Treatise of Spirits, Apparitions, Witchcrafts

economy of this world, has naturally induced me to make a humble dedication of this book to you. The subject is abstruse difficult to understand; obscure, and has been treated by few, and even then only sparingly.

The reason I have elaborated on this topic at such length is that some extraordinary visitations In this context, "visitations" refers to supernatural or spiritual encounters. have happened to me, in which I have had communication original: "Converse" with those spirits original: "Genii" I discuss here. These experiences made such a strong impression on my mind that I could not easily restrain myself from studying the best authors I could find relating to the subject. I did this in order to create a summary original: "Abstract" of what I found most significant original: "Material" in their works, and to publish it all together