Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101561793
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch by : Nancy Atherton

Download or read book Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch written by Nancy Atherton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy Atherton's seventeenth in the New York Times bestselling series sees the sleepy village of Finch set aflutter by a bewitching mystery from its past. Watch out for Nancy Atherton's latest, Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom, coming in July 2018 from Viking! Last year, the otherworldly sleuth's devoted fans secured a place on the New York Times bestseller list for Nancy Atherton's Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree. Now Lori and Aunt Dimity are back on the list—and this time, they're on a witch-hunt. At first glance, the unassuming Mrs. Amelia Thistle is a disappointment to the villagers of Finch, but Lori Shepherd isn't fooled by the new arrival's bland persona. Amelia is a world-famous artist, traveling incognito, and, after unearthing a fragment of a family diary hinting that Mistress Meg, the Mad Witch of Finch, might be one of her ancestors, she's come to Finch in search of the truth.

The Witchcraft of Salem Village

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Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0307779882
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis The Witchcraft of Salem Village by : Shirley Jackson

Download or read book The Witchcraft of Salem Village written by Shirley Jackson and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of magic, superstition, and witchcraft were strictly forbidden in the little town of Salem Village. But a group of young girls ignored those rules, spellbound by the tales told by a woman named Tituba. When questioned about their activities, the terrified girls set off a whirlwind of controversy as they accused townsperson after townsperson of being witches. Author Shirley Jackson examines in careful detail this horrifying true story of accusations, trials, and executions that shook a community to its foundations.

Village Witch

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ISBN 13 : 9781906958237
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (582 download)

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Book Synopsis Village Witch by : Cassandra Latham-Jones

Download or read book Village Witch written by Cassandra Latham-Jones and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes life as a Village Wisewoman in the wilds of West Cornwall. The first part of the book documents the tortuous and sometimes harrowing journey to achieve this unusual occupation. It is a tale that ultimately moves through surviving and into thriving. Cassandras past experiences directly inform her present practice and are intrinsic to being a wisewoman -- she acquires wisdom from actively experiencing and observing the vagaries of life. As part of her work she travels around the country giving talks about her profession, and without exception is asked each time what brought her to become a village wisewoman. Many people want to hear about that journey and this is one of the reasons for deciding to write the book. Following on from this, Cassandra tells of the practice of her craft, which includes many stories and observations regarding the day-to-day experiences of a traditional wisewoman including her personal approach to magic. At present the market is flooded with how-to-do books on witchcraft and associated themes. Almost without exception they inform in an authoritative way often including a cookbook of spells. There is far more to the Craft of the Wise than simply following someone elses recipes for performing magic. It entails old-fashioned qualities such as hard work, discipline, dedication and commitment. This book differs in that it describes the why as well as the how and in that sense challenges the reader to question and explore their own experiences of the worlds magical.

Village Infernos and Witches’ Advocates

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Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271092092
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis Village Infernos and Witches’ Advocates by : Lu Ann Homza

Download or read book Village Infernos and Witches’ Advocates written by Lu Ann Homza and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2022-04-25 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book revises what we thought we knew about one of the most famous witch hunts in European history. Between 1608 and 1614, thousands of witchcraft accusations were leveled against men, women, and children in the northern Spanish kingdom of Navarre. The Inquisition intervened quickly but incompetently, and the denunciations continued to accelerate. As the phenomenon spread, children began to play a crucial role. Not only were they reportedly victims of the witches’ harmful magic, but hundreds of them also insisted that witches were taking them to the Devil’s gatherings against their will. Presenting important archival discoveries, Lu Ann Homza restores the perspectives of illiterate, Basque-speaking individuals to the history of this shocking event and demonstrates what could happen when the Spanish Inquisition tried to take charge of a liminal space. Because the Spanish Inquisition was the body putting those accused of witchcraft on trial, modern scholars have depended upon Inquisition sources for their research. Homza’s groundbreaking book combines new readings of the Inquisitional evidence with fresh archival finds from non-Inquisitional sources, including local secular and religious courts, and from notarial and census records. Expanding our understanding of this witch hunt as well as the history of children, community norms, and legal expertise in early modern Europe, Village Infernos and Witches’ Advocates is required reading for students and scholars of the Spanish Inquisition and the history of witchcraft in early modern Europe.

Witch Hunt

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Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780394819235
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (192 download)

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Book Synopsis Witch Hunt by : Stephen Krensky

Download or read book Witch Hunt written by Stephen Krensky and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Salem Witch Hunt which took place in Massachusetts in 1692.

