Philip,John
Case Reference: C/EGD/1258
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1258 |
|---|---|
| Accused | John Philip |
| Case Start Date | 8/9/1630 |
| Case Date | 22/2/1631 |
| Common Name | Philip,John |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | ✓ | ✓ |
| White Magic | — | ✓ |
Notes: Definitely a folk healer who refused to stop his trade after being rebuked and banished by many kirk sessions.
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: He healed someone of the fever with the Queen of Fairy. The belt had been put around the waist of a dead bairn before being used to cure a cow. Used plaits of their hair. 'confessit he knew quhan weshing or charming [wes to be] useit and that weshing was not to be useit bot quhen there was bewitching.' He was descibed as using 'Oriesounes' which means formal speech. A later accusation against someone else detailed his cures - he used lax water from a south-running well in a white pitcher which was warmed on a fire. The water was dumped outside where a cat ran across it, went mad and attacked a man standing nearby. He taught them a charm for enhancing their crops.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Queen of Fairy
Ritual Objects
- Thread
- Water
- Coal
- Belt
- Hair
- Potions
Harm
| Human Illness | — |
|---|---|
| Human Death | — |
| Animal Illness | — |
| Animal Death | — |
| Female Infertility | — |
| Male Impotence | — |
Methods
| Aggravating Disease | — |
|---|---|
| Transferring Disease | ✓ |
| Laying On | — |
| Quarreling | — |
| Cursing | — |
| Poisoning | — |
Healing / Other
| Removal of Bewitchment | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Recognised Healer | ✓ |
| Healing Humans | ✓ |
| Healing Animals | ✓ |
| Midwifery | — |
| Property Damage | — |
| Weather Modification | — |
Disease Notes: confessed to charming people in Fintray of the fevers. He confessed to using potions
White Magic
- Protective
- Sorcery
- Charming
- Enchantment
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Deskford | Lord | Commissioner | |
| Robert Wilson | of Brankanhillis | Commissioner |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | 2nd S, v4 p. 39 | |
| RPC | 2nd S V4 pp. 637-639 | Trial report: he is mentioned in the Privy Council proceedings against Goerge Fraser and Giles Chalmers (spouses) RPC 2nd S, v5 pp.179, 565-566, 571. He was already dead when this happened. |
| RPC | 2nd S, v5 p. 565-566 | posthumous description of his healing activities. |