A large rectangular woodcut headpiece featuring ornate scrollwork, floral motifs, and several grotesque or mythological faces/masks integrated into the design.

COMPENDIUM

OF WITCHCRAFT.

BOOK ONE.

Many people have written many things about the power of the imagination, such as Pico della Mirandola in his book on the imagination; Marsilius Ficinus in book 13 of his Platonic Theology; Tostatus on Genesis, chapter 30; Michael Medina in book 2 of his On the Right Faith in God, chapter 7; Vairus in book 2 of his On Fascination, chapter 3; and many others. They all agree on this point: that the imagination possesses a great power. They also agree that the imagination of the person themselves has great influence over their own body. This is taught both by reason and by experience. By reason, because when the imagination recalls the images of things perceived by the senses, it stirs the appetitive faculty toward fear, shame, anger, or sadness. a page 3, question 13, article 3, in the 3rd argument, and book 3 against the Gentiles, chapter 103. These affections so affect a person that the body is altered by heat or cold, one turns pale or red, and one seems to leap, become agitated, or grow numb and cast down. original: "a Quocirca D. Thomas..." referring to St. Thomas Aquinas. Therefore, St. Thomas teaches excellently that the imagination has power over the body of the one imagining in all matters that have a natural coordination with the imagination, such as local movement while sleeping. However, it holds no power to...