Perkins, William
William Perkins (1555–1602) England Puritan and Demonologist, a Fellow at Christ’s College in Cambridge, whose views on witches and Witchcraft greatly shaped public opinion in…
Category: Demonologists
Guazzo, Francesco-Maria
Francesco-Maria Guazzo (17th century) was an Italian friar and Demonologist. Francesco-Maria Guazzo is best known as the author of Compendium Maleficarum (Handbook of Witches), a…
Binsfeld, Peter
Peter Binsfeld (ca. 1540–1603) was a German Jesuit priest, Demonologist, and witch hunter. Peter Binsfeld was born in the village of Binsfeld, Eifel, Germany. His…
Collin de Plancy, Jacques
Jacques Collin de Plancy (1793–1887) was a French Demonologist, occultist, and author. He was born Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy in 1793 in Plancy-l’Abbaye,…
Psellus, Michael
Psellus, Michael (1018–ca. 1078) was a Byzantine scholar, philosopher, author, and statesman, who undertook a classification of Demons in his work On the Work of…
Blai , Adam Christian
Adam Christian Blai (1970– ) is a therapist and Demonologist. Adam Blai was born in Media, Pennsylvania, on August 23, 1970. After a brief, near-fatal…
Bovet, Richard
Richard Bovet (b. 1641) was an English Demonologist. Richard Bovet is known for his book Pandaemonium (1684), a rehash of prevailing opinions about the diabolical…
Boguet, Henri
Henri Boguet (1550-1619) was a French grand judge, lawyer and Demonologist, known for his cruelty and torture. Boguet presided over witch trials in Saint-Claude, Burgundy,…
Bodin, Jean
Jean Bodin (1529-1596) was a French Demonologist and political theorist who encouraged the vicious persecution of witches and helped fan the fires of the Inquisition…
Warren, Ed and Lorraine
Ed Warren (1926–2006) and Lorraine Warren (1927–2019) were American demonologists and paranormal investigators. As husband and wife, they became internationally known for their work in…