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Languages of Witchcraft

Author : Stuart Clark
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 033398529X
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (339 download)

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Download or read book Languages of Witchcraft written by Stuart Clark and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Different conceptions of the world and of reality have made witchcraft possible in some societies and impossible in others. How did the people of early modern Europe experience it and what was its place in their culture? The new essays in this collection illustrate the latest trends in witchcraft research and in cultural history in general. After three decades in which the social analysis of witchcraft accusations has dominated the subject, they turn instead to its significance and meaning as a cultural phenomenon - to the 'languages' of witchcraft, rather than its causes. As a result, witchcraft seems less startling than it once was, yet more revealing of the world in which it occurred.

Languages of Witchcraft

Author : Stuart Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781350363311
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book Languages of Witchcraft written by Stuart Clark and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Different conceptions of the world and of reality have made witchcraft possible in some societies and impossible in others. How did the people of early modern Europe experience it and what was its place in their culture? The new essays in this collection illustrate the latest trends in witchcraft research and in cultural history in general. After three decades in which the social analysis of witchcraft accusations has dominated the subject, they turn instead to its significance and meaning as a cultural phenomenon - to the 'languages' of witchcraft, rather than its causes. As a result, witchcraft seems less startling than it once was, yet more revealing of the world in which it occurred."--...

Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 4

Author : Stuart Clark
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0485890046
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 4 written by Stuart Clark and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifteenth to eighteenth centuries was a period of witchcraft prosecutions throughout Europe and modern scholars have now devoted a huge amount of research to these episodes. This volume will attempt to bring this work together by summarising the history of the trials in a new way - according to the types of legal systems involved. Other topics covered will be the continued practical use made of magic, the elaboration of demonological theories about witchcraft and magic, and the further development of scientific interests in natural magic through the 'Neoplatonic' and 'Hermetic' period.Amongst the topics included here are Superstition and Belief in high and popular culture, the place of Medicine, Witchcraft survivals in art and literature, and the survival of Persecution.>

Magic, Power, Language, Symbol

Author : Patrick Dunn
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738713600
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Magic, Power, Language, Symbol written by Patrick Dunn and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2008 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All forms of magic are linked to language. As a magic practitioner and a linguist, Patrick Dunn illuminates this fascinating relationship and offers breakthrough theories on how and why magic works. Drawing on linguistics and semiotics (the study of symbols), Dunn illuminates the magical use of language, both theoretically and practically. He poses new theories on the mechanics of magic by analyzing the structure of ritual, written signs and sigils, primal language, incantations across cultures, Qabalah and gematria (Hebrew numerology), and the Enochian vocabulary. This revolutionary paradigm can help magicians understand how sigils and talismans work, compose Enochian spells, speak in tongues for magic, create mantras, work with gematria, use postmodern "defixios," and refine their practice in countless other ways. ""Magic, Power, Language, Symbol" is a unique tour de force that reinterprets the very nature of magic—placing it within the modern sciences of symbolism (semiotics) and language (linguistics). Within this paradigm, Dunn explains something that most other books miss: a logical and scientific understanding of how and why real magic actually works." —Donald Michael Kraig, author of "Modern Magick"

Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft

Author : Raymond Buckland
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0875420508
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (754 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

Language Myths

Author : Laurie Bauer
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141939109
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Language Myths written by Laurie Bauer and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1998-11-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. The topics discussed focus on some of the most popular myths about language: The Media Are Ruining English; Children Can't Speak or Write Properly Anymore; America is Ruining the English Language. The tone is lively and entertaining throughout and there are cartoons from Doonesbury andThe Wizard of Id to illustrate some of the points. The book should have a wide readership not only amongst students who want to read leading linguists writing about popular misconceptions but also amongst the large number of people who enjoy reading about language in general.

Thinking with Demons

Author : Stuart Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780198208082
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Thinking with Demons written by Stuart Clark and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major work offers a new interpretation of the witchcraft beliefs of European intellectuals between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, showing how these beliefs fitted rationally with other beliefs of the period and how far the nature of rationality is dependent on its historical context.

Ukrainian Witchcraft Trials

Author : Kateryna Dysa
Publisher : Central European University Press
ISBN 13 : 615505312X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Ukrainian Witchcraft Trials written by Kateryna Dysa and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ukrainian Witchcraft Trials is an analysis of early modern witchcraft trials and legal procedures in Ukrainian lands, along with an examination of quantitative data drawn from the different trials. Kateryna Dysa first describes the ideological background of the tribunals based on works written by priests and theologians that reflect attitudes towards the devil and witches. The main focus of her work, however, is the process leading to witchcraft accusations. From the stories of participants of the trials she shows what led people to enunciate first suspicions then accusations of witchcraft. Finally, she presents a microhistory from one Volhynian village, comparing attitudes towards two "female crimes" in the Ukrainian courts. The study is based on archival research together with previously published witch trials transcripts. Dysa approaches the trials as indications of belief and practice, attempting to understand the actors involved rather than dismiss or condemn them. She takes care to situate Ukrainian witchcraft and its accompanying trials in a broader European context, with comparisons to some African cases as well.

