The Discoverie of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot in 1584 DIGITAL DOWNLOAD for Metap

The Discoverie of Witchcraft is a partially skeptical book published by the English gentleman Reginald Scot in 1584, intended as an exposé of early Modern witchcraft. It contains a small section intended to show how the public was fooled by charlatans, which is considered the first published material on illusionary or stage magic.

Scot believed that the prosecution of those accused of witchcraft was irrational and un-Christian, and he held the Roman Church responsible. Popular belief held that all obtainable copies were burned on the accession of James I in 1603.

This is a digital PDF download.  916 pages.  The text in this download is 'as is' which means it was translated from the original book and there are some imperfections in this translation.  This is intended to be reference book only for personal interest and amusement.