Comments for The Malleus Maleficarum

Comment on General Comments by George Appleby

George Appleby — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:27:11 +0000

yes…and women have been tortured since….a shame on us!

Comment on General Comments by J Riley T.

J Riley T. — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:26:37 +0000

Thanks for posting this. I’m using it as a source in my research paper.

Comment on General Comments by John McNeill

John McNeill — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:42:47 +0000

Where is the text of the book?

Comment on Part I, Question IX by The Malleus Palinficarum « Tiny Cat Pants

The Malleus Palinficarum « Tiny Cat Pants — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:24:02 +0000

[...] keeping with the theme for the evening, I would point out that, in the actual Malleus Maleficarum, you can read a long discussion on whether witches can actually make a man’s penis disappear or…. Actual quote: Peter’s member has been taken off, and he does not know whether it is by [...]

Comment on General Comments by Arden

Arden — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:35:19 +0000

Thank you for putting this on the internet. Other websites formatting are harder to read.

Comment on General Comments by R. D. Hughes

R. D. Hughes — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:02:26 +0000

I recently read the 120 Days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade, which had some awful and horrific tortures described, especially in the last fourth month of libertinage.

It is no secret that de Sade wrote this in anger at both Church and aristocracy, but I just wonder if he got some of his ideas for the horrific torture and murder scenes at the back of the book from something like the Malleus - something which, by its association with the Church, would make the invective more damning to those traditionally in power. After all, Poe in The Pit and the Pendulum imagined a horrific from of death, which is not far from the same type of thing in 120 Days.

So, did de Sade get his ideas from Malleus or something similar from the same time?

Comment on Downloads by Ally

Ally — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:18:01 +0000

Thanks a ton!

Comment on General Comments by Jack L (aka The Jackal)

Jack L (aka The Jackal) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:09:44 +0000

I really appreciate your efforts in putting this very important historical work online. The cruelty and extermination done to women under the auspices of religion rivals the holocaust of WWII. Only this was done over such a period of time that its effects permeated every part of the “christian” world, and probably into those outside of that perameter.

I found your site using Google as I was researching Witch Hunters for my own edification (possibly as a basis for an historical novel)

Jack L (aka The Jackal)

Comment on General Comments by Sole

Sole — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:14:10 +0000

witch hunter robin -> wiki -> this web site.

how did i end up here from watching anime in only about 4-5 clicks? oh well, it is kind of interesting though i never knew some old friar made a book like this. i have a hard time understanding the way its written, i really only read part two because it seemed the most interesting, but so far it sounds something like this:

its basically a guy saying that devils are having sex with wemon (mostly), and then some crazy things happen, and then people get lepresy and hailstorms happen, wow what a good read, i wish the guy that wrote this was still alive so i could slap him silly.

also, an interesting note, wiki says this book has 36 editions in total… wow.

Comment on General Comments by raven

raven — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:07:58 +0000

o.m.g, i haven’t stopped crying…i’m so lost for words.
i’m mad, upset, i want to scream.
how can humans do this to others, what i really think is, it was an excuse for dirty old church men to get there rocks off, if they tried it today, the law would call them serial killers. i’ve never been soooooooooo pissed off.

i would like to thank the people who have put it on the web though. it really needed to be put on the public forum, thank you again. i will pass the addy on to all witches i know.
raven )0(