OF MATTERS,

WHICH ARE CONTAINED

IN THE FIRST BOOK.

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How great and of what kind the power of imagination is. 1
On Magic, and how many species of Magic there are. 4
Whether Magic has certain true effects. 15
Magicians do wondrous things through the devil. 18
What forms the devil is accustomed to assume to deceive men. 23
The ancients once attributed wondrous effects to Magicians. 30
On the explicit and tacit pact of Magicians with the devil. 33
Spell-casters, with dire imprecations and deeds, seek rain, hail, etc. 46
What Magicians can do regarding external matters. 51
Whether the devil can truly enrich his own. 57
Whether Magicians can generate any sensible things by their art. 59
Whether demons become succubi and incubi, and whether generation can follow from such intercourse. 62
Whether Witches are truly transported from place to place, through nocturnal gatherings, and how they behave in them. 68
Whether Magicians can transform bodies from one species into another. 96
Whether beasts can speak by the art of Magicians. 100