The Psychology of the Salem Witchcraft Excitement of 1692: And Its Practical Application to Our Own Time (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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A few years since, I was walking the streets of Salem, in company with a friend who showed me the relics of witchcraft days in 1692, and pointed out the spot where - as is believed - the innocent victims were executed - in the name of religion and under the forms of law - for the protection of society.

It was while studying these bloody object lessons of history that I formed a resolution to search out and solve, if might be, the psychological problems that were the basis of that delusion; and to present the solution in such a way that it should be at once an original contribution to science and a practical guide for the present and the future.

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