Witchcraft / Witches Books
Microcosm Publishing You Are A Great And Powerful Wizard
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£17.09
Ingram Publishing Sex Magick: How to Use Magick to Attract Love,
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£10.19
University of Exeter Press The Folklore of Devon
Book SynopsisDevon has a long and rich folkloric heritage which has been extensively collected over many years. This book consolidates more than a century of research by eminent Devon folklorists into one valuable study and builds on the vital work that was undertaken by the Devonshire Association, providing insightful analysis of the subject matter and drawing comparisons with folklore traditions beyond the county. The first major work on Devon's folklore since Ralph Whitlock’s short book published by the Folklore Society in the 1970s, this volume brings the subject into the twenty-first century with consideration of internet memes and modern lore, demonstrating that ‘folklore’ does not equate to ‘old rural practice’. With chapters covering the history of Devon's folklore collecting, tales from the moors, the annual cycle, farming and the weather, the devil, fairies, hauntings, black dogs, witchcraft and modern lore, this will remain the standard work for many years to come.Trade ReviewWhat joy! ...It is a treat to have West Country tales, legends, and traditions comprehensively covered, and be shown distinctive ways in which folklore can be contextualised, made relevant and retold. -- Helen Cornish, Fortean TimesA feast of old tales, customs, superstitions, rhymes and songs. -- John Foxen * What’s Afoot *A most enjoyable ramble through Deb’n folklore. -- Jo Gibson * Northern Earth *Although this is a scholarly book, it is not a tough academic tome. It is a lively, easily readable, often humorous account of a living world of story and belief... Hugely recommended to every Fortean! -- Richard Samuels * Magonia Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Folklore Collection in Devon 2. Stories from the Moors 3. The Calendar Year 4. Farming and the Weather 5. The Devil in Devon 6. Fairies in Devon 7. Some Devon Hauntings 8. The Black Dog 9. Witchcraft 10. Modern Folklore Notes Bibliography Index
£42.75
Andromeda Publishing Ltd Wicca Starter Kit: A Beginners' Guide to Wicca
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£15.74
Ascending Vibrations Limpieza Espiritual: Secretos De La Limpieza Del
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£18.99
Crossed Crow Books Awakening the Witch Blood
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£17.99
Crossed Crow Books DiscipleS Guide to Ritual Magick
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£19.80
Crossed Crow Books Witchcraft
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£19.80
Crossed Crow Books High Magic in the Age of Steam
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£16.14
Crossed Crow Books Whispers from the Coven
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£18.90
Infinityou Just A Girl Who Loves Halloween: Fall Composition
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£9.35
Albertus Crowley Basic Christian Magical Theories and Exercises
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Independently Published Basic Spells For Beginners: A Beginners Guide to
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£10.66
Union Square & Co. Healing the Liminal
Book SynopsisYour story is yours to write, bearing the legacy of your lineage and diverse incarnations of your spirit As a multiracial, autistic, intuitive artist, Marcella Kroll has spent years understanding and appreciating the freedom that comes with being born in a world in which no predetermined path existed for her. For creatives, for healers, for the neurodivergent, and for anyone else who is searching for their place, this book is a celebration of unconventional existences through history, space, and timewith parables and lessons from Marcella's ancestors and other spirits with whom she has connected, even throughout the cosmos. Learn to understand your multidimensional, constantly changing soul through the prism of these stories, as well as through the practical advice that Marcella has acquired through decades of study.
£14.39
Red Wheel/Weiser Becoming Baba Yaga
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£13.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Sacred Actions Journal
Book SynopsisAn indispensable companion to Sacred Actions that offers neopagans and Earth-based spiritual practitioners prompts for reflecting on sacred actions in the eightfold wheel of the year through writing, meditation, and creation.
