Scottish witchcraft trials

J. W. Brodie Innes’s study explores Scottish witchcraft prosecutions, situating them within the legal, religious, and social pressures of early modern Scotland. The work is historically valuable for its use of trial material and local context, and readers will encounter case summaries, commentary on procedure, and discussion of beliefs about witchcraft.

J. W. Brodie-Innes was a Scottish occult author, lawyer, and ceremonial magician associated with Hermetic and Rosicrucian currents in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century esotericism. He is especially known for his involvement in occult organizations and for writings that contribute to the ritual and literary culture of British occultism.