The History of Witchcraft

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Engaging text and lavish illustrations with over 500 full-colour images that bring the subject to life. Acho essencial pra qualquer um que está começando a desbravar o mundo do paganismo/bruxaria ou qualquer curioso no geral. I highly highly recommend this book if you want a starting point for scholarly studies of witchcraft, and to be able to more clearly track the development of the modern ideas of witchcraft that are so pervasive, especially in the age of social media.

Witches Aren’t Evil, The Truth About Witchcraft, Many Finbarr books on Witchcraft, Some Llewellyn Witchcraft books also Raymond Buckland’s Complete Book Of Witchcraft.A revisão com adições da história mais recente sobre o tema (aproximadamente a partir de meados do século XX até meados da primeira década do século XXI), feita por Brooks Alexander, é um pouco cansativa e, infelizmente, sem o distanciamento (não só do tempo) amplamente presente na parte original escrita em 1980 por Jeffrey B. There was a bit more in depth presentation of the early witch trials however it seemed to be told from pov of the persecutors but very little from the pov of the victims(witches). The development of how the ideas we have today on the subject, were gradually formed, from many disparate pieces of old folklore and pagan belief, as well as the Christian Church itself molding and changing many aspects of it themselves. Recommended if you are looking for a VERY general overview of European witchcraft from the witch trials to Margaret Murray. on Gods children, trust me, the Bible is the truth, it says “so whoever uses any kind of sorcery witchcraft, black magic, voodoo etc so against gods children will get sevenfold pay back to them“ that doesn’t mean 7 fold for all the times you have cursed someone or put a spell on someone it means for every victim that you have hurt, etc, and only you know how many victims you have targeted, so think about that for eternity you will spend in hell and you will get the wrath of God sevenfold.

A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult charts the extraordinary narrative of one of the most interesting and often controversial subjects in the world, covering everything from ancient animal worship and shamanism, through alchemy and divination to modern Wicca and the resurgence of the occult in 21st-century literature, cinema, and television. But, it gives some information about African witchcraft when establishing that sorcery is a force that has existed in all cultures. It then goes on to explore how magic was viewed in pagan Europe, from the Greek Circe and Medea to the Norse seidr. It looks at case studies of witch trials in Britain and America, witches in Shakespeare and other literature, the scholarly field of Witchcraft Studies, witches as neo-pagans and activists, and witches in film and TV. Em fins do século XIX, ainda aparecem nomes como Karl Jarcke, Mone, Jules Michelet incitando ódio contra mulheres (ex.In Witchcraft – a stunning hardback with 16 pages of beautiful illustrations – Professor Marion Gibson uses thirteen significant trials to tell the global history of witchcraft and witch-hunts. We offer also brings a real emotional perspective to his work, as he isn't afraid to comment on the barbarism and cruelty Central to The craze.

eu acabei lembrando de estudo feito explicando pq que existem muito mais homens serial killers do que mulheres: ao contrário de homens que externam coisas, mulheres, por serem oprimidas desde sempre, tendem a internalizar seus problemas. Thus, James sought to instill fear in female communities and spoke out directly against witches and their perceived occultisms.Overall this book was very interesting but took a more theoretical stance which often led to overexplinatio. Livro bastante esclarecedor ,faz uma viagem temporal tentando explicar os vários conceitos de bruxaria ,aquilo que levou à morte de 60 mil pessoas pela inquisição e como a bruxaria evoluiu até aos dias de hoje. By publishing “Witchcraft,” he meant to expose it as superstition, hoping to better England by forwarding knowledge. O que as pessoas acreditam ser verdadeiro influencia suas ações mais do que o que aquilo que é objetivamente verdadeiro.