Introduction: Progress of Alchemy in Europe — 9The Earlier Alchemists — 12In the Middle Ages — 22BOOK I. The English MagiciansI. Roger Bacon: The True and the Legendary — 31The Famous Historie of Friar Bacon — 39Greene’s Comedy — 46Appendix to Chapter 1. — 61II. The Story of Dr. John Dee — 63Edward Kelly — 73Note — 92III. Dr. Dee’s Diary — 94IV. Magic and Imposture—A Couple of Knaves — 104A Cause Célèbre — 108Dr. Lambe — 122V. The Last of the English Magicians: William Lilly — 127Note—Dr. Dee's Magic Crystal — 172VI. English Rosicrucians — 175Thomas Vaughan — 186John Heydon — 188BOOK II. Witches and WitchcraftI. Early History of Witchcraft in England — 195II. Witchcraft in England in the 17th Century — 231The Lancashire Witches — 234The Witches of Salmesbury — 243The Witch-Finder: Matthew Hopkins — 256III. The Decline of Witchcraft in England — 274IV. The Witches of Scotland — 284James I. and the Witches — 294Case of Janet Wishart — 325Janet Wishart and Issbel Cocker — 335V. The Literature of Witchcraft — 350Books on Magic — 396Post ScriptumMore books have been published on these themes, yet Witch, Warlock and Magician retains its unique position. The book is rich in factual occult data, including an overview of 15 different.Witch, Warlock and Magician is divided into two parts. The first part of the book, English Magicians, gives an overview of the progress of magic and alchemy in England and Scotland as well as an account of the lives of the most notable historical figures in this field, including Rosicrucians. The second part, Witches and Witchcraft, is devoted to an historical review of witchcraft in Britain and some of the most important witch-trials. More books have been published on these themes, yet this work retains its unique position. Especially because Davenport Adams has amply provided his work with biographical anecdotes, abundant in unknown or humorous facts about the British front-liners of the secret sciences, including Roger Bacon, William Lilly and the Elizabethan magician John Dee. The book is also rich in factual occult data, including an overview of 15 different types of divination (..mancy), used in ancient times and to some extend in later centuries. The section on British witchcraft contains fascinating details on how witches affected the weather, entered an animal’s body and more. These testimonies are directly taken from official reports of witch trials.