Parascience Collection

Illustration from a treatise by Ulrich Molitor about diviner women and witchcraft (engraving)
3646906 Illustration from a treatise by Ulrich Molitor about diviner women and witchcraft (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A 1626 Edition of Compendium Maleficarum
5669638 A 1626 Edition of Compendium Maleficarum; (add.info.: Woodcut Illustration from a 1626 Edition of Compendium Maleficarum, by Francesco Maria Guazzo)

Compendium Maleficarum
5669544 Compendium Maleficarum; (add.info.: Woodcut Illustration from a 1626 Edition of Compendium Maleficarum, by Francesco Maria Guazzo)

Compendium Maleficarum
5669303 Compendium Maleficarum; (add.info.: Woodcut Illustration from a 1626 Edition of Compendium Maleficarum, by Francesco Maria Guazzo)

Scenes of Witchcraft: Night, c.1645-49 (oil on canvas)
XOS5879304 Scenes of Witchcraft: Night, c.1645-49 (oil on canvas) by Rosa, Salvator (1615-73); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Salvator Rosa In the pitch black of night)

United States, Massachusetts: Temoigning in Salem Court against a woman suspected of witchcraft, 1690
NWI4965953 United States, Massachusetts: Temoigning in Salem Court against a woman suspected of witchcraft, 1690. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: United States)

Indian shaman from America leading a dance at a ceremony
NWI4898335 Indian shaman from America leading a dance at a ceremony.; (add.info.: Indian shaman from America leading a dance at a ceremony.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Hundred Years War: Joan of Arc (1412-1431) in the prison in Rouen. In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc, accused of heresie
NWI4920203 Hundred Years War: Joan of Arc (1412-1431) in the prison in Rouen. In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc, accused of heresie, was imprisoned in the dungeon of Philippe Auguste's chateau in Rouen

Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boetius, ca. 470-525) - Colorisee engraving, 16th century - Old-maid witch
NWI4929769 Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boetius, ca. 470-525) - Colorisee engraving, 16th century - Old-maid witch

The apostle James of Zebedee (or James the Major or Saint James) fighting the evil enchantments of the magician
NWI4892267 The apostle James of Zebedee (or James the Major or Saint James) fighting the evil enchantments of the magician Hermogene

The sleeping beauty: an old fee leans over the crib of the princess and curses her, c.1910 (lithograph)
XEE4143316 The sleeping beauty: an old fee leans over the crib of the princess and curses her, c.1910 (lithograph) by Dulac

Goddess Hecate (engraving)
2603981 Goddess Hecate (engraving); (add.info.: Hecate, triple - bodied daughter of the Titan Perses and of Asteria. As goddess of the lower world, in Ancient Greek mythology she ruled over magic)

Indian chef potano Utina, 1591 (engraving)
2435407 Indian chef potano Utina, 1591 (engraving) by Bry, Theodor de (1528-98); (add.info.: USA. Gravure in: Indorum Floridam provinciam inhabitantium eicones. Coll. Part. History. USA)

Comedy scene: consultation with a witch, signed by Dioscuride from Samo (mosaic)
6384198 Comedy scene: consultation with a witch, signed by Dioscuride from Samo (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Comedy scene: consultation with a witch)

Magician (illusionist) in large costume performing a magic trick with his magic wand
PCT4280693 Magician (illusionist) in large costume performing a magic trick with his magic wand and all his accessories - engraving 19th century -; (add.info)

Compendium Maleficarum
5672135 Compendium Maleficarum; (add.info.: Woodcut Illustration from a 1626 Edition of Compendium Maleficarum, by Francesco Maria Guazzo)

John Murray Spear (1804-1887) (engraving)
7214592 John Murray Spear (1804-1887) (engraving); (add.info.: John Murray Spear (1804-1887) American Spiritualist clergyman who was a member of the Universalist Church of America before turning to

United States, Massachusetts: Court to try a woman supsonnee of witchcraft Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1692
NWI4965796 United States, Massachusetts: Court to try a woman supsonnee of witchcraft Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1692. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: United States)

