Letters on demonology and witchcraft (Illustrated), by Sir Walter Scott
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Sir Walter SCOTT (1771-1832), son of Walter Scott, a Writer to the Signet, was born in College Wynd, Edinburgh, educated at Edinburg High School and University, and apprenticed to his father. He spends part of his childhood in the rural Scottish Borders at his paternal grandparents' farm at Sandyknowe. Here he was taught to read by his aunt Jenny, and learned from her the speech patterns and many of the tales and legends that characterised much of his work. He was called to the bar in 1792. At the age of 25 he began to write professionally, translating works from German. His first publication being rhymed versions of ballads by Gottfried August Bürger in 1796. He then published a three-volume set of collected ballads of his adopted home region, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. In 1820, Scott was created baronet. Scott´s influence as a novelist was incalculable: he established the form of the “Historical Novel”, and the form of the short story with “The Two Drovers” and “The Highland Widow”. He was avidly read and imitated throughout the 19th cent, and there was a revival of interest from European Marxist critics in the 1930´s, who interpreted his works in terms of historicism. Postmodern tastes favoured discontinuous narratives and the introduction of the "first person", yet they were more favourable to his work than Modernist tastes. Scott is now seen as an important innovator and a key figure in the development of Scottish and world literature. “LETTERS ON DEMONOLOGY AND WITCHCRAFT” (1830). The book takes the form of ten letters. In these, Scott surveys opinions respecting demonology and witchcraft from the Old Testament period to his own day. Examining Scottish criminal trials for witchcraft, Scott notes that the nature of evidence gave free reign to accusers and left the accused no chance of escape. Scott also observes that trials for witchcraft were increasingly connected with political crimes, just as in Catholic countries accusations of witchcraft and heresy went together. Scott's account is amply illustrated with anecdotes and traditional tales.
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About the Author Sir Walter Scott was a Scottish novelist, playwright and poet who earned worldwide celebrity for his writing in the early nineteenth century. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Scott s first literary success came when a childhood friend established a printing house and offered to publish his poetry. Despite earning some success as a poet, Scott decided to publish his first novel anonymously, and released Waverly in 1814. As The Author of Waverly, Scott went on to publish dozens of novels, short stories, and poems, including Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, and The Lady of the Lake. He died in 1832 at the age of 61.
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102 of 112 people found the following review helpful. An excellent book for Scully OR Tabitha By J. Mccormick This is a reprint of a book published in the 1830's by Sir Walter Scott as a favor to his son-in-law. Scott researches folklore, superstition, and witchcraft (through folklore, trial records, and previous scholars) in depth to give the reader a comprehensive body of knowledge. The modern reader will find more here than she ever knew. Countless court cases from all of Europe and especially Scotland (where the author resided) and England are presented. Scott writes from the point of view that he lives in a scientific age and that the possibility of these occurances is absurd, but, because he gives you all of the information from which he derives his opinion, you can make your own. Personally, I'm a fanciful person and would like to believe in ghosts and such, but in most of the cases he has plausible explanations for their being impossible (especially pertaining to witchcraft). Interesting to note, in not one of the cases of witchcraft did any of the accused, or the accusers mention goddess worship. Neither did they in any of the 'accepted' mystical hobbies of the era either. He talks of things of which I have never heard. For example, seers claimed to have captured fairies or slyphs in their crystal balls and they were not "seeing something" as in the movies, but getting the information from the agent inside the ball. It takes a while to read, as the editors of the period didn't know what to do with commas and run on sentences. Some of the words are outdated, and are used differently in our time than in his. This is an excellent book for both the sceptic and believer, as well as Christian or pagan.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Mostly Relating to Witch-Hunting. By M. DeKalb Published two years before Scott's death in 1832, this work is practically a meta-analysis of stories of witch-trials and persecutions mostly based in Europe with a few stories detailing the supporting or contrasting events as seen in Scandinavian countries and the Americas. Scott takes the position that the human mind is a fragile thing, imagination creates all kinds of scary things and if those culpable of their crimes were to behave rationally this wouldn't have, and shouldn't have happened. Succinctly - "every generation of the human race must swallow a certain measure of nonsense."Filled with interesting terminology it can be a fairly taxing read, as Scott seems to have a proclivity to be long winded and seldom winds a story down in timely fashion. He also doesn't fear the use of incredibly superfluous detailing of the events and persons involved.Bridging the gap, Scott covers very well the transition from tribalism, mythology and lore to the intervention of Christianity, Christianities sectionalism and the resultant over-zealous persecution of person's believed to be witches / warlocks and the closed-minded, torturous methods used to inexcusably extract confessions from frightened people who were usually murdered (let`s call it what it is, people) after confession in hopes that it would end their torture - and murdered anyway if they didn`t self-incriminate until the last documented execution in Scotland in 1722. The belief was that they were guilty - based upon hearsay and the unwillingness of juries or prosecutors to speak for their defense. To have spoken in defense of a witch / warlock would only suggest that you, yourself, were in league with that person and their nefarious practices... so one can clearly see, this era, this often forgotten mar on the histories of Europe and America was little more than a campaign of fear and distrust. Of particular interest in the Calvinistic desire to persecute zealously simply because the Catholics were prone to let witches exist and were believed to be in league with the devil (the existence of the `devil' was, is, and will always be good business for the church - best friend they've ever had).Scott also discusses legerdemain - magic, slight of hand and trickery being seen as types of witchcraft. Ranked with this are holistic medicine practitioners, and those who've fallen from the grace of the church (heathens or pagans).Terms and concepts of particular interest (to myself):- Ephilates: the sense impressions (real) that intrude upon and are incorporated into dreams. The mind rapidly creates a story to surround it (if one is interested in the concept: Freud should be read).- Blue Devils: phantoms seen as a result of constant intoxication.- Naiads: Sea nymphs, generally of two types: Evil, toward sea-men or beneficent unless her jealously is provoked.- Bhargeist: a specter, commonly associated with last name `Dobie' and the bearer of said name.- Skald (Norse): Believed that to seek information and power from the Gods was a noble pursuit; not an impious endeavor as it would be in the Christian mind.- Ourisk (Celtic): a melancholy spirit usually lives removed from mankind.- Fairies (Finnish); Kobold (German); Bogle (Scottish); Goblin (British): all are generally mischievous but not necessarily evil. The worst done by a Fairy is child-napping to off-set the quota of their own kind that have to give to the devil annually.- `Damnum minatum, et malum secutum': a curse issued, followed by an event relating to the curse.Means of torture:- `Pricking': an effort to find `the devils mark', a pricked spot where the person who has the needle shoved into them evinces no reaction.- Total extraction of finger / toe nails.- Forced sleeplessness and no reprieve from the means of torture.- Leg loading: from a sitting position, propping up the heels leaving the knees unsupported and putting heavy weights upon the joint. Would persist until a confession were forced or the knees broke backward.
37 of 46 people found the following review helpful. A masterful work from 1900 By S. Strider Oddly enough, this book talks more about Faeries and defends many accused of witchcraft of influence by the fair folk upon the glens and moors.It is a remarkable work that has Scott's own articulate hand bringing a very interesting world of Celtic myths and fables to life while the rigors of a new age dawn upon them.
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