** "The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft" by John Webster is a study that tackles the myths and misunderstandings around the topic of witchcraft in the 1600s. The story looks at how people wrongly believed in witches, focusing on how many so-called witches were really just tricksters or people suffering from mental issues. Webster works to prove that many common ideas about witches were wrong, like the idea that they made a deal with the devil or could turn into animals. The book also goes into other mysterious subjects such as angels, spirits, and charms, all discussed with the goal of presenting clear understandings to a world filled with fearful misunderstandings. Webster's purpose surrounds showing the danger of incorrectly accusing people of witchcraft and seeks to encourage people to think more clearly about a topic that was often misunderstood. **

The displaying of supposed witchcraft : $b Wherein is affirmed that there are many sorts of deceivers and impostors, and divers persons under a passive delusion of melancholy and fancy. But that there is a corporeal league made betwixt the devil and the witch, or that he sucks on the witches body, has carnal copulation, or that witches are turned into cats, dogs, raise tempests, or the like, is utterly denied and disproved. Wherein also is handled, the existence of angels and spirits, the truth of apparitions, the nature of astral and sydereal spirits, the force of charms, and philters; with other abstruse matters
By John Webster
** Uncover a world where common superstitions about witches are challenged and questioned with the goal of revealing the truth behind fearful misconceptions of the 17th century.
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About the AuthorJohn Webster (1610–1682), also known as Johannes Hyphastes, was an English cleric, physician and chemist with occult interests, a proponent of astrology and a sceptic about witchcraft. He is known for controversial works.
John Webster (1610–1682), also known as Johannes Hyphastes, was an English cleric, physician and chemist with occult interests, a proponent of astrology and a sceptic about witchcraft. He is known for controversial works.
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