The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories

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Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571311334
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Book Synopsis The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories by : Amos Tutuola

Download or read book The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories written by Amos Tutuola and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoruba legend and culture were the source of much of Amos Tutuola's writing and the stories collected here are no exception. They feature characters from folklore, archetypal figures from Yoruba society, supernatural or magical happenings, acute human observation and often a moral point. Their very titles - from 'The Duckling Brothers and their Disobedient Sister' to 'Don't Pay Bad for Bad' - are evocative of a unique blend of tradition and imagination, which belongs to the same universal culture as Aesop and the Brothers Grimm.

Seasons of a Magical Life

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Publisher : Weiser Books
ISBN 13 : 1633411974
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (334 download)

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Book Synopsis Seasons of a Magical Life by : H. Byron Ballard

Download or read book Seasons of a Magical Life written by H. Byron Ballard and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invitation to return to a simpler time of earth-based spirituality and ritual living, through writings from a small forest-farm in the Appalachian Highlands. This book looks at the agricultural year as a starting space for a deepening of earth-centered spirituality. It gives a set of backstories to ease the reader into a time between the pre-industrial era and the modern one, into a place where the fast-moving stress of American life can be affected by a better connection not only to the natural world but to the elegant expression of the year as expressed through seasonal festivals and celebrations. The chapters are broken into four seasons, with the quarter days a highlight within each, and feature simple skills that accompany each marker in the year. Author H. Byron Ballard offers advice on spiritual and physical immersion into the seasons that applies to readers from all areas: rural, urban, and suburban. This is also a deeply practical book, including insights into the following: Farming & gardening: composting, manure, soil preparation, pests, seed-saving Food: cooking, preserving, foraging, the summer kitchen, mushrooms and mycelium Fiber arts: knitting, crocheting, spinning, weaving, decorative cut-work, and embroidery Sewing: treadle machines, electric machines, hand sewing Household crafts: candle-making, soap-making, broom-making, sharpening tools Health: medicines, tending the dying, death and death rituals A glossary is included for any unfamiliar terms.

In the Devil's Snare

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 030742636X
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis In the Devil's Snare by : Mary Beth Norton

Download or read book In the Devil's Snare written by Mary Beth Norton and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning historian Mary Beth Norton reexamines the Salem witch trials in this startlingly original, meticulously researched, and utterly riveting study. In 1692 the people of Massachusetts were living in fear, and not solely of satanic afflictions. Horrifyingly violent Indian attacks had all but emptied the northern frontier of settlers, and many traumatized refugees—including the main accusers of witches—had fled to communities like Salem. Meanwhile the colony’s leaders, defensive about their own failure to protect the frontier, pondered how God’s people could be suffering at the hands of savages. Struck by the similarities between what the refugees had witnessed and what the witchcraft “victims” described, many were quick to see a vast conspiracy of the Devil (in league with the French and the Indians) threatening New England on all sides. By providing this essential context to the famous events, and by casting her net well beyond the borders of Salem itself, Norton sheds new light on one of the most perplexing and fascinating periods in our history.

Roots, Branches & Spirits

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Publisher : Llewellyn Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780738764535
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (645 download)

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Book Synopsis Roots, Branches & Spirits by : H Byron Ballard

Download or read book Roots, Branches & Spirits written by H Byron Ballard and published by Llewellyn Publications. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The southern Appalachians are rich in folk magic and witchery. This book explores the region's customs and traditions for magical healing, luck, prosperity, and more. Author Byron Ballard--known as the village witch of Asheville, North Carolina--teaches you about the old ways and why they work, from dowsing to communicating with spirits. Learn the deeper meaning of magic hands for finding, haint blue doors, and herbs and plants for healing. Discover hands-on tips for creating tinctures and salves, attuning to the phases of the moon, interpreting omens, and other folkways passed down through generations of those who call the Blue Ridge Mountains home. Part cultural journey and part magical guide, this book uncovers the authentic traditions of one of North America's most spiritually vibrant regions.

The Last Witch of Langenburg

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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393065510
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (655 download)

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Book Synopsis The Last Witch of Langenburg by : Thomas Willard Robisheaux

Download or read book The Last Witch of Langenburg written by Thomas Willard Robisheaux and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring one of Europe's last witch panics, historian Thomas Robisheaux brings to life the story of an entire world caught between superstition and modernity in a high-stakes drama that led to charges of sorcery and witchcraft against an entire family.