Myths and legends: Sorcerers summoning a person's hand in a circle of fire. 19th century coloring engraving
NWI4929663 Myths and legends: Sorcerers summoning a person's hand in a circle of fire. 19th century coloring engraving.; (add.info.: Myths and legends)

Engraving depicting Saul and the Witch of Endor
5309193 Engraving depicting Saul and the Witch of Endor; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Saul and the Witch of Endor. Saul tries to communicate with the dead Samuel through the Witch of Endor)

Depiction of witchcraft. 16th century (engraving)
672931 Depiction of witchcraft. 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts)

Depiction of witchcraft. 16th century (engraving)
672926 Depiction of witchcraft. 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts)

Depiction of witchcraft. 16th century (engraving)
672921 Depiction of witchcraft. 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts)

Magical water buckets, in the Lazy Man, c.1910 (illustration)
2068946 Magical water buckets, in the Lazy Man, c.1910 (illustration); (add.info.: Litterature. Conte de fees. Literature. Fairy Tales. Magical water buckets)

Scenes of Witchcraft: Day, c. 1645-49 (oil on canvas)
XOS5879300 Scenes of Witchcraft: Day, c. 1645-49 (oil on canvas) by Rosa, Salvator (1615-73); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Furious Venus appoints Psyche to Cupid to punish her. Fresco by Giulio Pippi de Jannuzzi known as Giulio Romano
BEN5462168 Furious Venus appoints Psyche to Cupid to punish her. Fresco by Giulio Pippi de Jannuzzi known as Giulio Romano (Julius Romano) (1492/1499-1546)

Witches
5304749 Witches.; (add.info.: Woodcut print depicting witches setting houses ablaze after being scorned by villagers. Dated 14th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Tree of Life of the Sephiroth, 1855 (engraving)
FGL5460956 The Tree of Life of the Sephiroth, 1855 (engraving); (add.info.: The Tree of Life of the Sephiroth (Sephirots) (the powers of the emanation or manifestation of the divine)

Witchcraft and black magic: " Le seigneur Robert III d'Artois (1287-1342) envoutant jean de valois
ELD4844038 Witchcraft and black magic: " Le seigneur Robert III d'Artois (1287-1342) envoutant jean de valois, son of King Philip VI, sur un doll de wax a son image (voodoo)

Myths and legends: the daughter of a Jew accused of witchcraft in the Middle Ages. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4929656 Myths and legends: the daughter of a Jew accused of witchcraft in the Middle Ages. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Myths and legends)

A witch and a sorcerer during a rite to Satan, 1597 (engraving)
IND5618442 A witch and a sorcerer during a rite to Satan, 1597 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: from "Histoires prodigieuses" by Pierre Boaistuau called Pierre Launay (1500-1566)

A 1626 Edition of Compendium Maleficarum
5669562 A 1626 Edition of Compendium Maleficarum; (add.info.: Woodcut Illustration from a 1626 Edition of Compendium Maleficarum, by Francesco Maria Guazzo)

A 1626 Edition of Compendium Maleficarum
5669547 A 1626 Edition of Compendium Maleficarum; (add.info.: Woodcut Illustration from a 1626 Edition of Compendium Maleficarum, by Francesco Maria Guazzo)

Cover of " Les Corbeaux (Paris)", number 30, Satirique en N & B
ICA4874298 Cover of " Les Corbeaux (Paris)", number 30, Satirique en N & B, 1905_10_22: Le sorcerer chez la chiromancienne - Anticlericalism - Separation of Church and State, laziness

The Penitence of the Duchess of Gloucester Eleonore Cobham (1400-1452) Accused of Witchcraft and Necromancy
ELD4873055 The Penitence of the Duchess of Gloucester Eleonore Cobham (1400-1452) Accused of Witchcraft and Necromancy, London 1441 (Eleanor Cobham (1400-1454), Duchess of Gloucester

Marguerite de Burgundy (1290-1315) consulting an astrologer who predicted her fall in the Nesles Tower Scandal, 1314
ELD4907110 Marguerite de Burgundy (1290-1315) consulting an astrologer who predicted her fall in the Nesles Tower Scandal, 1314

