A history of witchcraft Sorcerers, heretics and pagans
Book - 2007
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- Published
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New York :
Thames & Hudson
2007.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Edition
- Second edition
- Physical Description
- 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780500286340
- Preface
- Introduction: What is a witch?
- Part I. Sorcery and Historical Witchcraft
- 1. Sorcery
- Sorcery Worldwide
- Sorcery in Ancient Times
- Sorcery and Religion
- 2. The roots of European witchcraft
- Interpretations of European Witchcraft
- Sorcery, Folklore, and Religion in Pagan Europe
- The Legal Status of Sorcery
- 3. Witchcraft, heresy, and inquisition
- The Dualist Heresies
- From Sorcery to Witchcraft
- 4. The witch-craze on the continent of Europe
- The Growth of the Witch-Craze
- The Climax of the Witch-Craze
- 5. Witchcraft in Britain and America
- Witchcraft in the British Isles
- Witchcraft in the American Colonies
- 6. Witchcraft and society
- Witchcraft and Women
- The Salem Trials
- 7. The decline of witchcraft
- The Romantic Revival
- Part II. Modern Witchcraft
- 8. Survivals and revivals
- Modern Sorcery
- 9. Neopagan witchcraft: the sources
- Witchcraft as Paganism: Jarcke, Mone, and Michelet
- The Forerunners: Leland, Murray, and Graves
- Gerald Gardner: Father of Modern Witchcraft
- Describing Modern Witchcraft
- 10. Neopagan witchcraft: the movement
- The Re-Visioning of Wicca: Doreen Valiente to Alex Sanders
- Burgeoning Diversity: Witchcraft in America
- Cyber-Culture, Pop-Culture, and the Rise of the Paganoids
- Witchcraft and the Interfaith Interface
- Looking Forward: Growth, Validation, and Change
- 11. The role of witchcraft
- Appendix
- Notes on the text
- Bibliography
- List of illustrations
- Index