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The Wonders of the Invisible World
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
- Notable Wikipedia has an article about it in 3 languages.
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From Wikipedia
The Wonders of the Invisible World was a book written by Cotton Mather and published in 1693. It was subtitled, Observations As well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils. The book defended Mather's role in the witchhunt conducted in Salem, Massachusetts. It espoused the belief that witchcraft was an evil magical power. Mather saw witches as tools of the devil in Satan's battle to "overturn this poor plantation, the Puritan colony", and prosecution of witches as a way to secure God's blessings for the colony.
From the Wikipedia article Wonders of the Invisible World, revision 1374047245, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q8031926: “book published by Cotton Mather in 1693”.