The Mercies

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Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316529222
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis The Mercies by : Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Download or read book The Mercies written by Kiran Millwood Hargrave and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The women in an Arctic village must survive a sinister threat after all the men are wiped out by a catastrophic storm in this "gripping novel inspired by a real-life witch hunt. . . . Beautiful and chilling" (Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe). When the women take over, is it sorcery or power? Finnmark, Norway, 1617. Twenty-year-old Maren Magnusdatter stands on the craggy coast, watching the skies break into a sudden and reckless storm. All forty of the village’s men were at sea, including Maren’s father and brother, and all forty are drowned in the otherworldly disaster. For the women left behind, survival means defying the strict rules of the island. They fish, hunt, and butcher reindeer—which they never did while the men were alive. But the foundation of this new feminine frontier begins to crack with the arrival of Absalom Cornet, a man sent from Scotland to root out alleged witchcraft. Cornet brings with him the threat of danger—and a pretty, young Norwegian wife named Ursa. As Maren and Ursa are drawn to one another in ways that surprise them both, the island begins to close in on them, with Absalom's iron rule threatening Vardø's very existence. "The Mercies has a pull as sure as the tide. It totally swept me away to Vardø, where grief struck islanders stand tall in the shadow of religious persecution and witch burnings. It's a beautifully intimate story of friendship, love and hope. A haunting ode to self-reliant and quietly defiant women." (Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize winning author of Shuggie Bain)

The Devil in Salem Village

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ISBN 13 : 9781562941444
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (414 download)

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Book Synopsis The Devil in Salem Village by : Laurel Van der Linde

Download or read book The Devil in Salem Village written by Laurel Van der Linde and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the panic that swept through colonial Salem, Massachusetts, when the people were convinced that witches were among them and outlines the factors leading up to this episode.

Staubs and Ditchwater

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Publisher : Silver Rings Press
ISBN 13 : 9780976758181
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (581 download)

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Book Synopsis Staubs and Ditchwater by : H. Byron Ballard

Download or read book Staubs and Ditchwater written by H. Byron Ballard and published by Silver Rings Press. This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: a Friendly and Useful Introduction to HillFolks’ Hoodoo

Witch Hill

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312872830
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (728 download)

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Book Synopsis Witch Hill by : Marion Zimmer Bradley

Download or read book Witch Hill written by Marion Zimmer Bradley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-09-02 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of a young woman who returns to her family's roots in Massachusetts, only to encounter the belief by the townspeople there that she is a reincarnation of her aunt, who was shunned as a witch.

A Brief and True Narrative of Some Remarkable Passages Relating to Sundry Persons Afflicted by Witchcraft, at Salem Village: which Happened from the Nineteenth of March, to the Fifth of April, 1692

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Total Pages : 30 pages
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Book Synopsis A Brief and True Narrative of Some Remarkable Passages Relating to Sundry Persons Afflicted by Witchcraft, at Salem Village: which Happened from the Nineteenth of March, to the Fifth of April, 1692 by : Deodat Lawson

Download or read book A Brief and True Narrative of Some Remarkable Passages Relating to Sundry Persons Afflicted by Witchcraft, at Salem Village: which Happened from the Nineteenth of March, to the Fifth of April, 1692 written by Deodat Lawson and published by . This book was released on 1692 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Salem Possessed

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Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674282663
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Book Synopsis Salem Possessed by : Paul Boyer

Download or read book Salem Possessed written by Paul Boyer and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tormented girls writhing in agony, stern judges meting out harsh verdicts, nineteen bodies swinging on Gallows Hill. The stark immediacy of what happened in 1692 has obscured the complex web of human passion, individual and organized, which had been growing for more than a generation before the witch trials. Salem Possessed explores the lives of the men and women who helped spin that web and who in the end found themselves entangled in it. From rich and varied sources—many previously neglected or unknown—Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum give us a picture of the events of 1692 more intricate and more fascinating than any other in the already massive literature on Salem. “Salem Possessed,” wrote Robin Briggs in The Times Literary Supplement, “reinterprets a world-famous episode so completely and convincingly that virtually all the previous treatments can be consigned to the historical lumber-room.” Not simply a dramatic and isolated event, the Salem outbreak has wider implications for our understanding of developments central to the American experience: the breakup of Puritanism, the pressures of land and population in New England towns, the problems besetting farmer and householder, the shifting role of the church, and the powerful impact of commercial capitalism.

A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Book Synopsis A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials by : M. V. B. Perley

Download or read book A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials written by M. V. B. Perley and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: