John Webster (1610–1682), also known as Johannes Hyphastes, was an English cleric, physician and chemist with occult interests, a proponent of astrology and a sceptic about witchcraft. He is known for controversial works. (From Wikipedia) More about John Webster:
| | Books by John Webster: Webster, John, 1611-1682: 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)
Additional books by John Webster in the extended shelves: Webster, John, 1611-1682: 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 : but that there is a corporeal league made betwixt the devil and the witch, or that he sucks on the witches body, has carnal copulation, or that witches are turned into cats, dogs, raise tempests, or the like, is utterly denied and disproved : wherein also is handled, the existence of angels and spirits, the truth of apparitions, the nature of astral and sydereal spirits, the force of charms, and philters, with other abstruse matters (London : Printed by J.M. and are to be sold by the booksellers in London, 1677., 1677), also by Jonas Moore (page images at HathiTrust) Webster, John, 1611-1682: Johann Websters, med. pract., Untersuchung der vermeinten und so genannten Hexereyen (In Verlegung der neuen Buchhandlung, 1719), also by Christian Thomasius (page images at HathiTrust)
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