Compendium of the Art of Exorcism

OF THE THINGS

most notable that are contained in the present work.

Large ornamental initial letter "A" woodcut with floral motifs and scrolls.Abbot Moses tormented by the Demon on account of a reprimand. page 154
An incubus spirit a demon believed to have sexual relations with women abandons a young woman when moving from one place to another. 246
Malevolent sorcerers original: "Malefici"; practitioners of harmful magic or "maleficium" use the limbs of serpents to incite hatred. 260
Demons use natural instruments within afflicted bodies. 54
A young man in the form of a donkey adores the Most Holy Body of Christ. 140
To assert that Demons know future contingent events with certainty is a kind of heresy. 30
Where affliction and sadness are caused. 269
The Demon is a natural agent, and he seeks out a predisposed man to better harass him. 268.
Agnes the Bath-woman original: "Balneatrice"; likely a nickname or profession indicating she worked at the public baths, a Witch, and her operations. 78. 79. 211. 216
The Demon helps man to doubt, but not to resolve those doubts. 69.
Malevolent sorcerers are accustomed to killing irrational animals original: "animali irrationali"; a standard theological and legal term for livestock and beasts. 211