Cotton Mather witchcraft

Poole’s work concerns Cotton Mather’s role in the context of the New England witchcraft trials, likely examining his writings, influence, and legacy as a Puritan minister. Readers can expect a historical and documentary treatment of Mather’s involvement in the intellectual and religious atmosphere that shaped the Salem episode.

William Frederick Poole (1821–1894) was an American librarian and bibliographer whose work supported the study and cataloguing of religious, philosophical, and historical literature. He is not primarily an occult author, but his bibliographical labors were important to the organization and preservation of texts used by scholars of esoteric and comparative religion.