CANON EPISCOPI

ca 900-writer unknown. Made public by Regino of Prum, Abbot of Treves. Arguing that belief in witches flying through the air is a delusion. About 1140-an Italian monk, Gratian incorporated it into canon law, the Concordance of Discordant Cannons (Decretum). Possibly the oldest written text with reference to flying with the Goddess Diana. The Canon caused problems later for those who wanted to argue that witches were able to fly through the air. Taken from Witches and Witchcraft, Rosemary Ellen Guiley.
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