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"You have asked me, my dear friend, that I should assist the Family Library, with the history of a dark chapter in human nature"- so begins the first of ten letters by Sir Walter Scott concerning the origin and practices of demonology among mankind. Written in an age when letter-writing was an art in itself, this volume is a reproduction from the English second edition published in 1830. Using his erudition as a scholar and his synthesizing abilities as a literary craftsman, Scott delves into those supernatural occurrences that fall outside the pale of orthodox Christianity or the dictates of the rational mind. Beginning with a discussion of the fallibility of the senses, the contagiousness of incredulity and the deception of insanity. Scott goes on to examine the allusions made to witches in the Bible, the famous Witch of Endor, and the "heathen" deities of antiquity. The god of, Peru and ancient North America are discussed as well as the Creed of Zoraster and the beliefs of the "Northern Barbarians." Hardback ed with dust jacket 1970
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