John Fian was a Scottish schoolmaster and purported sorcerer. He confessed to have a compact with the devil while acting as register and scholar to several witches in North Berwick Kirk. He was accuse
Illustration of Doctor Fian drawing conjuration circles with the bewitched cow, from the English pamphlet Newes from Scotland
Daemonologie, In Forme of a Dialogue, Divided into three Books, usually known as Daemonologie, is a philosophical dissertation by James VI and I on contemporary necromancy and the historical relations
John Fian
…Newes from Scotland Daemonologie North Berwick witch trials…
Title page of a 1603 reprinting
Suspected witches kneeling before King James, Daemonologie (1597)