Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2014
415 pages
978-1-77658-360-7 (ISBN)
Description
The late nineteenth century was something of a heyday for inquiries into the supernatural, replete with spiritualists, seances, mediums, and purported communications with the great beyond. In this volume, Allen Putnam attempts to project the tenets and beliefs of the spiritualism movement back onto the events that transpired in New England centuries before in order to gain new insight into the accusations of witchcraft that define that moment in history.
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- Preface
- References
- Explanatory Note
- Witchcraft Marvel-Workers
- Mather and Calef
- Cotton Mather
- Robert Calef
- Thomas Hutchinson
- C. W. Upham
- Margaret Jones
- Ann Hibbins
- Ann Cole
- Elizabeth Knap
- The Morse Family
- The Goodwin Family
- Retrospection
- Salem Witchcraft
- Tituba
- Sarah Good
- Dorcas Good
- Sarah Osburn
- Martha Corey
- Giles Corey
- Rebecca Nurse
- Mary Easty
- Susanna Martin
- Martha Carrier
- Rev. George Burroughs
- Summary
- The Confessors
- The Accusing Girls
- The Prosecutors
- Witchcraft's Author
- The Motive
- Local and Personal
- Methods of Providence
- Appendix
- Endnotes
