The Wonders of the Invisible World, and A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New England Witches: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Wonders of the Invisible World, and A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New England Witches, credited to Cotton Mather; Increase Mather, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Wonders of the Invisible World, and A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New England Witches by Cotton Mather; Increase Mather. Read in English by volunteer readers. 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

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Wonders of the Invisible World, and A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New England Witches
• Author credits: Cotton Mather; Increase Mather
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 37
• Listed recording duration: 9:01:59

Catalogue topics

• religion
• New England
• American history
• witches
• Puritans
• witchcraft
• massachusetts bay colony

Opening tracks: first 24 of 37

1. 01. Introduction — 15:04
2. 02. The Author's Defense — 9:40
3. 03. Enchantments Encountered, Part 1 — 7:52
4. 04. Enchantments Encountered, Part 2 — 8:18
5. 05. Enchantments Encountered, Part 3 — 8:43
6. 06. Enchantments Encountered, Part 4 — 4:31
7. 07. Enchantments Encountered, Part 5 — 8:47
8. 08. Enchantments Encountered, Part 6 — 4:42
9. 09. Enchantments Encountered, Part 7 — 16:27
10. 10. A Discourse on the Wonders . . .; Propositions I -IV — 35:10
11. 11. Proposition V; Corollaries I-V — 28:38
12. 12. Conjectures 1, 2, 3 — 17:12
13. 13. An Hortatory and Necessary Address, Part I — 40:05
14. 14. An Hortatory and Necessary Address, Part II — 29:38
15. 15. A Narrative of an Apparition — 8:18
16. 16. A Modern Instance of Witches — 16:29
17. 17. I. The Tryal of G. B. at a Court of Oyer and Terminer — 14:10
18. 18. II. The Tyal of Bridget Bishop — 14:27
19. 19. III. The Tryal of Susanna Martin — 15:48
20. 20. IV. The Tryal of Elizabeth How — 8:12
21. 21. V. The Tryal of Martha Carrier — 8:49
22. 22. Curiousities 1-4 — 20:25
23. 23. The Devil Discovered — 44:44
24. 24. A True Narrative of some Remarkable Passages — 19:18

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