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 ==Appearances==
-* Fiction:  [[story1]], [[story2]]
+* Fiction:  [[August Derleth]] for ''[[The Lurker at the Threshold (fiction)]]'', based on "[[Of Evill Sorceries Done in New-England of Daemons in no Humane Shape (fragment)]]"
 * Call of Cthulhu Scenario: [[scenario]]
 ** ''[[Kingsport: The City In The Mists (Supplement)]]''

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	<blockquote>"If any are scandalized that New England, a place of as serious piety as any I know of, should be troubled so much by witches, they should ask themselves this question: Where would the Devil most wish to make his inroads, but in that place where he is hated the most?" — Rev. Ward Phillips, 1788</blockquote>		<blockquote>"If any are scandalized that New England, a place of as serious piety as any I know of, should be troubled so much by witches, they should ask themselves this question: Where would the Devil most wish to make his inroads, but in that place where he is hated the most?" — Rev. Ward Phillips, 1788</blockquote>

−	<blockquote>"But in respect of Generall Infamy, no Report more terrible hath come to Notice, than of what Goodwife Doten, Relict of John Doten of Duxbury in the Old Colonies, brought out of the Woods near Candlemas of 1787. She affirm'd, and her good neighbours likewise, that it had been borne to her, and took oath that she did not know by what manner it had come upon her, for it was neither Beast nor Man but like to a monstrous Bat with human face. It made no sound but look’d at all and sundry with baleful eyes. There were those who swore that it bore a frightful resemblance to the Face of one long dead, one Richard Bellingham or Bollinhan who is affirm’d to have vanished utterly after consort with Daemons in the country of New Dunnich. The horrible Beast-Man was examined by the Court of Azzizes and the witch then burnt by Order of the High-Sherif on the 5th of June in the year 1788." — ~~Rev. Ward Phillips~~, ~~1788~~</blockquote>	+	<blockquote>"But in respect of Generall Infamy, no Report more terrible hath come to Notice, than of what Goodwife Doten, Relict of John Doten of Duxbury in the Old Colonies, brought out of the Woods near Candlemas of 1787. She affirm'd, and her good neighbours likewise, that it had been borne to her, and took oath that she did not know by what manner it had come upon her, for it was neither Beast nor Man but like to a monstrous Bat with human face. It made no sound but look’d at all and sundry with baleful eyes. There were those who swore that it bore a frightful resemblance to the Face of one long dead, one Richard Bellingham or Bollinhan who is affirm’d to have vanished utterly after consort with Daemons in the country of New Dunnich. The horrible Beast-Man was examined by the Court of Azzizes and the witch then burnt by Order of the High-Sherif on the 5th of June in the year 1788." — [[August Derleth]], ''[[The Lurker at the Threshold (fiction)]]''</blockquote>

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 ==Quotes==
 <blockquote>"If any are scandalized that New England, a place of as serious piety as any I know of, should be troubled so much by witches, they should ask themselves this question: Where would the Devil most wish to make his inroads, but in that place where he is hated the most?" — Rev. Ward Phillips, 1788</blockquote>
 ==Appearances==

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 ** "[[Hands of a Living God|Hands of a Living God (scenario)]]" (Unspeakable Oath #13)
 ** "[[Old Acquaintance|Old Acquaintance (scenario)]]" (Before the Fall)
-** "[[Within You Without You (Scenario)|Within You, Without You (scenario)]]" (Unspeakable Oath #1 {ha!} and From the Vault #3)
+** "[[Within You Without You (Scenario)|Within You, Without You (scenario)]]" (Unspeakable Oath #1 and From the Vault #3)
 ** "[[The Auction|The Auction (scenario)]]" (The Asylum)
 ** ''[[Delta Green: Countdown]]'' (page 180)

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 ==Heresies and Controversies==
 <!-- Optional.  This is a good place to include non-canon and controversial aspects of the creature's mythos.  Suggested Alternative Theories include:  Derleth's elemental scheme; pseudo-science interpretation; "fanon" interpretations; unofficial humorous or eccentric versions; identification with "Real Life" mythological, religious, folklore, natural, and historical phenomena; rumor and speculation contribute some flexibility and ambiguity to the mythos. -->
-* Could be thought of as a fictionalized version of Cotton Mathers' ''[[Occult_Books#Wonders_of_the_Invisible_World|Wonders of the Invisible World]]''.

