Witchcraft / Witches Books
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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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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Mandrake of Oxford Aromagick: A Scentual Journey Through The Ritual
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£18.00
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Contemporary Life and Witchcraft: Magic,
Book SynopsisWitchcraft is very much alive in today's post-communist societies. Stemming from ancient rural traditions and influenced by modern New Age concepts, it has kept its function as a vibrant cultural code to combat the adversities of everyday life. Intricately linked to the Orthodox church and its rituals, the magic discourse serves as a recourse for those in distress, a mechanism to counter-balance misfortune and, sometimes, a powerful medium for acts of aggression. In this fascinating book, Alexandra Tataran skillfully re-contextualizes the vast and heterogenuous discourse on contemporary witchcraft. She shows how magic, divination, and religious rituals are adapted to the complex mechanisms of modern mentalities and urban living in the specific historical and social context of post-communist countries. Based on years of first-hand fieldwork, Tataran offers fascinating insights into the experience of individuals deeming themselves bewitched and argues that the practice can also teach us a lot about particular forms of adapting traditions and resorting to pre-existing cultural models.
£999.99
Museum Tusculanum Press Zauberdiagnose und Schwarze Magie in Mesopotamien
Book SynopsisEven today witchcraft is found in many socities, and ancient Mesopotamia was no exception. To the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians witchcraft was the cause of otherwise inexplicable diseases and misfortunes, and elaborate means of protection against and cure from the consequences of witchcraft were developed. This study examines Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft literature, focusing on the extant descriptions of witches and sorceresses, their methods, the symptoms of the bewitched and the rituals and remedies used to combat witchcraft.
£999.99
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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Lulu.com The Book of Ceremonial Magic Including the Rites and Mysteries of Goetic Theurgy Sorcery Black Magic Rituals and Infernal Necromancy Hardcover
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Lulu Press Marie Laveaus Lost Spell Book
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W. W. Norton & Company The Last Witch of Langenburg Murder in a German Village
Book SynopsisA young mother dies in agony. Was it a natural death, murder—or witchcraft?Trade Review"Starred Review. [...] Drawing on rich records of the trials of Schmeig and her family, Robisheaux finely crafts a vivid glimpse of a time, place and state of mind that, though remote, is all too familiar." -- Publishers Weekly
£22.32
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC IN EUROPE VOLUME 2 ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together new research into the place of witchcraft and magic in Greek and Roman culture and society. Topics covered include the practice of sorcery, the portrayal of witches and sorcerers in classical literature, and legal and philosophical attitudes to magic.Table of ContentsBinding spells - curse tablets and voodoo dolls in the Greek and Roman worlds, Daniel Ogden; witches and sorcerers in classical literature, Georg Luck; imagining Greek and Roman magic, Richard Gordon; the demonization of magic and sorcery in late antiquity - Christian redefinitions of Pagan religions, Valerie Flint.
£90.00
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Athlone History of Witchcraft and Magic in Europe Volume 4 The Period of the Witch Trials v 4
Book SynopsisThe 15th to the 18th centuries was a period of witchcraft prosecutions throughout Europe. This volume brings this work together by summarising the history of the period in a new way - according to the types of legal systems involved.
£69.99
Faber & Faber Jane Wenham The Witch of Walkern
Book SynopsisWalkern, 1712. England has been free from witch-hunts for decades until Jane Wenham is blamed for a tragic death and charged with witchcraft. A terrifying ordeal begins, as the village is torn between those who want to save Jane''s life and those who claim they want to save her soul.Inspired by events in a Hertfordshire village, the play explores sex and society''s hunger to find and create witches.Rebecca Lenkiewicz''s Jane Wenham: The Witch of Walkern premiered at Watford Palace Theatre before going on UK tour in September 2015, in an Out of Joint, Watford Palace Theatre and Arcola Theatre co-production, in association with Eastern Angles.
