Mather continued his work as a researcher and witch-hunter for the rest of his life, but what he faced as a young man in Salem, haunted him for the rest of his life. Many witches of Salem eventually faced torture and finally a hangman’s noose in the gallows. Despite his efforts to discover the true essence behind these evil forces, many innocent people in Salem were convicted of their crimes of practicing witchcraft and making a pact with the Devil. He was also against the use of spirit witnesses as a reliable source of information. As a man of sword and faith and a prominent scientist, Mather was intrigued by the events that occurred in Salem and he wrote against of using torture to get testimonies from women of Salem. A story of Salem witches is told by an eye-witness, the puritan witch-hunter, clergyman-scientist and historian Cotton Mather. The subject of the book is the notorious Witch trials of Salem (Massachusetts) in 1692. Edition (Hand-numbered and limited to 666 copies) with Silver High-lights. Observations as well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils by Cotton Mather. A publisher's introduction for this 1892 edition calls these articles "remarkable monuments of the history of superstition".The Wonders of the Invisible World. BY (his father), INCREASE MATHER, D.D.PRESIDENT OF HARVARD COLLEGE. BY COTTON MATHER, D.D., TO WHICH IS ADDED A FURTHER ACCOUNT OF THE TRYALS OF THE NEW-ENGLAND WITCHES.
The sub-title of the book reads: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRYALS OF SEVERAL WITCHES LATELY EXECUTED IN NEW-ENGLAND.
In addition to Mather's interpretation of the Book of Revelations (which he calls "God's last letter to the people of earth"), included are explanations of what motivates Devils, their military organization, how witches may be identified, captured, tried, and executed, and expostulating on the Devil's many devious methods for tricking otherwise intelligent people into questioning the Bible and undermining Christian authority in the new world. Here are first hand accounts, published in 1692, of the infamous "Salem Witch Trials". , listen for free online at the digital library site The Wonders of the Invisible World, and A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New England Witches - description and summary of the book.
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