Spreng pronounces Alcyone a shining example of femininity and sings the praises of such wives: 'Through the gracious Alcyone, we all have a fine illustration of a woman who loves her husband and cares for him from dawn till dusk.'39 The fact that this interpretation corresponds to the story...
Instead, such thinkers are using the demon hypothesis as an explanatory option in the context of a wider (often Christian) Weltanschauung. That is, if demons exist, such might explain the physical mysteries under investigation. However, finding truly alternative causes to such events would not ...