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THE SABBAT
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3. There are some people, who although they are not Sorcerers, if they are anointed, are none the less carried off to the Sabbat. The reason for this.
4. The unguent, & the ointment are actually of no use to the Sorcerers, and do not in effect carry them to the Sabbat.
5. Sorcerers are sometimes conveyed to the Sabbat by a blast of wind & a sudden storm.
Chapter XVII. Sorcerers may sometimes walk to the Sabbat on foot.
Chapter XVIII. Is the journey of Sorcerers to the Sabbat merely imagination?
1 & 3. Reasons for supposing this to be the case, & examples.
2. Indications, owing to which it may be supposed, that a certain woman paid a purely imaginary visit to the Sabbat.
4. Reasons for supposing that the journey of Sorcerers to the Sabbat, is a real expedition and not imaginary.
5. How we are to understand what is related concerning Erichtho, & Apollonius; the first of whom raised a soldier to life, & the latter a young girl.
6. Sorcerers cannot raise the dead to life. Examples.
7. Neither can heretics perform miracles. Examples.
8. The Author’s opinion concerning the subject of this chapter.
9. Satan most frequently deceives mankind. Examples.
Chapter XIX.
1. Sorcerers go to the Sabbat about midnight.
2. The reason why the Sabbat is generally held at night.
3. Satan delights in darkness & blackness, which are opposite to the whiteness and light that please Heaven.
4. At the Sabbat Sorcerers dance back to back. For the most part they wear masks.
5 & 8. When the cock crows the Sabbat immediately comes to an end, and vanishes away. The reason for this.
6. The voice of the cock frightens Satan in the same way as it terrifies lions & serpents.
7. Several authors relate that demons fear a naked sword.
