England's First Demonologist

''The fables of witchcraft have taken so fast hold and deepe root in the heart of man, that few or none can indure with patience the hand and correction of God.'' Reginald Scot, whose words these are, published his remarkable book The Discoverie of Witchcraft in 1584. England''s first major work of demonology, witchcraft and the occult, the book was unashamedly sceptical. It is said that so outrag...