Chadwick Hansen |
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Witchcraft at
Salem - Witchcraft at Salem represents a bold new look at history, conventional
wisdom -- and above all, the uncanny extra-physical powers that human beings can wield
over one another. The product of brilliant scholarship and searching intelligence,
it takes you further than ever before into a hypnotically enthralling are of speculation
and investigation. "The popular view holds that there was no witchcraft practiced at
sales; the danger was illusory from start to finish. It is comforting to think this,
but as we have seen it is quite wrong. There was witchcraft at Salem, and it
worked." |
Anne Llewellyn Barstow |
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Witchcraze: A New
History of the European Witch Hunts - Over three centuries, approximately one
hundred thousand persons, mist of whom were women, were put to death under the guise of
"witch hunts," particularly in Reformation Europe. The shocking
annihilation of women from all walks of life is explored in this brilliant, authoritative
feminist history by Anne Llewellyn Barstow. Barstow exposes an unrecognized
holocaust -- the "ethnic cleansing" of independent women in Reformation Europe
-- an examines the residual attitudes that continue to influence our culture. |
Robin Briggs |
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Witches &
Neighbors: The Social and Cultural Context of European Witchcraft - The author
provides a meticulous history of the persecution of witches in Europe with detailed
information. The entire subject of the myth of the perfect witch is explored,
including popular superstitious beliefs in the experience of bewitchment, supernatural
power and magical remedies. He then proceeds to discuss the witch finders themselves, and
the various interpersonal rivalries that could lead to accusations of witchcraft.
No discussion would be complete without the influence of the church and its
desire for extended power. "Learned and meticulously researched, lucid and
important" -- The Times (London) "A masterly history of witch-hunts"
-- The Sunday Telegraph. |
Marvin Kaye |
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The Penguin Book
of Witches & Warlocks: Tales of Black Magic, Old & New-Currently Out of Print
- Fall under the spell of these tales of Black Magic. Witches and warlocks
curse, jinx, hex, possess, becharm and bedevil their victims in these takes of sorcery and
the supernatural. This spooky collection includes works by such classic authors as
Robert Louis Stevenson, H. H. Wells, W.B. Yeats, L. Frank Baum, and Nikolai Gogol, as well
as contemporary writers such as Isaac Bashevis Singer, Ray Bradbury, and many others.
Remember part of the history of witchcraft can be read through the mythology of the
era! |
Richard Marshall |
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Witchcraft: The
History and Mythology -Currently Out of Print - This wonderfully illustrated
book explores this bizarre and often political terrain. Tales of werewolves
and vampires, legends of demons and fairies are found here, alongside the history of the
very real human tragedy of the abominable holocaust during the European witch-burning era,
and the heroes who risked torture to speak out against the madness. Sorcerers Merlin,
Melusine and Morgan le Fay, villaness Medea, heroine Joan of Arc, the hysterical
youngsters of Salem are among the diverse and infamous characters whose stores are told. |
Ken Radford |
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Fire Burn Tales
of Witchery - Currently Out of Print - this is a collection of writings on
witches -- and the treatment of witches -- from all over the world. Only a few
centuries ago belief in witchcraft was universal. A witch's curse was thought to be
the cause of misfortune, illness and even death. From the 14th to the 17th century,
more than half a million people were put to death for practicing witchcraft. Their
trials left little chance of escaping punishment -- whether found guilty or innocent.
Called "stories" and "tales", the accounts in this collection
all contain some kernel of truth. Based upon years of research, they come from state
and county archives or from the memories of people who recall characters and incidents
related by their forebears. |
James Sprenger; Heinrich
Kramer |
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The Malleus
Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger. - For nearly three centuries
Malleus Maleficarum (The Witches' Hammer) was the professional manual for witch
hungers. This work by two of the most famous Inquisitors of the age is still a
document of the force of that era's beliefs. Under a Bull of Pope Innocent VIII,
Kramer and Sprenger exposed the heresy of those who did not believe in witches and set
forth the proper order of the world with devils, witches, and the will of God. |
Montague Summers |
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The History of
Witchcraft and Demonology - The History of Witchcraft is a
fascinating, documented account of certain aspects of witchcraft -- including sorcery,
black magic, necromancy, secret divination and Satanism. Full of interest to the
theologian, psychologist and historian, this book reflects the medieval attitude towards
witchcraft -- a viewpoint that maintains an absolute and complete belief in the power of
the supernatural. Montague Summers, a devout Catholic priest, was not ashamed of the
great excesses committed in the 17th and 18th centuries by the Church in its attempts to
wipe out witchcraft and heresy. Her he has provided the reader with one
of the best and most vivid accounts of this struggle. |
Harry Wedeck |
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A Treasury of
Witchcraft - Here is a sourcebook of the magic arts, including divination and
astrology, lycanthropy and necromancy and all the varieties of thaumaturgical practice,
from the earliest times to the present day. It cites abundant texts in historical
sequence, and presents actual records referring to witchcraft and sorcery as realities,
together with specific spells, charms, invocations, Satanic pacts, descriptions of occult
practices, a Who's Who in Demonology and imperial and state decrees relating to magical
activities. Historically, the major periods and practices of Babylonian, Greek,
Roman, European, Indian, African and other areas are all included. Each section is
illuminated by an interpretative essay, and notes further elucidate provocative points. |
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