While there are some similarities like the starting of both passages where Mather describes the Malefactor as "accused of witchcraft as well as murder"(The Wonders, Mather, 329) and his overall belief that God and the Devil are at constant war over the soul of man. I do see many differences between these passages, Mather seems to be less opinionated and more informational but in comparison witchcraft is described more in The Wonders of the invisible World than Pillars of Salt, Mather explains how witches are thought to come to earth by the Devil to come invade the souls of innocent looking people and reck havoc upon Gods soil. While evil in Pillars of Salt is shown to be more of the daily sins man will partake in, for example: drinking, cursing,
