In this episode, Matt concludes his discussion of Ludwig Lavatar’s 16th-century book on Protestant Demonology, Of Ghostes and Spirites Walking by Night. In this part, we learn that ghosts are actually demons, that Medieval and late Roman sorcerers got up to some freaky stuff, and that Bulgaria was once ruled by a werewolf. We also find that Lavatar has a rather upsetting yet mundane explanation as to why God allows evil spirits to torment people.
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This episode featured music by Matthew Armstrong and production assistance from Kaylia Metcalfe.
Sources:
Josephson-Storm, Jason. 2017. The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Il.
Lavatar, Ludwig. 1570 (English translation 1596). Of Ghostes and Spirites, Walking by Night. Translated into English by R.H., printed in 1596 by Thomas Creede, London, UK. 2024 reprint by Legare Street Press, mimeographed from a copy in the Rare Books Collection at the Susquehanna University, Pennsylvania.
Project Gutenberg copy of the book
Stack Exchange English Language & Usage
Finkel, Irving. 2021. The First Ghosts. Hodder & Stoughton, London.
Finucane, David J. 2001. Historical Introduction: The Example of Early Modern and Nineteenth-Century England. In Hauntings and Poltergeists, Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Edited by James Houran and Rense Lange.
Lavatar, Ludwig. 1570 (English translation 1596). Of Ghostes and Spirites, Walking by Night. Translated into English by R.H., printed in 1596 by Thomas Creede, London, UK. 2024 reprint by Legare Street Press, mimeographed from a copy in the Rare Books Collection at the Susquehanna University, Pennsylvania.
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