£14.39
Red Wheel/Weiser A Tea Witchs Crystal Brews
Book SynopsisEmpower your magickal teas with crystal grids The author of the popular A Tea Witch?s Grimoire takes tea magick to a new level as she brings you into the enchanting realm where the art of tea-making intertwines with the power of crystal grids, creating a harmonious fusion of energies that will elevate your magickal practice. Tea magick has a profound connection to nature, mindfulness, and spiritual transformation. Here you?ll learn how to select and prepare teas that align with your intentions, harnessing their unique properties to enhance your rituals and meditations. But the enchantment doesn?t stop there. A Tea Witch?s Crystal Brews unveils the captivating realm of crystal grids, where carefully selected gemstones are arranged in geometric patterns to amplify intention and manifest desires. Explore the world of crystals and unlock their hidden powers as you discover the intricate interplay between crystals and tea magick. Along with rituals and recipes in this book, you?ll unravel the secrets of combining these two ancient practices, creating a synergy that enhances your spiritual journey. As you explore the symbiotic relationship between specific teas and corresponding crystals, you?ll gain insight into the sacred geometry behind crystal grids and learn how to design your own layouts that align with your intentions. A Tea Witch?s Crystal Brews offers step-by-step instructions, enchanting rituals, recipes, meditations, and practical tips that allow you to infuse your daily life with the transformative energies of tea magick and crystal grids.
£13.29
Page Street Publishing Spooky Coloring
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£18.35
Red Wheel/Weiser Entering Hekate's Garden: The Magick, Medicine &
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£17.99
Rockridge Press The Spell Book for New Witches: Essential Spells
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£21.84
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells
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£37.99
Llewellyn Publications The Wild Witch Oracle
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£20.38
Oxford University Press Witchcraft
Book SynopsisWitchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all, and everyone knows what a witch is - or do they? From childhood most of us develop a sense of the mysterious, malign person, usually an old woman. Historically, too, we recognize witch-hunting as a feature of pre-modern societies. But why do witches still feature so heavily in our cultures and consciousness? From Halloween to superstitions, and literary references such as Faust and even Harry Potter, witches still feature heavily in our society. In this Very Short Introduction Malcolm Gaskill challenges all of this, and argues that what we think we know is, in fact, wrong. Taking a historical perspective from the ancient world to contemporary paganism, Gaskill reveals how witchcraft has meant different things to different people and that in every age it has raised questions about the distinction between fantasy and reality, faith and proof. Telling stories, delving into court records, and challenging myths, Gaskill examines the witch-hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and explores the reinvention of witchcraft - as history, religion, fiction, and metaphor.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewThis pocket-book eloquently and clearly introduces and summarizes the theories and theorists of the historical study of witchcraft. His account is concise enough to stand alone, but also a great introduction to the work of other scholars in the field, with excellent recommended reading. * Journal of Folklore Research *Each chapter in this small but perfectly-formed book could be the jumping-off point for a year's stimulating reading. Buy it now. * Fortean Times *Table of Contents1. Fear ; 2. Heresy ; 3. Malice ; 4. Truth ; 5. Justice ; 6. Rage ; 7. Fantasy ; 8. Culture ; References ; Further Reading
£9.49
Random House USA Inc Witch Crafting
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£16.14
Cornell University Press The Empty Seashell
