[6] Quadrato corpore, statura procera, facie liberali, fronte spatiosa, oculis rutilantibus, colore vivido, jucundæ conversationis, ac lepidorum salium. [7] Omnium scientiarum vir. [8] The complete works of P. Sinistrari (_Rome, Giannini_, 1753-1754, 3 vol. in-folio) include the following books: _Practica criminalis Minorum illustrata_,--_Formularium criminale_,--_De incorrigibilium expulsione ab Ordinibus Regularibus_,--_De Delictis et Pœnis_, to which should be added the present work: _De Dæmonialitate_, published for the first time in the year 1875. [Illustration: Decoration] [Illustration: Decoration] INDEX Pages Preface. v Demoniality: origin of the word.--Wherein that crime differs from those of Bestiality and Sodomy.--Opinion of St Thomas. N^{rs} 1 to 8. 1 Material intercourse with Incubi and Succubi is not a thing of imagination; testimony of St Austin. N^{rs} 9 and 10. 15 Wizards and Witches; their relations with the Devil; ceremonials of their profession. N^{rs} 11 to 23. 21 Artifices resorted to by the Devil for the assumption of a body. N^r 24. 31 Incubi do not assail but women. N^r 26. 35 _Goblins_ have no dread of exorcisms. N^r 27. 37 Humorous story of signora Hieronyma: the enchanted repast. N^r 28. 37 Men begotten by Incubi: Romulus and Remus, Plato, Alexander the Great, Cæsar-Augustus; Merlin the Enchanter, Martin Luther.--The Antechrist to be born of an Incubus. N^r 30. 53 Incubi are not pure spirits: they beget, and therefore have a body of their own.--Remark concerning Giants. N^{rs} 31 to 33. 57 Angels are not all pure spirits: decision to that effect of the second Council of Nicea N^r 37. 71 Existence of rational creatures or animals other than man, and endowed, like him, with a body and a soul. N^{rs} 38 to 43. 85 Wherein do those animals differ from man? What their origin? Do they all descend from one individual, as men descend from Adam? Is there between them a distinction of the sexes? What are their manners, laws, social customs? N^{rs} 44 to 50. 87 What are the shape and organisation of their body? A comparison drawn from the composition of wine. N^{rs} 51 to 56. 95