Demonological literature

thumb|Statue of H. P. Lovecraft, the author who created the Necronomicon as a fictional grimoire and featured it in many of his stories

anonymous spellbook (grimoire) of the 17th century

book on demonology by Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy

appendix to De praestigiis daemonum (1577) by Johannes Wier

Daemonologie, In Forme of a Dialogue, Divided into three Books, usually known as Daemonologie, is as a philosophical dissertation by James VI and I on contemporary necromancy and the historical relationships between the various methods of divination used from ancient black magic, first published in 1597. It was reprinted in 1603 when James took the throne of England. The widespread consensus is that King James wrote Dæmonologie in response to sceptical publications such as Reginald Scot's The Discoverie of Witchcraft.

thumb|right|Image of Xaphan (Za-FAN) from Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire infernal

essay by Daniel Defoe