Book SynopsisIn a book based on more than three years of fieldwork, Nils Bubandt argues that cannibal witches for people in the coastal, and predominantly Christian, community of Buli in the Indonesian province of North Maluku are both corporeally real and fundamentally unknowable.Trade ReviewIn this intriguing study of witchcraft in a Buli community in Indonesia, [Bunandt] sets out to explore the complex nature of witchcraft in that community as something that exists but is unseen.... Overall,this well-written and welcome book adds to the understanding of witchcraft in anthropology, especially in regard to doubt and modernity. * CHOICE *Bubandt likens the witch-menace to nuclear war on terrorism: 'a threat that is both real and yet often absents itself from daily experience.' Witchcraft is, therefore, a paradox: it's everywhere and nowhere, real and impossible,hauntingly vivid yet intangible and invisible.... Bubandt describes a characteristic of the human mind that is universal yet not always obvious to those proud of their post-Enlightenment heritage. Our brains are simultaneously full of knowing and not knowing,believing and doubting, fearing and rationally dismissing fears. We know these to be incompatible opposites, but can't help having them both in play at any one time. And so we comfort ourselves with the illusion of singularity, and of secular triumph. One thing we know for sure is that we have to appear to know things, when really we may know nothing at all. -- Malcolm Gaskill * Fortean Times *The Empty Seashell never strays far from the scene of witchcraft, from the myths that offer historical and ontological explanations for the close knit between human life and witchcraft in Buli through accounts of individual lives rent apart by accusations or attacks to the destructive ramifications of such occurrences for the community, including how incidents may reverberate across generations as old grudges or suspicions are resurrected to animate new ones.... Bubandt is to be commended for highlighting the precariousness and forces of world-unmaking that are as much a part of social life as the assumed sturdiness that prevails in social scientific works. -- Patricia Spyer * Anthropological Forum *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Shell of the Nautilus 1. Witchcraft, Doubt, and Aporia 2. The Origins of Witchcraft and the Doubts of Tradition 3. Hope, Conversion, and Millennial Politics 4. Christianity and Deception 5. The Viscerality of Witchcraft and the Corporeality of the World 6. New Order Modern 7. Subjectivity, Exchange, Opacity 8. Technology, Money, and the Futures of Witchcraft Conclusion: Witchcraft beyond BeliefNotes Bibliography
£26.59
Edaf Antillas Necronomicon, El
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£18.76
Penguin Putnam Inc Inner Witch
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£14.40
Julia Scott Art Inc Charmed Book of Shadows Replica
£104.50
Bookvault Publishing Modern Spell Craft by Esme Rose
£21.59
Crossed Crow Books Mastering the Art of Witchcraft
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£17.09
Rockridge Press Appalachian Witchcraft for Beginners: The
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£12.25
Book Tree Witchcraft Today
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£14.17
Carnegie Publishing Ltd 1612: the Lancashire Witch Trials: A New Guide by
Book SynopsisThis excellent little book is a wonderful introduction to the story of the trial of the witches of Pendle in 1612. In a very lively and readable style, Christine Goodier provides a who's who of the events, as well as an interesting angle on the trials themselves. She emphasises that the accused were merely flesh and blood, not demons, arguing that they were poor, uneducated people who were at worst misguided. Her inevitable conclusion is that a terrible injustice was done 400 years ago when they were famously convicted of witchcraft and hanged.
£7.99
Union Square & Co. The Good Witchs Perpetual Planner
Book SynopsisFrom the bestselling authors of 'The Good Witch's Guide' comes this essential, magick-filled planner for all witches and Wiccans.
£13.49
Union Square & Co. ModernDay Witch 2024 Wheel of the Year 17Month Planner
Book SynopsisMake the most of your magickal year by chronicling it with this indispensable 2024 planner filled with inspiring Wiccan spells and lore. This 17-month engagement calendar is the perfect place for modern-day witches, Wiccans, and pagans to track everything from daily tasks to key rituals to the sacred holidays and solstices on the Wheel of the Year. It is filled with beautiful illustrations as well as tips on holistic magick, Wiccan lore, and a variety of key spells. The planner lists the all-important moon phases, as well as major and national holidays. This is the perfect witch's calendar for anyone seeking a Wiccan holiday gift, those who enjoyed the 2023 edition, or users of other writual planners looking for something new. Features include: 17-month day planner (August 2023December 2024) with a 6 x 8.5-inch trim size and a sturdy flexi cover with vibrant colors Monthly two-page views, weekly pages, and note pages Stunning two-color design filled with beautiful vintage-style
