195. Jamy Ian Swiss — The Conjuror’s Conundrum
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Discovery of Witchcraft by Reginald Scott
The discovery of witchcraft by reginald scott, published in england in 15 84. The book was intended to debonk the witch trials of the era. This is just pre jamesan before james takes the throne. And he reversed the point of the perspective, saying that the people who were on trial were actually the victims of this whole notion of witchcraft. He talked about mental illness, and that much of what was being seen was a case of mental illness.
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