Collection:: Digital Witchcraft Collection
Publisher:: Printed for R. Baldwin in Warwick-Lane
Publication Place:: London
Date:: 1695
Format:: Book

2. The World Turn'd Upside Down: or, A Plain Detection of Errors, In the Common or Vulgar Belief, Relating To Spirits, Spectres or Ghosts, Dæmons, Witches, and c. In a Due and Serious Examination of their Nature, Power, Administration, and Operation. In What Forms or Shape Incorporeal Spirits appear to Men, by what Means, and of what Elements they take to themselves, and form Appearances of Bodies, visible to mortal Eyes; why they appear, and what Frights and Force of Imagination often delude us into the Apprehensions of supposed Phantasms, through the Intimidation of the Mind, and c. Also What evil Tongues have Power to produce of Hurt to Mankind, or Irational Creatures; and the Effects Men and Women are able to produce by their Communication with Good or Evil Spirits, and c. Written at the Request of a Person of Honour by B. B., a Protestant Minister for Publick Information.

Creator:: Bekker, Balthasar, 1634-1698
Collection:: Digital Witchcraft Collection
Publisher:: Printed for Eliz. Harris, at the Harrow, in Little-Britain
Publication Place:: London
Date:: 1700
Format:: Book