Wonders of the Invisible World was written in 1693 by Cotton Mather, Cotton Mather was born in 1663. He graduated from Harvard College and succeeded his father as pastor of the Second Church of Boston. He served from 1685 to his death in 1728. His book gives accounts of the Salem Witch Trials, which took place in Salem, Massachusetts. His work led Robert Calef to publish a response in 1700.
Its discussion of Swedish witch trials may have come from Saducismus Triumphatus by Joseph Glanvill.
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