The Wonders of the Invisible World
Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England

This was a really interesting to read. Cotton Mather wrote something stemming from a staunch position firmly against witchcraft and The Devil. The writing was difficult to read at times and clearly reflects the times of anti-witch and anti-witchcraft. Mather voiced a lot of ideas and arguments to pu......more

Un mix di falsa umiltà e malcelato disprezzo, tipici di chi ha l’arroganza di ritenersi ciecamente nel giusto. Come, ad esempio, il fatto che la presenza del maligno sia così manifesta in certi luoghi proprio perché è lì che viene maggiormente aborrito, e si getta quindi con furore nel tentativo di......more

Crazy shit......more

3.5⭐️ I am honestly struggling with how to rate/review this book. I really do think that Cotton Mather made earnest attempts of trying to handle the Salem witch trials in a Godly way. He seemed to try to make sense of everything that happened, condemned what he believed was sinful, and warned against......more