The Debate over the Corporeality of Demons in England, c. 1670-1700
Description:
According to Walter Stephens, witch-theorists in the fifteenth century developed the witchcraft belief of demon copulation in order to prove the existence of demons and therefore the existence of God. In England, during the mid-seventeenth century, Cartesian and materialist philosophies spread. These new philosophies stated there was nothing in the world but corporeal substances, and these substances had to conform to natural law. This, the philosophers argued, meant witchcraft was impossible. …
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Date:
August 2009
Creator:
Patterson, Patrick
Partner:
UNT Libraries