£20.91
Adams Media Corporation The Witch's Book of Love: Hundreds of Magical
Book SynopsisNow you can find love faster than ever with this complete guide to magical matchmaking! The Witch’s Book of Love has all the spells and solutions to help you on your quest for love—and shows you how to make your relationship grow and prosper into the love you’ve always dreamed of!The Witch’s Book of Love has all you need to know about attracting the perfect partner with everything from spells and palmistry to astrology and numerology. Check your compatibility and seal your new relationship with charms and other magical mojo so you can make your love last a lifetime. Trade Review“Tools, tips, solutions and spells to help any love quest!” —Pagan Pages“A fun read.” —Facing North“Amazing tips and explanations. If this doesn’t get you into personal finances, I don’t know what will!” —A Grammar Nerd’s Life
£9.49
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc The Thrifty Witch's Book of Simple Spells:
Book SynopsisFrom Wren Maple, the Thrifty Witch, comes an introduction to witchcraft with a variety of spells, tips, and tricks to get the most out of your practice. There’s nothing wrong with simple and straightforward. Easy spells are not less worthy spells. These ideas are central to the practice of the Thrifty Witch. Sick of not being able to easily source (or afford) what she needed for spells, Wren Maple dedicated herself to collecting and optimizing spells that could work for all witches—no matter where they were on their journey and no matter their personal resources. Now The Thrifty Witch is sharing her research and bringing her collection to the page for the first time. The Thrifty Witch’s Book of Simple Spells is part primer, part spellbook. It includes: Getting started/witch basics: Witchcraft as self-care, how to establish a practice, and a handful of super-easy spells to get casting today. Key ingredients for spells: Starter stones and herbs, how to source, what to buy first, and more questions answered! Simple spells for every witch: Just like the spells Wren is known for online, nearly every spell in the book requires five items or fewer, and all ingredients are easy to source. Specific spells: Organized by purpose (e.g. love spells, protection spells), these spells are sure to cover what you're looking to cast. Tips and Tricks for Casting: When to cast for best results, where to cast and why it matters...make your spells count! The beauty of these spells is that they are easy enough and affordable enough to practice daily. Since practice and process are so important, this book provides an invaluable resource—unlocking the ability to try new spells and refine casting methods multiple times per week—even daily. Trade Review“Inherently fascinating, exceptionally well organized and presented.” * Midwest Book Review *"A fantastic book for beginners or advanced magic practitioners. It inspires readers, or at least inspired THIS reader, to rethink the way you make magic." * The Magical Buffet *"You cannot go wrong with having this in your witchy library. It’s delightful and inspirational, and the illustrations are warm and investing. You’ll be referencing these simple and powerful spells for generations to come." * The Nerdy Millennial *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION CH 1 GETTING STARTED CH 2 TECHNIQUES, TIPS, AND TRICKS FOR CASTING CH 3 PROTECTION AND DEFLECTION SPELLS CH 4 ABUNDANCE SPELLS CH 5 HEALING/HEALTH SPELLS CH 6 BANISHING/BINDING SPELLS CH 7 SLEEP AND RELAXATION SPELLS CH 8 PSYCHIC SPELLS RESOURCES DEDICATION ABOUT THE AUTHOR INDEX
£15.29
Berghahn Books Witches and Demons: A Comparative Perspective on
Book Synopsis Devil worship, black magic, and witchcraft have long captivated anthropologists as well as the general public. In this volume, Jean La Fontaine explores the intersection of expert and lay understandings of evil and the cultural forms that evil assumes. The chapters touch on public scares about devil-worship, misconceptions about human sacrifice and the use of body parts in healing practices, and mistaken accusations of children practicing witchcraft. Together, these cases demonstrate that comparison is a powerful method of cultural understanding, but warns of the dangers and mistaken conclusions that untrained ideas about other ways of life can lead to.Trade Review “The richness of ethnographic material and historical and anthropological theory makes Witches and Demons