elixirs, 20
experiences (visionary journeys), xvii,
5, 58, 128, 149, 151, 175, 181, 210,
215–16, 218
ointments, 147, 149, 151–53, 175,
179–81, 187–88, 205–7,
salve, 45
sorcery, 4n state, 78
witchcraft, 205
puppet, 9, 112
queen, 18, 34, 139, 142
Constance, 64, 66–67
Fredegonda, 17
of Heaven, 31
Quintilian, 7, 14–16, 19–20
Rasmusdatter, Marthe, 122–23
Recordi, Petrus, 112
Regino of Prüm, 25–26, 28–29, 31, 33,
45, 165
Remy, Nicholas, 191–92
Renaissance, 11, 85, 123–24, 127, 168,
172, 168, 172, 183, 189
spiritual uncertainty of, 185
rituals, spiritual-magical, 92
Rome, 11, 29, 46, 49, 51, 54, 111, 130,
134, 156, 198, 215
rye, 108–9, 123
Sabbat, 1–2, 4–5, 128, 138, 143, 149,
151, 154, 164, 167, 169, 171,
175–76, 192, 195, 197, 201–2,
206, 209, 215
saint, 49
Anthony, 109
Augustine, 10, 33, 43, 198
Equitus, 132
Germanus of Auxerre, 36, 39, 45
Gregory of Tours, 17, 19, 28
John the Baptist, 30–31, 72
Maximus of Turin, 61
Saint Anthony’s fire, 90, 95, 109
Saint John the Baptist Day, 129, 133,
180, 186
Eve of, 133, 162
Salic law, 16, 41
salve, 45, 91, 105, 147, 160, 178, 193,
208. See also ointment
Satan, 1–2, 11, 26, 28, 31, 33, 36, 63,
68, 118, 122, 130, 135, 148–51,
153, 160–61, 167, 170, 176, 178,
180, 183, 191, 193–94, 197,
205–6, 215
satanic
congress, 72
forces, 153
witch, 23, 168, 205
inception of, 154–81
stereotype of, 175
women, 29
worship, 2
satanism, 207
Saturn, 177
Scavius, 155
Schleswig Cathedral, 161
scobaces, 159–60. See also broom rider
Scot, Michael, 106, 111
sermon, 13, 54–55, 72–73, 113, 130,
135, 141, 144, 178, 206, 209, 213,
217
Siete Partidas, 19
Sigri of Steinsland, 122
Simon Magus, 59–61, 180
Skrepp-Ane, 122
Smeld-Ane, 122
Snell, Otto, 203–04
Socrates, 105
Solanaceae, 3, 76–78, 100, 176, 184,
188–89, 218
solanaceous plants, 79, 81–82, 87, 94,
104, 114–15, 124, 152, 177, 186,
188, 195–96, 199
Solis, Virgil, 198
soporific
drug potions, 23
drugs, 154, 192, 210
effects, 88, 115
flora, 76–77
ingredients, 3
plants (herbs), 128, 152, 188, 217
spells, 92, 129–53
sponge, 105–7
soporific plant, the (datura), 97
soporifics, 81–82, 202
sorcerer, 7–9, 19, 42, 118, 125,
150–51, 158, 172, 184, 195, 199,
201, 206
sorceress, 6, 8, 11–13, 17–18, 21,
105, 112–14, 118, 121, 135–36,
144, 147, 151, 153, 158, 172–73,
180–81, 192, 198, 204, 206–10,
213, 215
sorcery, x, 4–5, 11–12, 16, 20, 35, 39,
57–59, 114, 130–31, 133, 136, 165,
169, 179, 188, 195, 214
sortilegia, 118, 156. See also fortune
teller
Sprenger, Jacob, 178, 198
spirits, 21, 32–33, 111, 123–25, 148,
155–56, 161, 193
spirits’ herbs, 123–24
Staedelin, 154–56, 158
Stephanus (Bernese doctor), 118–19
Stephen of Bourbon, 32, 44–45, 160
Stoeckhlin, Chonrad, 175
striga, 40, 42, 179
strix, 40–45, 75, 95, 138, 206, 212
succubi, 33, 45
Sulla’s Law, 15, 23, 58
superstition, 14, 20–21, 23, 28, 61, 78,
91–92, 98, 129–30, 133, 136, 160,
165, 173
superstitious
behaviors, 132–33
beliefs, 62, 71
folk sorceress, 147
practices, 28, 81
remedies, 12
ritual, 158
the, 6
surgeon, 13, 105–7, 121, 173, 192
Sybil Mountain, 141
sylvan, 33, 44
talion, 210
Theodoricus, 106
theologian, 5, 12, 23, 18, 43, 45,
48–49, 59, 63, 132, 142–43,
145, 147, 149–50, 156, 158, 160,
164–65, 167, 169, 173, 179, 187,
197, 199, 209, 211–15
theology, 31, 46, 48, 91, 98, 192
Theophrastus, 77–79
Theôris, 9, 15
