Spirits -- Early works to 1800
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The Certainty of The Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of The Immortality of Souls of The Malice and Misery of The Devils and The Damned, and of The Blessedness of The Justified, Fully Evinced By The Unquestionable Histories of Apparitions, Operations, Witchcrafts, Voices &c. (title page misdated; London: Printed for T. Parkhurst and J. Salisbury, 1691), by Richard Baxter- A True and Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Yeers Between Dr. John Dee (A Mathematician of Great Fame in Q. Eliz. and King James Their Reignes) and Some Spirits (London: Printed by D. Maxwell for T. Garthwait, 1659), by John Dee, contrib. by Meric Casaubon
- The Phantom World: The History and Philosophy of Spirits, Apparitions, &c, &c. (2 volumes in 1; Philadelphia: A. Hart, 1850), by Augustin Calmet, ed. by Henry Christmas (Gutenberg text)
- Bezauberte Welt (3 volumes in German; Leipzig: Weygand, 1781-1782), by Balthasar Bekker, ed. by Joh. Salomo Semler, trans. by Johann Moritz Schwager
- 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 (only 1 volume published of this translation; London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1695), by Balthasar Bekker (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft: Wherein is Affirmed That There Are Many Sorts of Deceivers and Impostors, and Divers Persons Under a Passive Delusion of Melancholy and Fancy (London: Printed by J. M., 1677), by John Webster
- The Certainty of The Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of The Immortality of Souls of The Malice and Misery of The Devils and The Damned, and of The Blessedness of The Justified, Fully Evinced By The Unquestionable Histories of Apparitions, Operations, Witchcrafts, Voices &c. (title page misdated; London: Printed for T. Parkhurst and J. Salisbury, 1691), by Richard Baxter
- Of Ghostes and Spirites Walking by Nyght, and of Strange Noyses, Crackes, and Sundry Forewarnynges, Whiche Commonly Happen Before the Death of Menne, Great Slaughters, and Alterations of Kyngdomes (London: Printed by H. Benneyman for R. Watkyns, 1572), by Ludwig Lavater, trans. by Robert Harrison (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Saducismus Triumphatus: or, Full and Plain Evidence Concerning Witches and Apparitions (London: Printed for J. Collins and S. Lownds, 1681), by Joseph Glanvill, trans. by Anthony Horneck, contrib. by Henry More
- Strange and Wonderful News from the County of Wicklow in Ireland: or, A Full and True Relation of What Happened to One Dr. Moore (Late Schoolmaster In London), How He Was Taken Invisibly from His Friends, What Happened to Him in His Absence, and How, any By What Means He Was Found, and Brought Back To The Same Place (London: Printed for T.R., 1678), by John Cother (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal, by Daniel Defoe
- The Phantom World: The History and Philosophy of Spirits, Apparitions, &c, &c. (2 volumes in 1; Philadelphia: A. Hart, 1850), by Augustin Calmet, ed. by Henry Christmas (Gutenberg text)
- Bezauberte Welt (3 volumes in German; Leipzig: Weygand, 1781-1782), by Balthasar Bekker, ed. by Joh. Salomo Semler, trans. by Johann Moritz Schwager
- Daemonologie (Edinburgh: Printed by R. Walde-Graue, 1597), by King James I of England
- Pandaemonium, or, The Devil's Cloyster: Being a Further Blow to Modern Sadduceism, Proving the Existence of Witches and Spirits (London: Printed for J. Walthoe, 1684), by Richard Bovet
- 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 (only 1 volume published of this translation; London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1695), by Balthasar Bekker (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Malleus Maleficarum (in Latin; Nuremberg: A. Koberger, 1494), by Heinrich Institoris and Jakob Sprenger
- Daemonologie; and Newes From Scotland, ed. by G. B. Harrison, contrib. by King James I of England (illustrated HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- De la Démonialité et des Animaux Incubes et Succubes (second edition, in Latin and French; Paris: I. Liseux, 1876), by Ludovico Maria Sinistrari, trans. by Isidore Liseux
- Demoniality: or, Incubi and Succubi (Latin and English on alternating pages; Paris: I. Liseux, 1879), by Ludovico Maria Sinistrari, ed. by Isidore Liseux
- Des Satyres, Brutes, Monstres et Demons: De Leur Nature et Adoration, Contre l'Opinion de Ceux Qui Ont Estimé Les Satyres Estre une Espece d'Hommes Distincts et Separez des Adamiques (in French; originally published 1627; this edition Paris: I. Liseux, 1888), by François-Hédelin Aubignac, ed. by Alcide Bonneau
- The Phantom World: The History and Philosophy of Spirits, Apparitions, &c, &c. (2 volumes in 1; Philadelphia: A. Hart, 1850), by Augustin Calmet, ed. by Henry Christmas (Gutenberg text)
- De la Démonomanie des Sorciers (in French; Paris: J. du Puys, 1587), by Jean Bodin
- The Discovery of Witchcraft: Proving, That the Compacts and Contracts of Witches With Devils and All Infernal Spirits or Familiars, Are But Erroneous Novelties and Imaginary Conceptions (London: Printed for A. Clark, 1665), by Reginald Scot
- Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft (London: Printed by R. C. and are to be sold by Giles Cavert, 1651), by Reginald Scot (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Der Hexenhammer (German translation of Malleus Maleficarum; 3 volumes; Berlin: H. Barsdorf, 1906), by Heinrich Institoris and Jakob Sprenger, trans. by Richard Schmidt
- Tractatus de Confessionibus Maleficorum et Sagarum: Secundò Recognitus, et Auctior Redditus (in Latin; Trier: H. Bock, 1605), by Peter Binsfeld
- Iamblichus on the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians (Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham for the translator, 1821), by Iamblichus, trans. by Thomas Taylor, contrib. by Porphyry (page images at HathiTrust)
- Iamblichus on the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians (second edition; London: B. Dobell, and Reeves and Turner, 1895), by Iamblichus, trans. by Thomas Taylor, contrib. by Porphyry (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The History of the Devil, As Well Ancient as Modern (second edition; London: Printed for T. Warner, 1727), by Daniel Defoe (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The History of the Devil (sixth edition; Philadelphia: Leary, Getz and Co, 1854), by Daniel Defoe (multiple formats at Google)
- A Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures to With-Draw the Harts of Her Majesties Subjects From Their Allegeance, and From the Truth of Christian Religion Professed In England, Under the Pretence of Casting Out Devils (London: J. Roberts, 1603), by Samuel Harsnett (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Spirits- Japanese Demon Lore: Oni From Ancient Times to the Present (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2010), by Noriko T. Reider (PDF with commentary at usu.edu)
- Spirits From Other Worlds, by Joe Crews (PDF at present-truth.org)
- Life and Labor in the Spirit World: Being a Description of the Localities, Employments, Surroundings, and Conditions of the Spheres (second thousand; Boston: Colby and Rich, 1885), by Mary T. Longley
- The Banshee (London and Edinburgh: Sands and Co., n.d.), by Elliott O'Donnell
- The Tempest, by William Shakespeare (HTML with commentary at folger.edu)
- The Tempest (Old-Spelling Shakespeare series; London: Chatto and Windus; New York: Duffield and Co., 1908), by William Shakespeare, ed. by Frederick James Furnivall, contrib. by F. W. Clarke (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Tempest (London: Oxford University Press, 1914), by William Shakespeare, ed. by W. J. Craig (HTML at Bartleby)
- The Tempest (with annotations and scene index), by William Shakespeare, ed. by Philip Weller (HTML at Shakespeare Navigators)
- The Tempest (1674 edition), by William Shakespeare (page images here at Penn)
- Julius Le Vallon: An Episode (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., c1916), by Algernon Blackwood (page images at Google; US access only)
- Angels: Messengers of Grace, by Martin Israel (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- The Ministry of Angels Here and Beyond (fifth edition; London: G. Bell and Sons, 1920), by Joy Snell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Spirits From Other Worlds, by Joe Crews (PDF at present-truth.org)
- Apparitions in Late Medieval and Renaissance Spain (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1981), by William A. Christian (PDF files at Libro)
- An Adventure (London: Macmillan and Co., 1911), by C. A. E. Moberly and Eleanor F. Jourdain
- Apparitions: or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed (London: Lackington, Allen, and Co., 1815), by Joseph Taylor (multiple formats at archive.org)
- News From the Invisible World: or, Interesting Anecdotes of the Dead (Burslem, England: J. Tregortha, 1813), by John Tregortha (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions: or, An Attempt to Trace Such Illusions to Their Physical Causes (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd; London: G. and W. B. Whitaker, 1824), by Samuel Hibbert (page images at HathiTrust)
- Materialized Apparitions: If Not Beings From Another Life, What Are They (Boston: R. G. Badger, 1908), by Edward Augustus Brackett (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Phenomena of Materialisation: A Contribution To The Investigation Of Mediumistic Teleplastics (London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co.; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1920), by A. von Schrenck-Notzing, trans. by E. E. Fournier d'Albe
- An Historical, Physiological and Theological Treatise of Spirits, Apparitions, Witchcrafts, and Other Magical Practices (London: printed for D. Browne et al., 1705), by John Beaumont
- Strange Newes, Out of Hartford-Shire and Kent (claimed original publication is London: Printed for R. G., 1679; this copy apparently printed later) (multiple formats at Google)
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