went to sleep, will think in the morning that she has not moved throughout the night, even though she has, in fact, been to the Sabbat for as long as two or three hours.
As for those witches who remain unconscious and as it were dead, it is probable that Satan sends them to sleep as he does those of whom we have just spoken, and reveals to them in their sleep what happens at the Sabbat so vividly that they think they have been there; c. episcopi 26. q. 5.
Spina de Strigib. c. 14.
Binsfeld, de confessio. malef. conclus. 7 dub. 5.and therefore they can give a marvellously accurate account or it. But I hold that this never happens except to such as have previously attended in person the witches’ assembly, and have already enlisted beneath Satan’s standard.
Chapter XVIII.
The Sabbat is Generally Held at Night.