History of Indigenous Peoples: San Juan Chef Apaches Mescalero, Man Physician (Sorcerer) Gorgonio
NWI4894425 History of Indigenous Peoples: San Juan Chef Apaches Mescalero, Man Physician (Sorcerer) Gorgonio, and Chief Warrior Nantzili, 1880s

16th century English witches trying to influence the weather
6266270 16th century English witches trying to influence the weather; (add.info.: 16th century English witches, seen here trying to influence the weather.); Photo © Ken Welsh

A witch, c.1930 (illustration)
2069329 A witch, c.1930 (illustration); (add.info.: Paranormal. Illustration, France, vers 1930. Coll. Part. Paranormal. A witch at the door. Illustration, France, ca 1930.); Photo © CCI

Depiction of witchcraft. 16th century (engraving)
672930 Depiction of witchcraft. 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts)

Depiction of witchcraft. 16th century (engraving)
672932 Depiction of witchcraft. 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts)

Depiction of witchcraft. 16th century (engraving)
672927 Depiction of witchcraft. 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts)

splitting in Lyon (France), c. 1900
1758467 splitting in Lyon (France), c. 1900; (add.info.: splitting in Lyon (France), c. 1900); Photo: Tallandier

Scenes of Witchcraft: Evening, c. 1645-49 (oil on canvas)
XOS5879301 Scenes of Witchcraft: Evening, c. 1645-49 (oil on canvas) by Rosa, Salvator (1615-73); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Salvator Rosa At dusk)

Scenes of Witchcraft, c.1645-49 (oil on canvas)
XOS5879298 Scenes of Witchcraft, c.1645-49 (oil on canvas) by Rosa, Salvator (1615-73); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Salvator Rosa)

The Ball Shoes. (Illustration, ca. 1910)
5975404 The Ball Shoes. (Illustration, ca. 1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Litterature. Fee tales. The soldier meets the old woman on the road who confesses to her how to play the twelve)

Witch throwing a spell accompanied by a raven and a black cat. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4930741 Witch throwing a spell accompanied by a raven and a black cat. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Witch throwing a spell accompanied by a raven and a black cat)

United States, Massachusetts: Title page of the book " A Modest Enquiry into Witchcraft
NWI4965940 United States, Massachusetts: Title page of the book " A Modest Enquiry into Witchcraft, " by John Hale Boston edition on witchcraft, 1702.; (add.info.: United States)

For sale as Licensed Images

Choose your image, Select your licence and Download the media

"Unveiling the Shadows: Exploring the Enigmatic World of Parascience" Step into a realm where mysticism and intrigue intertwine, as depicted in an illustration from Ulrich Molitor's treatise on diviner women and witchcraft. This captivating engraving transports us to a time when supernatural forces held sway over human imagination. Journey further into the depths of esoteric knowledge with Henry de Malvost's drawing from "Satanism and Magic, " revealing a representation of a black mass. The intricate details bring forth both fascination and unease, inviting contemplation on the boundaries between light and darkness. Behold an allegory of Satan himself, portrayed in oil on canvas around 1900. This evocative artwork captures the essence of his enigmatic power, reminding us that even within our mortal world, unseen forces may hold dominion. Witness another scene unfold before your eyes – an exorcism ceremony brought to life through Henry de Malvost's skilled hand. From "Satanism and Magic, " this drawing immerses us in ancient rituals aimed at banishing malevolent spirits that lurk among us. Delve deeper into Jules Bois' work as we encounter drawings by Henry de Malvost depicting bewitchment fueled by love or hate. These haunting images serve as reminders that emotions can be manipulated for both good and ill intentions. Marvel at history's relics such as the coffin belonging to Nehemesbastet, chantress of Amun during Egypt's 22nd dynasty. Within its ornate design lies secrets untold, whispering tales of ancient practices shrouded in mystery. Observe "Witchcraft or the allegory of Hercules, " an oil painting from centuries past capturing society's fascination with magic during times when superstition reigned supreme. Through artistry strokes, it immortalizes beliefs that once shaped human perceptions. Dive deep into scandalous history with the infamous "Affair of Poisons.