Between the Devil and the Host

Author : Michael Ostling
Publisher : Past & Present Book
ISBN 13 : 0199587906
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Between the Devil and the Host written by Michael Ostling and published by Past & Present Book. This book was released on 2011-11-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in English, Michael Ostling tells the story of the imagined Polish witches, showing how ordinary peasant-women got caught in webs of suspicion and accusation, finally confessing under torture to the most heinous of crimes.

Magic Spells and Incantations

Author : Elizabeth Pepper
Publisher : The Witches' Almanac, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9781881098218
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Magic Spells and Incantations written by Elizabeth Pepper and published by The Witches' Almanac, Ltd.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must for anyone intrigued by enchantment, this book explores spells and incantations from ancient Egypt to the present.

The Meaning of Witchcraft

Author : Gerald B. Gardner
Publisher : Weiser Books
ISBN 13 : 160925189X
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Witchcraft written by Gerald B. Gardner and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thought to be the father of modern witchcraft, Gerald Gardner published The Meaning of Witchcraft in 1959, not long after laws punishing witches were repealed. It was the first sympathetic book written from the point of view of a practicing witch. The Meaning of Witchcraft is an invaluable source book for witches today. Chapters include: Witch's Memories and Beliefs, The Stone Age Origins of Witchcraft, Druidism and the Aryan Celts, Magic Thinking, Curious Beliefs about Witches, Signs and Symbols, The Black Mass, Some Allegations Examined. The Meaning of Witchcraft is a record of witches' roots-and a tribute to a founding pioneer with the courage to set that record straight.

The Roots of Witchcraft

Author : Michael Harrison
Publisher : Lyle Stuart
ISBN 13 : 9780806504445
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Roots of Witchcraft written by Michael Harrison and published by Lyle Stuart. This book was released on 1974 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the early beginnings, language, and mysteries of witchcraft, calling attention to the theories of Margaret Murray, Pennethorne Hughes, and other leading researchers

The Book of Witches

Author : Oliver Madox Hueffer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Witches written by Oliver Madox Hueffer and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Language of Spells

Author : Garret Weyr
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452161119
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book The Language of Spells written by Garret Weyr and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A forgotten dragon and a magical girl set out to find Vienna’s missing dragons in this YA fantasy novel: “Extraordinary—not to be missed” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Grisha is a dragon in a world that’s forgotten how to see him. Maggie is an unusual child who thinks she’s perfectly ordinary. They’re an unlikely duo—but magic, like friendship, is funny. And it has chosen Grisha and Maggie to solve the darkest mystery in Vienna. Decades ago, when World War II broke out, someone decided that there were too many dragons for all of them to be free. As they investigate, Grisha and Maggie ask the questions everyone’s forgotten to ask: Where have the missing dragons gone? And is there a way to save them? At once richly magical and tragically historical, The Language of Spells is a novel full of adventure about remembering old stories, forging new ones, and the transformative power of friendship.

Daemonologie

Author : King James
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781720360247
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Daemonologie written by King James and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-26 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daemonologie-in full Daemonologie, In Forme of a Dialogue, Divided into three Books: By the High and Mighty Prince, James &c.-was written and published in 1597 by King James VI of Scotland (later also James I of England) as a philosophical dissertation on contemporary necromancy and the historical relationships between the various methods of divination used from ancient black magic. This included a study on demonology and the methods demons used to bother troubled men while touching on topics such as werewolves and vampires. It was a political yet theological statement to educate a misinformed populace on the history, practices and implications of sorcery and the reasons for persecuting a witch in a Christian society under the rule of canonical law. This book is believed to be one of the main sources used by William Shakespeare in the production of Macbeth. Shakespeare attributed many quotes and rituals found within the book directly to the Weird Sisters, yet also attributed the Scottish themes and settings referenced from the trials in which King James was involved.

Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Malcolm Gaskill
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019923695X
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction written by Malcolm Gaskill and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history and origins of witchcraft, from pre-history to the present day, considering why it still features so heavily in our culture

A Popular History of Witchcraft (RLE Witchcraft)

Author : Montague Summers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113674018X
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book A Popular History of Witchcraft (RLE Witchcraft) written by Montague Summers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive guide to the practices of witchcraft from their inception to the present day. Summers argues that all witchcraft is essentially the same, regardless of geographical location. He examines the practices of the cult in great detail, and its historical progression, within the context of the 1736 Repeal Act of George II.