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Pages |
| Preface. |
v |
| Demoniality: origin of the word.—Wherein
that crime differs from those
of Bestiality and Sodomy.—Opinion
of St Thomas. Nrs 1 to 8. |
1 |
| Material intercourse with Incubi and
Succubi is not a thing of imagination;
testimony of St Austin. Nrs 9 and 10. |
15 |
| Wizards and Witches; their relations
with the Devil; ceremonials of their
profession. Nrs 11 to 23. |
21 |
| Artifices resorted to by the Devil for the
assumption of a body. Nr 24. |
31 |
| Incubi do not assail but women. Nr 26. |
35 |
| Goblins have no dread of exorcisms. Nr 27. |
37 |
| Humorous story of signora Hieronyma:
the enchanted repast. Nr 28. |
37 |
| Men begotten by Incubi: Romulus and
Remus, Plato, Alexander the Great,
Cæsar-Augustus; Merlin the Enchanter,
Martin Luther.—The Antechrist
to be born of an Incubus. Nr 30. |
53 |
| Incubi are not pure spirits: they beget,
and therefore have a body of their own.—Remark
concerning Giants. Nrs 31
to 33. |
57 |
| Angels are not all pure spirits: decision
to that effect of the second Council of
Nicea Nr 37. |
71 |
| Existence of rational creatures or animals
other than man, and endowed,
like him, with a body and a soul. Nrs 38
to 43. |
85 |
| Wherein do those animals differ from
man? What their origin? Do they all
descend from one individual, as men
descend from Adam? Is there between
them a distinction of the sexes? What
are their manners, laws, social customs?
Nrs 44 to 50. |
87 |
| What are the shape and organisation of
their body? A comparison drawn from
the composition of wine. Nrs 51 to 56. |
95 |
| Are those animals subject to diseases,
to physical and moral infirmities, to
death? Nrs 57 and 58. |
107 |
| Are they born in the original sin? Have
they been redeemed by Jesus-Christ,
and are they capable of beatitude and
damnation? Nrs 61 and 62. |
119 |
| Proofs of their existence. Nrs 65 to 70. |
123 |
| Story of an Incubus and of a young
Nun. Nr 71. |
139 |
| Story of a young deacon. Nr 72. |
145 |
| Incubi are affected by material substances:
they therefore participate of the
matter of those substances. Nr 73. |
149 |
| Instance drawn from the history of Tobit;
ejection of the Incubus which
vexed Sarah; cure of old Tobias.
Nrs 74 to 76. |
151 |
| St Anthony falls in with a Faun in the
wilderness: their conversation. Nr 77
to 84. |
161 |
| Other proofs of the corporeity of Incubi,
especially the Manna of the Hebrews
or Bread of Angels. Nrs 90 to 95. |
179 |
| In what sense are to be understood the
words of Christ: “Other sheep I have
which are not of this fold?” Apollo’s
address to the Emperor Augustus:
the end of the Gods. Nrs 96 to 101. |
191 |
| “The Great Pan is dead”, or the death
of Christ announced to Fauns, Sylvans
and Satyrs: their bewailing. Nr 102. |
203 |
| Solving of the problem: How can a
woman be impregnated by an Incubus?—Comparison
of Giants with
mules. Nrs 104 and 105. |
207 |
| Wherein lies the generating virtue;
why no more Giants are born. Luxuria
in humido. Nrs 106 to 111. |
211 |
| Appreciation of the crime of Demoniality:
1o committed with the Devil;
2o committed with an Incubus. Nrs 112
to 114. |
219 |
| Is Demoniality more grievous than Bestiality?—Conclusion.
Nr 115. |
223 |
| Appendix |
227 |
| Biographical Notice |
245 |
