Historical Dictionary Of Witchcraft

Author : Jonathan Durrant
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810875128
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Witchcraft written by Jonathan Durrant and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witchcraft has proven an important, if difficult, historical subject to investigate and interpret over the last four decades or so. Modern historical research into witchcraft began as an attempt to tease out the worldview of ordinary people in 16th- and 17th-century England, but it quickly expanded to encompass the history of witchcraft in most cultures and societies that have existed with scholarly studies now extending back to the time of earliest law code that punished sorcery, the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 B.C.E.), and forward to the last witchcraft cases in England, those of Helen Duncan and Jane Yorke, tried in 1944. There has also been a significant amount of interest in the development of the modern religion of witchcraft, or Wicca, as various forms of neo-paganism continue to attract adherents. The second edition of Historical Dictionary of Witchcraft covers the history of the Witchcraft from 1750 B.C.E. though the modern day. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on witch hunts, witchcraft trials, and related practices around the world. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the history of witchcraft.

Author : Michael David Bailey
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810848603
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Witchcraft written by Michael David Bailey and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only single-volume, scholarly reference work available on this subject, this dictionary provides reliable information on magic and witchcraft for the entire span of western history, from classical antiquity to modern Wicca. Particular attention is paid to the history of witchcraft in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, the era of the great witch-hunts.

Author : Collin de Plancy
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504060172
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Witchcraft written by Collin de Plancy and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original and authoritative A-to-Z reference guide to witchcraft, paganism, and magic, compiled by the famed nineteenth-century French occultist. Following its original publication in 1818, Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal became a landmark study of witchcraft, pagan religions, and the occult. The first reference work to seriously document manifestations, magic, and superstitions, this historical dictionary details beings, characters, books, deeds, and causes that pertain to the manifestations and magic of trafficking with Hell, as well as divinations, occult sciences, grimoires, marvels, errors, prejudices, traditions, folktales, the various superstitions, and all manner of marvelous, surprising, mysterious, and supernatural beliefs. A significant influence on the Romantic literary movement and notably consulted by author Victor Hugo, it remains an essential text for any student of the dark arts or demonology.

Author : George D. Chryssides
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810861941
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements written by George D. Chryssides and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New religious movements--commonly known as cults--are defined as organizations that have arisen within the last 200 years. Most treatments of these movements have typically resorted to sensationalism rather than objectivity, and New religious movements tend to receive negative media publicity. Despite their unfavorable portrayal in popular culture, however, new religious movements are a global phenomenon and much remains to be studied about these movements. In this newly updated second edition of the Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements, George D. Chryssides traces the rise and development of new religious movements throughout the world. An updated introduction summarizes the phenomenon of new religious movements and lays out the changes to the dictionary since the 2001 edition, while the main body of the dictionary consists of close to 600 cross-referenced entries on key figures, ideas, themes, and places related to various new religious movements. An index organizes the information in the dictionary, and a comprehensive bibliography leads the researcher to further sources. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about new religious movements.

Author : Raymond Buckland
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0875420508
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft written by Raymond Buckland and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 1986 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This complete self-study course in modern Wicca is a treasured classic - an essential and trusted guide that belongs in every witch's library."---Back cover

Author : David Pickering
Publisher : David Pickering
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 730 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Witchcraft written by David Pickering and published by David Pickering. This book was released on 2014-01-19 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This acclaimed 180,000-word A-Z dictionary is a comprehensive and highly readable guide to witchcraft, revealing the historical reality beneath the popular stereotypes of old hags, broomsticks, and black cats. Complete with biographies of notorious witches and descriptions of their covens, familiars, spells and practices, it also contains colourful accounts of infamous trials and all the associated paraphernalia of witch-hunting, torture and persecution across Europe and colonial America. A first-class source book for the historian, folklorist and casual reader alike, it shows in vivid and bloody detail how witchcraft hysteria swept the western world in the post-medieval period and has continued to resurface into modern times.

Author : David Pickering
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9780304365623
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cassell's Dictionary of Witchcraft written by David Pickering and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2002 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Separating truth from myth, an expert offers an A to Z guide to one of the most intriguing aspects of the super-natural. Hundreds of carefully researched articles provide explanations of the key concepts of witchcraft, from demons and exorcisms to sabbats and spells, as well as fascinating biographies of key figures. Articles on witch trials through the centuries draw on records of torture, confessions, and recantations.

Author : Gregoire Solotareff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781770859951
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Witches written by Gregoire Solotareff and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A magical illustrated dictionary full of secrets about witches. 88 terms answering questions about witches' lives."--

Author : Rosemary Guiley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780816022687
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft written by Rosemary Guiley and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies famous witches, explains terms dealing with witchcraft, and describes related churches and organizations

Author : Michael David Bailey
Publisher : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 2014
ISBN 13 : 9780415636506
Total Pages : 1447 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magic and Witchcraft written by Michael David Bailey and published by Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 2014. This book was released on 2014 with total page 1447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: