The Wonders of the Invisible World, and A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New England Witches

Author(s): Cotton Mather, Increase Mather

Genre(s): *non-fiction, Religion, Early Modern

Narrators: Michele Fry, Phil Chenevert, Edward Kirkby, Deon Gines, Larry Wilson, Claudia Salto, Bundy98, Scott Foster, Jesse Zuba, Oxenhandler

Number of Chapters: 37

Length: 09 hours and 01 minute

Language: English

Here are first hand accounts, published in 1692, of the infamous "Salem Witch Trials". 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. The sub-title of the book reads: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRYALS OF SEVERAL WITCHES LATELY EXECUTED IN NEW-ENGLAND. BY COTTON MATHER, D.D., TO WHICH IS ADDED A FURTHER ACCOUNT OF THE TRYALS OF THE NEW-ENGLAND WITCHES. BY (his father), INCREASE MATHER, D.D.PRESIDENT OF HARVARD COLLEGE. A publisher's introduction for this 1892 edition calls these articles "remarkable monuments of the history of superstition".
- Summary by Michele Fry

01. Introduction (Michele Fry)

02. The Author's Defense (Phil Chenevert)

03. Enchantments Encountered, Part 1 (Michele Fry)

04. Enchantments Encountered, Part 2 (Edward Kirkby)

05. Enchantments Encountered, Part 3 (Michele Fry)

06. Enchantments Encountered, Part 4 (Michele Fry)

07. Enchantments Encountered, Part 5 (Deon Gines)

08. Enchantments Encountered, Part 6 (Deon Gines)

09. Enchantments Encountered, Part 7 (Larry Wilson)

10. A Discourse on the Wonders . . .; Propositions I -IV (Michele Fry)

11. Proposition V; Corollaries I-V (Michele Fry)

12. Conjectures 1, 2, 3 (Michele Fry)

13. An Hortatory and Necessary Address, Part I (Edward Kirkby)

14. An Hortatory and Necessary Address, Part II (Edward Kirkby)

15. A Narrative of an Apparition (Claudia Salto)

16. A Modern Instance of Witches (bundy98)

17. I. The Tryal of G. B. at a Court of Oyer and Terminer (Scott Foster)

18. II. The Tyal of Bridget Bishop (Scott Foster)

19. III. The Tryal of Susanna Martin (Scott Foster)

20. IV. The Tryal of Elizabeth How (Scott Foster)

21. V. The Tryal of Martha Carrier (Jesse Zuba)

22. Curiousities 1-4 (Scott Foster)

23. The Devil Discovered (Scott Foster)

24. A True Narrative of some Remarkable Passages (bundy98)

25. Remarks of things more than ordinary about the Afflicted Persons (bundy98)

26. Remarks concerning the Accused (bundy98)

27. A Further Account of the Tryals (bundy98)

28. Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits . . Letter (Claudia Salto)

29. Cases of Conscience Concerning Witchcrafts, Argument 1 (Jesse Zuba)

30. Cases of Conscience Concerning Witchcrafts, Argument 2 (Jesse Zuba)

31. Cases of Conscience Concerning Witchcrafts, Argument 3 (Oxenhandler)

32. Cases of Conscience Concerning Witchcrafts, Argument 4 (bundy98)

33. Cases of Conscience Concerning Witchcrafts, Argument 5 (Scott Foster)

34. Cases of Conscience Concerning Witchcrafts, Argument 6, Part 1 (Scott Foster)

35. Cases of Conscience Concerning Witchcrafts, Argument 6, Part 2 (Scott Foster)

36. Cases of Conscience Concerning Witchcrafts, Argument 6, Part 3 (Scott Foster)

37. Postscript (bundy98)

The audiobook The Wonders of the Invisible World, and A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New England Witches falls under the genres of *non-fiction, Religion, Early Modern. It is written by Cotton Mather, Increase Mather.

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