an interesting book not only for those who study the Satanism scare or the African diaspora, but for anyone who wants to know more about the background of accusations of Satanism and witchcraft, be it from their Western or African roots or a combination of both.” • Reading Religion “If you are interested in anthropology, this is a must read, as the general aim is understanding the other.” • Acta Comparanda “This is an extremely interesting set of chapters. Together they create a carefully drawn exercise in comparison as a major methodological tool of anthropology, and its advantages and problems. The book is very clearly written, well argued, and fascinating.” • Frances Pine, Department of Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of LondonTable of Contents Introduction: Understanding the Other Chapter 1. Hidden Enemies: Evil at the end of the Millennium Chapter 2. Concepts of Evil, Witchcraft and the Sexual Abuse of Children in Modern England Chapter 3. Ritual Murder? Chapter 4. Magic and medicine: The Torso in the Thames Chapter 5. Child Witches in London: Tradition and change in religious belief Chapter 6. The morality of childhood Chapter 7. Pastors and witches Chapter 8. London’s witch children Conclusion: Continuities and changes
£22.75
Mandrake of Oxford Craft of the Untamed: An Inspired Vision of
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£13.50
Mandrake of Oxford Craft of the Untamed: An Inspired Vision of
Book SynopsisThe Craft of the Untamed sets out to present the main pillars of traditional witchcraft. Its premise is that a proper tradition is defined as a timeless unity. Outwardly the tradition bears a great diversity across different lands and spirit. Traditional witchcraft is found in various sodalities and groups across the world. Even so it is possible to discern several harmonious, shared themes. These themes are the land, the crossroads, death, night and the mountain of Venus. It is witchcraft where a human and angelic blood mingles to form a special pedigree that has shaped the archetypical image of the witch.
£21.25
Mandrake of Oxford Upperworld: Shamanism and Magick of the Celestial
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£13.50
Mandrake of Oxford Aromagick: A Scentual Journey Through The Ritual
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£18.00
Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited The Key: Sands of Time
Book SynopsisAs exciting and pulsating with action as Book One, The Prophecy, this sequel hurtles along till it culminates in a thrilling climax. And at its core is Maya, a protagonist like none otherâstrong, brave, curious.
£17.50
Oxford University Press Daughters of Hecate
Book SynopsisDaughters of Hecate unites for the first time research on the problem of gender and magic in three ancient Mediterranean societies: early Judaism, Christianity, and Graeco-Roman culture. The book illuminates the gendering of ancient magic by approaching the topic from three distinct disciplinary perspectives: literary stereotyping, the social application of magic discourse, and material culture. The authors probe the foundations of, processes, and motivations behind gendered stereotypes, beginning with Western culture''s earliest associations of women and magic in the Bible and Homer''s Odyssey. Daughters of Hecate provides a nuanced exploration of the topic while avoiding reductive approaches. In fact, the essays in this volume uncover complexities and counter-discourses that challenge, rather than reaffirm, many gendered stereotypes taken for granted and reified by most modern scholarship. By combining critical theoretical methods with research into literary and material evidence, DaTrade ReviewThis impressive collection challenges the seemingly common-sense association between women and magic. Drawing on literary and material evidence from across the ancient Mediterranean world, it powerfully demonstrates that the gendering of magic is neither natural nor universal, but is conditioned by the dynamics of local conflict and given form by historically specific taxonomies of knowledge. * Ra'anan Boustan, author of From Martyr to Mystic *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Interrogating the Magic-Gender Connection - Kimberly B. Stratton ; Part I. Fiction and Fantasy: Gendering Magic in Literature ; 2. From Goddess to Hag: The Greek and the Roman Witch in Classical Literature - Barbette Stanley Spaeth ; 3. "The Most Worthy of Women is a Mistress of Magic": Women as Witches and Ritual Practitioners in 1 Enoch and Rabbinic Sources - Rebecca Lesses ; 4. Gendering Heavenly Secrets? Women, Angels, and