Daemonologie is the book written and published in 1597 by King James VI of Scotland (later also James I of England). Is it possible that the barbarous "witch hunts" of past centuries were a reaction to a real and credible threat, and not merely the product of deranged religious hysteria as our modern occult-fascinated society teaches? The results of these "witch hunts" were horrific, but it is also a mistake to ignore the subject simply because hysterical people centuries ago took things too far.