Why to avoid the Picture Book of Devils, Demons and Witchcraft

Bleh. Ick. You’ve got to be kidding me.  Someone actually killed trees to publish this book…?

This absolutely, positively does not compute.

If you just can’t get enough pictorial weirdness about devils, demons, and the hell-and-damnation version of witchcraft… you should probably go to Salem (Massachusetts) during Halloween week.

If that’s not practical, maybe you’ll like this book, the Picture Book of Devils, Demons and Witchcraft.

To me, it looks like someone collected all kinds of grisly, strange and eerie pictures he could label “demonic,” and he threw them into this book.

I really don’t understand why.  Don’t explain it to me, either.  I’m not interested.

Here’s the official description of the book:

This masterwork presents 244 representations, symbols, and manuscript pages of devils and death from Ancient Egypt to 1913.

Fascinating graphics depict demons, witches and warlocks, the Danse Macabre, Hell and Damnation, the Art of Dying, and more.

None of that sounds “fascinating” to me.  In fact, even the cover looks like something out of a nightmare.

This isn’t witchcraft.  It certainly isn’t Wicca.  It’s something dark and strange that has nothing to do with real witches.

However, since someone suggested this as a book we should review, here’s what we say: Don’t bother.

On the other hand, if you’re looking for something gruesome to fuel your nightmares, this may be the book for you.  Buy two copies, so you can tear pictures out of one copy and frame them.

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