Eynatten maximilianus ab (1 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Title in red and black, [1], [16], 359pp., printers device to title, woodcut floriated initials and tail-pieces, ffep margin reinforced with tape, early ownership inscription to title, 12mo, Antwerp, Ex Officina Plantiniana Bathasaris Moreti, 1635 A popular and practical manual of exorcism, first published 1619. The text lays out formal rites for dealing with possession, breaking curses, and addressing various forms of demonic activity. The work is divided into three sections, the first contains general instructions and preparations for exorcisms. Exorcists are instructed to look for signs of demonic possessions that are identical to the symptoms of natural diseases, like a fever or seizures. Eynatten includes several symbols and their effects, and the proper time and place for exorcisms. The second part details the methods and practices used in an exorcism, including prayers, biblical readings and invocations to demons to depart. The third and final part contains methods and practices to expel various kinds of witchcraft or enchantments from both bodies and other objects, including chapters on exorcising dairy products, love potions, disturbances within a marriage and spirits of the home. Caillet 3746. Not in Wellcome, Heirs of Hippocrates, NLM or Osler. USTC 1009479.…