Irish Witchcraft and Demonology

Name: Irish Witchcraft and Demonology
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: St. John Drelincourt Seymour
ISBN: 9781669696865

Author: St. John Drelincourt Seymour

Narrator: Katrina Joyner

Unabridged: 5 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Surreal

Published: 03/17/2022

Categories: Nonfiction, Body, Mind, & Spirit

Synopsis

This is a survey of the witch persecution in Ireland, as well as a wide array of other paranormal events such as poltergeists, ghosts, apparitions, and even an early UFO account. Very listenable, yet well documented, this book has extensive and fascinating quotes from historical source documents."Seymour proposes that the witch-craze was more muted in Ireland than elsewhere in Europe. Relatively speaking, there appear to have been fewer cases in Ireland. This doesn't mean that the consequences were any less harsh for the accused. In these texts, we can see how people exhibiting what we would today consider schizophrenic or senile behavior were vulnerable to being accused of witchcraft." (J.B. Hare, British classicist and philosopher)

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christopher on August 11, 2018

St. John D. Seymour was a priest of the Church of England and a scholar, and he published the relatively succinct Irish Witchcraft and Demonology in 1913. Given the fact that he was obviously a deeply religious (meaning Christian) man and given the fact that he published this book more than a centur......more

Goodreads review by Justine on May 19, 2014

I found this book in a creepy little bookstore in San Francisco specializing in books on ~supernatural and esoteric~ literature 000OOooOOo. It is an incredible resource for a very specific topic, fortunately written in a casual and humorous tone. The author compiled the most comprehensive (and perha......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on March 18, 2023

I was expecting a study of the practices of Irish witchcraft and demonology, not an account of how it was treated in Ireland over the years. This may have been partly my fault in misunderstanding when I went in. If you are looking for an informative book on the history of how it was approached (witc......more

Goodreads review by Marianmcclenaghan on July 10, 2013

A very informative book. The writing is difficult to understand but this is due to the time period it was written. Do not let this put you off, the stories about witchcraft and the supernatural in Ireland are haunting and will stay with me forever.......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy on January 26, 2023

Fascinating. I learned a lot. Some parts, uh, do not age well.......more