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Daemonologie
How this book fits
- Traditions
- Witchcraft and demonology
- Role in the tradition
- Primary source Written from inside the tradition: scripture, revelation, a grimoire, a manifesto or a practical treatise.
- Public attention
- Major Wikipedia has an article about it in 12 languages.
Read it
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- Read at gutenberg.org ↗ gutenberg.org checked September 11, 2026
From Wikipedia
Daemonologie, In Forme of a Dialogue, Divided into three Books, usually known as Daemonologie, is a philosophical dissertation by James VI and I on contemporary necromancy and the historical relationships between the various methods of divination used from ancient black magic, first published in 1597. It was reprinted in 1603 when James took the throne of England. The widespread consensus is that King James wrote Dæmonologie in response to sceptical publications such as Reginald Scot's The Discoverie of Witchcraft.
From the Wikipedia article Daemonologie, revision 1368389486, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q3011799: “book by King James VI/I of Scotland/England about demons”.