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The book argues that [[witchcraft]] does not exist and that those who claim to practice it are suffering from delusions, which should be treated as mental illnesses, rather than punished as witchcraft. It was influential in the abolishment of witchcraft trials in the Netherlands. | The book argues that [[witchcraft]] does not exist and that those who claim to practice it are suffering from delusions, which should be treated as mental illnesses, rather than punished as witchcraft. It was influential in the abolishment of witchcraft trials in the Netherlands. | ||
It was one of the principal sources of [[Reginald | It was one of the principal sources of [[Reginald Scot|Reginald Scot's]] sceptical account of witchcraft, ''[[The Discoverie of Witchcraft]]''. | ||
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