Lavater carefully shows that ghosts and spirits are not the departed souls of the dead, but rather, are often the deceptive work of demons. Daneau’s explanation of the true Christian doctrine concerning witchcraft in the form of a dialogue helps the reader avoid both speculative excesses of those who would bring far-fetched fables into the church, and also the overly-rationalistic defects of those who would deny all such supernatural occurrences relating to witches and wizards.
Lavater carefully shows that ghosts and spirits are not the departed souls of the dead, but rather, are often the deceptive work of demons. Daneau’s explanation of the true Christian doctrine concerning witchcraft in the form of a dialogue helps the reader avoid both speculative excesses of those who would bring far-fetched fables into the church, and also the overly-rationalistic defects of those who would deny all such supernatural occurrences relating to witches and wizards.