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Johann Weyer
Johann Weyer
or
Wier
( or ; 1515 – 24 February 1588) was a Dutch
physician
,
occultist
and
demonologist
, disciple and follower of
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
. He was among the first to publish against the persecution of
witches
. His most influential work is
De Praestigiis Daemonum et Incantationibus ac Venificiis
(On the Illusions of the Demons and on Spells and Poisons, 1563).
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