£9.49
Butterfly Rising Publishing Spellcrafting for the Christian Witch A Compendium of Christian Witchcraft
£21.84
Winter Tempest Books Grimoire of Santa Muerte Spells and Rituals of Most Holy Death the Unofficial Volume 1 Santa Muerte Series
£12.62
Aly Simple Spells and Magickal Practices
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Goddess Has Your Back How Wicca Can Help You Raise Your SelfEsteem and Make Your Life Magickal
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Veleda Press Witches and Pagans
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Julia Scott Art Inc Charmed Book of Shadows Replica
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Llewellyn Publications,U.S. Witchs Wheel of the Year
Book SynopsisMake your sabbat celebrations more meaningful and enjoyable with this exceptional book full of unique rituals designed to perfectly fit your needs, whether you re a solitary practitioner or part of a group
£24.30
Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd. Green Codex Tarot Kit
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Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd. Witchs Runes Kit
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Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd. Heaven Earth Tarot Mini
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Running Press,U.S. Gentle Chaos
Book SynopsisFrom the wild imagination of Tyler Gaca, also known as TikTok's Ghosthoney, comes a beautiful compendium of poems, images, personal stories, and vignettes that explore magic, queerness, Tyler’s unique story, and the enchantment and comfort to be found in the weird, the dark, and the different. In this raw yet enchanting collection of poems, essays, photographs, and artworks, Tyler Gaca dreamily navigates themes of magic and queerness, offering readers an intimate look inside his mind and his worlds, real and imagined. The writings in Gentle Chaos reflect on growing up queer and in love with magic, discovering yourself and your place in the world, and daring to seek out love and hope. The artworks are dedicated to salvaged antique photographs, haircuts, dead moths, the creatures we dream up, and much more. The result is a whimsical, vulnerable, and transporting journey into the gentle chaos within us all.
£17.99
Philosophical Library Dictionary of Witchcraft
£12.30
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Saturns Jews On Witches Sabbat and Sabbateanism 10 The Robert and Arlene Kogod Library of Judaic Studies
Book SynopsisMoshe Idel is Max Cooper Professor of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, Israel.He is an expert in Kabbalah andhas beena recipient of the prestigious Israel Prize for excellence in the field of Jewish Philosophy.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. From Saturn, Sabbath and Sorcery to the Jews; 2. From Saturn to Sabbatai Tzevi: A Planet that Became Messiah; 3. From Saturn to Melancholy; 4. Conclusion; Appendix; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index.
£42.99
Scarlet Imprint Crossed Keys
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Scarlet Imprint Exu and the Quimbanda of Night and Fire
Book SynopsisExu is the fusion of Umbanda, Angolan sorcery, European demonology and Kardec's Spiritsm, erupting in a uniquely Brazilian cult of practical magical action. Spells, workings, hierarchies and origins are all given in detail.Table of ContentsBenediction/Malediction Preface I Black Sun Rising II The King of the City of Dust III Wardens at the Gates of Night IV The Fig of Fire V The Shadows at the Graveyard VI Nocturnal Mercury VII The Legions of Hell Despacho Glossary Bibliography Index of Exus
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Scarlet Imprint Serpent Songs
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Scarlet Imprint Lucifer
Book SynopsisLucifer: Princeps is a seminal study on the origins of the Lucifer mythos, from the original flood myth and legends of divine teachers to the Church Fathers, notably Augustine, Origen and Tertullian.
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Pendraig Publishing Witching Way of the Hollow Hill
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Goddess Ink Stepping Into Ourselves
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Pendraig Publishing Visceral Magick Bridging the Gap Between Magick and Mundane
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Pendraig Publishing The Resurrection of the Meadow
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Concrescent Press The Book of the Great Queen
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Doreen Valiente Foundation The Charge of the Goddess
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Leirbag Press The Ultimate Book of Magic and Witchcraft A HowTo Book on the Practice of Magic Rituals and Spells
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