The festival is probably a relic of ancient demonolatry in the Kathmandu valley.
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There he compiled notes from his ten-year campaign against witchcraft into the " Demonolatry ".
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This cannot be corroborated against surviving records, but Remy cited over one hundred specific cases in " Demonolatry ".
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Remy wrote a number of poems and several books on history, but is known for his " Daemonolatreiae libri tres " ( " Demonolatry " ), published in Lyon in 1595.
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In the early 14th century, many accusations were brought against clergymen and other learned people who were capable of reading and writing magic; Pope Boniface VIII ( d . 1303 ) was posthumously tried for apostasy, murder, and sodomy, in addition to allegedly entering into a pact with the Devil ( while popes had been accused of crimes before, the demonolatry charge was new ).