PSY 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Demonic Possession, Animism, Psychologies
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Mental illness was widely referred to as devil sickness or witch disease . All medical writers and physicians were clerics/priests and virtually all lasting ailments of any kind were attributed to astrology, magic and demonology. Johann sprenger and heinrich kraemer"s two dominican brothers penned: malleus maleficarum (1486) A manifesto of how to diagnose and treat witchcraft and demonic possession. Endorsed by the pope, and with the backing of italy"s most prestigious university scholars, they set our rid the world of witches. All witchcraft comes from carnal lust which is in women insatiable . Women"s power over men was magical and evil. They denied men the birth of sons. All inexplicable events (sudden illness, accidents, deaths) were seen as evidence of witchcraft. Molten lead in water: if you put lead in the water and it formed a face or a recognizable figure they are a witch.
