The Enigmatic Alchemical Gate in Rome
Alchemists of Palazzo Riario and the Mysteries Behind the Gate. The Alchemical Gate, known as the Magic Gate or Hermetic Gate, stands as a monument … Read more
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Facts & History of the Witch-hunter Manual Compendium Maleficarum
The Compendium Maleficarum is a treatise on demonology and witchcraft, divided into three volumes written by Francesco Maria Guazzo, published in 1608. The Compendium Maleficarum, … Read more
The Benandanti: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults between 16th and 17th centuries in Italy
History & Facts of the Benandanti, The Good Walkers A trial for heresy of two peasants reveals a pagan-shamanic peasant cult based on the fertility … Read more
The Cosmogony of a Sixteenth-Century Italian Miller
A heresy trial held in Friuli, Italy in the sixteenth century brings to light the complex cosmogony and worldview of a miller who stunned the … Read more
Narni underground: The Inquisition Trial and the Room of Torment in Narni
In 1979 six members of the local speleological team of UTEC of Narni, in Umbria, below the ruins of an ancient Dominican monastery, discovered a … Read more