Thesarus pauperum, 82, 107. See also
Hispanus, Petrus Tholosan, Claude, 162, 166
Thomasdatter, Mari, 123
Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 124,
184–86. See also Agrippa
Tinctoris, Johannes, 172
toad, 68–71, 75, 77–78, 110–11, 113,
14, 133
poisoning, 113–14, 118, 164
psyche-magic, 69, 111, 113–14, 127,
162, 164, 172–73, 199
symbolic magic, 112, 114
Todi, 11, 13, 20, 22, 72, 130,
142
Tostado, Alonso, 150–52, 164, 167,
178, 187, 207, 214–15, 217
trance, 127, 174–75, 193, 203, 209, 216
transformation, 35, 40, 42–43, 135–
36, 152, 197–99, 206, 213, 217–18
transvection, 138, 207. See also night
flight
Tregenda, 72–73
Trotula of Salerno, 83
unholda, 144, 147, 149, 152
unholden, 32, 144, 177, 197
university of Basel, 186
of Bologna, 12, 157
of Cahors, 113
of Mexico, 98
of Paris, 158
vagina, 3, 101, 106, 176, 216, 219
valley, 37, 69, 70, 108–9, 155
Vallin, Peter, 161–63
van Aken, Hein, 141
venecopeia, 9, 115
veneficia, 4–5, 9–10, 14–16, 61, 75–76,
81, 86, 118, 125, 162, 216
poisonous substances used by, 11,
15–16, 87, 92–93, 111, 116, 118,
125, 162, 164, 166, 176, 198, 214
veneficium, 19–20, 112, 114, 116–17,
119, 128, 197
Venus (goddess), 85, 141–44, 147, 149,
161
Venusberg, 151, 141–44, 147, 149, 151
Venus Mountain, 141–44
vetula, 145–49, 178, 207
vetulas expertissimas, 8–9
Villats, Bårne, 122
Vincent, Jean, 176–77, 207
Virgil, 7
vision, xvii, 3, 57, 65, 67, 75, 78, 80, 96,
98–99, 102–3, 110, 123, 125, 127,
147, 187
visionary
effects of hallucinogenic drugs, 208–10
experiences, x, xvi, 58, 216, 218
journeys, 128
Hildegard as a, 83
phantsms, 69
von Eschenbach, Wolfram, 139–40
von Kaiserberg, Johann Geiler, 178
vo
n Kemnat, Mattias, 173
von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius
Agrippa, 183. See also Agrippa
von Sachsenheim, Hermann, 142
von Sharfenberg, Albrecht, 140
von Wittenweiler, Heinrich, 143
von Wolkenstein, Oswald, 140
Vox in Rama, 68–69, 71
Waldo, Peter, 54
wax, 14, 112–13, 190
Weyer, Johann, 97–98, 104, 109, 116,
156, 182–84, 190–91, 195, 199
on witches’ ointments, 190–95
wine, 8, 20, 29, 42–43, 51, 61–62, 85, 96,
102, 105, 113, 139, 144, 170, 194
drugged, 92–93, 99–100, 118, 120,
176, 187–88
medical, 82–83, 89, 101, 104, 107
witch, 2, 5, 9, 11, 22–23, 31–32, 34,
42, 45, 113, 122, 135–37, 146–47,
152, 154–56, 159, 164, 167–68,
69, 175, 178–80, 184, 192, 197,
203, 205
craze, 44, 103, 159, 172, 178, 213–14
hunter, 191–92, 208
of Linz, 137–139, 149, 211–13
of Simmental, 148–49
of Todi, 20
stereotype, 4, 5, 11, 23–24, 46, 70,
75, 113, 127–28, 146, 151, 159,
166–67, 173–74, 180, 187, 207,
209, 209–12, 217
trials, 2–3, 74, 103, 114, 160, 207, 212
witchcraft, 3–4, 5, 9, 11, 19, 23–24,
105, 118–19, 122–23, 128, 130,
136, 144, 146, 157, 159, 163,
165–66, 168, 172, 176, 184, 195,
199, 204–05, 208–10, 212–16,
218
witches, 2, 3, 5, 17, 21–22, 38–39, 42,
73, 113, 138, 143, 150–52, 156,
158, 160, 164–68, 170, 172–76,
178–79, 182, 184, 188–89, 195,
199, 202, 207–10, 214–15, 217
witches’ointment, xvi–xvii, 1, 3–6, 23,
40, 45, 56, 70, 74, 115, 139, 150,
153, 159, 165, 170, 172, 176, 181,
184, 187, 189–92, 201–2, 206,
208, 209, 211, 213, 215, 216–18
Witekind, Hermann, 198–99
Yahweh, 158
Zoe (Byzantine empress), 125–26
Zyesse Magdalena, 114
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