THE MALLEUS MALEFICARUM
PART ONE
TREATING OF THE THREE NECESSARY CONCOMITANTS OF WITCHCRAFT WHICH ARE THE
DEVIL, A WITCH, AND THE PERMISSION OF ALMIGHTY GOD
* Question I.
Whether the Belief that there are such Beings as Witches is so Essential a
Part of the Catholic Faith that Obstinacy to maintain the Opposite Opinion
manifestly savours of Heresy. page 1
* Question II.
If it be in Accordance with the Catholic Faith to maintain that in Order to
bring about some Effect of Magic, the Devil must intimately co-operate with
the Witch, or whether one without the other, that is to say, the Devil
without the Witch, or conversely, could produce such an Effect. 12 ...
* Question VI
Concerning witches who copulate with devils. Why is it that women are
chiefly addicted to evil superstitions?
* Question VII
Whether witches can sway the minds of men to love or hatred.
* Question VIII
Whether witches can hebetate the powers of generation or obstruct the
venereal act.
* Question IX
Whether Witches may work some Prestidigitatory Illusion so that the Male
Organ appears to be entirely removed and separate from the Body.
* Question X
Whether Witches can by some Glamour Change Men into Beasts.
* Question XI
That witches who are midwives in various ways kill the child conceived in
the womb, and procure an abortion; or if they do not this, offer new-born
children to devils.
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