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DEMONIALITY
OR
SINISTRARI OF Ameno
(17*'' century)
Now first translated into English
With the Latin Text
eN T lA. Oo'>-s
PARIS
Isidore LISEUX, -. Rue Bonaparte
1879
DEMONIALITY
DEMONIALITY OR
INCUBI AND SUCCUBI
A Treatise
wherein is shown that there are in existence on
earth rational creatures besides man, endowed like
him with a body and a soul, that are born and die
like him, redeemed by our Lord Jesus-Christ, and
capable of receiving salvation or damnation,
By the Rev. Father
SINISTRARI OF Amend
'' ~ (17th century)
Published from the original Latin manuscript
discovered in London in the year 1872,
and translated into French by Isidore Liseux
Now first translated into English
With the Latin Text.
PARIS
Isidore LISEUX, 2, Rue Bonaparte.
1879
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PREFACE
TO THE FIRST EDITION [Pat'lS , 1 87 5, 171-8°)
3J2676
— VI —
reverse : it was small, and yet never filled.
Scarcely four or five hundred volumes at a
time, carefully dusted, bright, arrayed with
symmetry on shelves within reach of one's
hand; the upper shelves remained unoccupied.
On the right, Theology; on the left, the Greek
and Latin Classics in a majority, with some
French and Italian books; for such were
Mr Allen's specialties ; it seemed
he ab- as if
hismaximum.
Many of those slighted ones doubtless de-
served their fate but among them might
;
a.
—X—
The mistake is obvious. One thing is sure :
characteristic. The
ground-matter , from
which it derives a truly original and philoso-
phical stamp, is an entirely novel demonstra-
tion of the existence of Incubi and Succubi, as
rational animals, both corporeal and spiritual
like ourselves, living inour midst, being born
and dying like us, and' lastly redeemed, as we
are, through the merits of Jesus-Christ, and
capable of receiving salvation or damnation.
In the Father of Ameno's opinion, those
beings endowed with senses and reason, tho-
roughly distinct from Angels and Demons,
pure spirits, are none other but the Fauns,
Sylvans and Satyrs of paganism, continued by
our Sylphs, Elfs and Goblins; and thus is con-
nected anew the link of belief. On this score
alone, not to mention the interest of details,
this book has a claim to the attention of ear-
nest readers : I feel convinced that attention
will not be found wanting.
I. L.
May 1875.
Isidore Liseux.
August 1875.
DEMONIALITY
ad ad 3. in fine, quia
2. 2. q. 154.; ar. 11. ^
1 3. Prima J
ineunt pactum expressum cum
Dcemone, aut alio Mago seu Malejico vicem
Demoniality 11
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non potuit..
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44 Daemonialitas
aL.
Demonialitjr 49
kind of amphoras, decanters and cups filled
with foreign wines, from the Isle of Crete,
Campania, the Canaries, the Rhine, etc.
In the kitchen there was also an abundant
variety of meats in saucepans and dishes
that had never been seen there before. At
first, some of the guests hesitated whether
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5o Dsemonialitas
continentia.
T.
Demoniality 53
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3 Salva tamen tot^ et tantorum Docto-
1 .
6.
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74 Dasmonialitas
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Demoniality 83
Demonidlity loi
Et de hoc luculentum
stitiosum vetaret.
exemplum habemus in Sacra Scriptura,
ubi Angelus Raphael dixit Tobice, c. 6,
V. 8. Cordis ejus {nempe piscis , quern a
;
shown.
not possible.
14.
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ciebat in Judceis ,
quod
Angelis efficit
in
cibus illorum, pro parte : Angeli enim non
incurrunt ^infirmitatem. Voluerunt enim
expositores Hebrcei, ut etiam asseverat
Josephus, quod Judcei in Deserto vescentes
manna, nee senescerent, nee cegrotarent,
nee lassarentur ; proinde ilia esset tan-
quam panis, quo vescuntur Angeli, qui nee
senio, nee cegritudine, nee lassitudine un-
quam laborant.
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2i8 Daemonialitas
FINIS
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FINIS
APPENDIX
SUMMARIUM
1. De probatione criminis Dsemonialitatis,
distinguendum est.
SUMMARY
1. Distinctions to be made in the proof of
the crime of Demoniality.
PoppYSMA. —
Oris pressi sonus, similis illi quo
permulcentur equi et canes. Obscene vero de
susurro cunni labioriim, quum frictu mades-
cunt.
IN GALLAM
Quum tibi sit fades, de qua necfoemina possit
Dicere, quum corpus nulla litura notet;
Cur te tarn rarus cupiat, repetatque fututor,
Miraris? Vitium est non leve, Galla, tibi.
Accessi quoties ad opus, mixtisque movemur
Ing-tiinibus, cunnus non tacet, ipsa taces.
Di facerent, ut tu loquereris, et ipse taceret
Offender cunni garrulitate tui.
Pedere te mallem : namque hoc nee inutile dicit
Symmachus, et risum res movet ista simul.
Quis ridere potest fatui poppysmata cunni?
Quum sonat hie, cui non mentula mensque cadit
Die aliquid saltern, clamosoque obstrepe cunno :
Et si adeo muta es, disce vel inde loqui.
( Editorial Note.
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PCEN.E
PENALTIES
Pages
Preface v
Demoniality : of the word.
origin —
Wherein that crime differs from those
of Bestiality and Sodomy. Opinion—
of St Thomas N-"* i to 8 i
Pax
m. p.
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