the Problem of Misogyny and "Magic" - Annette Yoshiko Reed ; 5. Magic, Abjection, and Gender in Roman Literature - Kimberly B. Stratton ; Part II. Gender and Magic Discourse in Practice ; 6. Magic Accusations Against Women in Tacitus's Annals - Elizabeth Ann Pollard ; 7. Drunken Hags with Amulets and Prostitutes with Erotic Spells: The Re-Feminization of Magic in Late Antique Christian Homilies - Dayna S. Kalleres ; 8. The Bishop, the Pope, and the Prophetess: Rival Ritual Experts in Third-Century Cappadocia - Ayse Tuzlak ; 9. Living Images of the Divine: Female Theurgists in Late Antiquity - Nicola Denzey Lewis ; 10. Sorceresses and Sorcerers in Early Christian Tours of Hell - Kirsti Barrett Copeland ; Part III. Gender, Magic, and the Material Record ; 11. The Social Context of Women's Erotic Magic in Antiquity - David Frankfurter ; 12. Cheating Women: Curse Tablets and Roman Wives - Pauline Ripat ; 13. Saffron, Spices, and Sorceresses: Magic Bowls and the Bavli - Yaakov Elman ; 14. Victimology or: How to Deal With Untimely Death - Fritz Graf ; 15. A Gospel Amulet for Joannia (P.Oxy. VIII 1151) - AnneMarie Luijendijk
£56.05
Oxford University Press Inc Magic Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Trade ReviewThis is a marvelous book, in every sense of the word. For one thing, it is full of marvel? * marvelous stories of ghostly and magical happenings.... a reference source that everyone researching this field will be delighted to possess.Journal of Scientific Exploration *Table of ContentsPreface ; Abbreviations ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Greek Sorcerers ; 3. Alien Sorcerers ; 4. The Rivals of Jesus ; 5. Medea and Circe ; 6. Witches in Greek Literature ; 7. Witches in Latin Literature ; 8. Ghosts ; 9. Necromancy ; 10. Curses ; 11. Erotic Magic ; 12. Voodoo Dolls and Magical Images ; 13. Amulets ; 14. Magic and the Law ; 15. Supplementary Texts ; Bibliographies ; Indices
£33.72
Clarendon Press Early Modern European Witchcraft
Book SynopsisThe history of witchcraft and sorcery has attracted a great deal of interest and debate, but until now studies have been largely from the Anglo-Saxon perspective. This book shows how what has hitherto been seen as peculiar to Britain was in fact characteristic of much of northern Europe. In ending the Anglo-Saxon monopoly of witchcraft studies, this book takes into account major new developments in the historiography of witchcraft.An immense amount of archival work by all the contributors has furnished a volume rich in new material and ideas, which will be of considerable interest not only to historians, but also to anthropologists, criminologists, psychologists, and sociologists. Themes treated include the relationship between witchcraft, law, and theology; the origins and nature of the witches'' sabbath; the sociology and criminology of witch-hunting; and the comparative approach to European witchcraft. This book will be an indispensable guide to the study of witchcraft.Trade Reviewpossesses the virtue of presenting a wealth of material in terms of a coherent analytical framework. * Times Higher Education Supplement *makes a superb contribution to historical scholarship. * Times Literary Supplement *Retains a freshness of approach largely because it contains so many interesting studies ... All the essays have something valuable to contribute to our understanding. * History Today *Table of ContentsList of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Introduction; I: Witchcraft, Law, and Theology: Witchcraft and Catholic theology; Protestant demonology: Sin, superstition, and society (c.1520-c.1630); Inquisitorial law and the witch; II: Origins of the Witches' Sabbath: Deciphering the Sabbath; Satanic myths and cultural reality; 'Fantastical and Devilishe Persons': European witch-beliefs in comparative perspective; 'The Ladies from Outside': An archaic pattern of the Witches' Sabbath; III: Witch-Hunting in Scandinavia and other Peripheries: Hungary: The accusations and the universe of popular magic; Estonia I: Werewolves and poisoners; Estonia II: The crusade against idolatory; Sweden: The mass burnings (1668-76); Finland: The male domination; Denmark: The Sociology of accusations; Norway: The criminological context; Iceland: Sorcerers and Paganism; Portugal: A scrupulous inquisition; IV: Conclusions: Scandinavian witchcraft in Anglo-American context; The comparative approach to European witchcraft; Notes on contributors; Bibliography of secondary works; Index
£70.30
Lulu.com A Little Book of Wicca A Guide for the Southern Hemisphere
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