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	Origin: The tome was invented by [[August Derleth]] for ''[[The Lurker at the Threshold (fiction)]]'', based on "[[Of Evill Sorceries Done in New-England of Daemons in no Humane Shape (fragment)]]"		Origin: The tome was invented by [[August Derleth]] for ''[[The Lurker at the Threshold (fiction)]]'', based on "[[Of Evill Sorceries Done in New-England of Daemons in no Humane Shape (fragment)]]"

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+[[File:Thaumtaturgicalprodigies.png|thumb|200px|right|Illustrations by Scott M. Fischer for ''Mythos CCG'', representing the two versions of ''Thaumaturgical Prodigies...'']]
-[[File:Thaumtaturgicalprodigies.png|thumb|200px|right|Illustrations by Scott M. Fischer for ''Mythos CCG'', representing the two Origin:  The tome was invented by [[August Derleth]] for ''[[The Lurker at the Threshold (fiction)]]'', based on "[[Of Evill Sorceries Done in New-England of Daemons in no Humane Shape (fragment)]]"
+Origin:  The tome was invented by [[August Derleth]] for ''[[The Lurker at the Threshold (fiction)]]'', based on "[[Of Evill Sorceries Done in New-England of Daemons in no Humane Shape (fragment)]]"
 ==Description==
 <blockquote>"If any are scandalized that New England, a place of as serious piety as any I know of, should be troubled so much by witches, they should ask themselves this question: Where would the Devil most wish to make his inroads, but in that place where he is hated the most?" — Rev. Ward Phillips, 1788</blockquote>

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-<blockquote>“''If any are scandalized that New England, a place of as serious piety as any I know of should be troubled so much by witches, they should ask themselves this question: Where would the Devil most wish to make his inroads but in that place where he is hated the most?''” — Rev. Ward Phillips, 1788</blockquote>
+Origin:  The tome was invented by [[August Derleth]] for ''[[The Lurker at the Threshold (fiction)]]'', based on "[[Of Evill Sorceries Done in New-England of Daemons in no Humane Shape (fragment)]]"
-This book was written in 1788 by the Reverend Ward Phillips of the Baptist Church of [[Arkham]], Massachusetts. The treatise describes the blasphemous activities of witches, warlocks, Indian shamans, and other evil-doers in colonial New England. Terrible magicks, monstrous births, and dire Indian legends are all described. Phillips pays particular attention to the events that supposedly took place in and around Billington’s Woods, near Arkham, in the late 17th century.
+==Description==
-==Two Editions==
+This book was written in 1788 by the Reverend Ward Phillips of the Baptist Church of [[Arkham]], Massachusetts. Two editions were published; the first edition was crudely published in 1789 as a small print run in imitation black letter; it was riddled with typographical errors, and it bore the original title ''Thaumaturgical Prodigies in the New-English Canaan''. A second, vastly improved edition was published in [[Boston]] in 1801, with an amended title ''Thaumaturgical Prodigies in the New England Canaan''.  The Reverand Ward Phillips would afterward gather as many copies of his own book as he could find, and burn them.
-==Spells==
+===1789 First "New-English" Edition===
 Only the annotated specimen contains spells, written in the reverend’s spidery hand.
 * Call/Dismiss Ithaka (Call/Dismiss [[Ithaqua]])
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 * Contact Yogge-Sothothe (Contact Deity/[[Yog-Sothoth]])
 * [[Elder Sign (symbol)]]
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