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Author: Jean La Fontaine Publisher: Berghahn Books ISBN: 1785330861 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 156
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Devil worship, black magic, and witchcraft have long captivated anthropologists as well as the general public. In this volume, Jean La Fontaine explores the intersection of expert and lay understandings of evil and the cultural forms that evil assumes. The chapters touch on public scares about devil-worship, misconceptions about human sacrifice and the use of body parts in healing practices, and mistaken accusations of children practicing witchcraft. Together, these cases demonstrate that comparison is a powerful method of cultural understanding, but warns of the dangers and mistaken conclusions that untrained ideas about other ways of life can lead to.
Author: Jean La Fontaine Publisher: Berghahn Books ISBN: 1785330861 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 156
Book Description
Devil worship, black magic, and witchcraft have long captivated anthropologists as well as the general public. In this volume, Jean La Fontaine explores the intersection of expert and lay understandings of evil and the cultural forms that evil assumes. The chapters touch on public scares about devil-worship, misconceptions about human sacrifice and the use of body parts in healing practices, and mistaken accusations of children practicing witchcraft. Together, these cases demonstrate that comparison is a powerful method of cultural understanding, but warns of the dangers and mistaken conclusions that untrained ideas about other ways of life can lead to.
Author: Laurie Forest Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 0369702816 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 304
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The New York Times bestselling series! A USA TODAY bestseller! Nothing can stop the demon tide… Newly exposed as the Black Witch of Prophecy, Elloren Gardner Grey is on the run, not knowing if she’ll find friends or foes. With her fastmate, Lukas Grey, either dead or in the hands of High Mage Marcus Vogel, Elloren knows the only chance of turning the tide of the coming war is to seek allies who will listen long enough not to kill her on sight. In the Eastern Realm, Water Fae Tierney Calix and Elloren’s brother Trystan have joined the Wyvernguard to prepare for Vogel’s attack. But Trystan is fighting on two fronts, as the most despised and least trusted member of the guard. And Tierney’s bond with Erthia’s most powerful river has exposed a danger even more terrifying than the looming war. The Black Witch is back, and the Prophecy is at hand. It’s time to fight. But Vogel has one more earth-shattering revelation for them all. Books in The Black Witch Chronicles: The Black Witch The Iron Flower The Shadow Wand The Demon Tide Wandfasted (ebook novella)* Light Mage (ebook novella)* * Also available in print in The Rebel Mages anthology
Author: Karen Mahoney Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide ISBN: 0738733407 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 338
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In order to produce the Philosopher's Stone, as the demon hordes demand, alchemist apprentice Donna Underwood pits her unpredictable powers against a vengeful demon king, two malevolent faery queens, and an immortal magus with his own shadowy agenda in this stunning conclusion.
Author: Tena Stetler Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc ISBN: 1509203095 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 245
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Keeping a lid on all the paranormal beings inhabiting Washington D.C. is a daunting job. Bruce, a six hundred year old demon and the Territory Overlord of the Western Hemisphere, keeps his finger on the pulse of DC's power players through the activities at his highly successful Wycked Hair Salon. His movie star good looks and body builder physique keeps his dance card full and the rumor mills running. Within these walls, his anonymity is safe, mostly. Bruce's world spins out of control when Angelique, a pint size, gorgeous witch, with an attitude breezes through the doors of his salon. She is the younger sister of Tristian, Bruce's long time trusted enforcer, whose professional skills are second to none. Tristian is furious at the relationship between Bruce and Angelique, a dangerous situation. The undeniable attraction between demon and witch promises to tear apart both their professional and personal worlds.
Author: Miranda Honfleur Publisher: Miranda Honfleur ISBN: 194993215X Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 245
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An offering. An omen. An ill fate... Before the night of the winter solstice, Brygida has everything: her mothers, a full heart, and possibly a place in two worlds. But between those worlds is the darkness, and when it comes time to make the offering to the demon, the lady of Rubin falls in... and so does Brygida. The land of Rubin is caught in a wolf’s maw. As a smaller, weaker region, it relies on Lady Rubin’s gift of diplomacy to stave off ruin. But as the heavy snows appear, she disappears without a trace. And Brygida, true to her ill-made offering, becomes the lord’s prime suspect—and that of the village—along with her mothers. When she’s attacked by a demon and marked, she believes the same demon may have taken Lady Rubin. To defeat it before the mark reaches her heart and transforms her, and avoid a clash between her mothers and the lord along with his villagers, she agrees to help Lady Rubin’s son Kaspian find her. As the winter deepens and the search stretches, however, demons and spirits begin to emerge in great numbers... with great hunger... Plagued by strange creatures and malevolent foes, Brygida and Kaspian search for Lady Rubin, praying to find her alive. If they succeed, it could balm the divide between the witches and the village, as well as that between Rubin and the bloodthirsty land at its border. To rescue her might repel the wolf at the door, but then there remains the mark reaching for Brygida’s heart, and the mysterious swell of demons and spirits, staining the snows like an ever-spreading pool of blood... Find out what fate the demon has in store for Brygida and Rubin in FATE OF THE DEMON, the second book in this romantic dark fantasy series inspired by Slavic mythology and folklore, sure to please fans of Juliet Marillier’s Blackthorn & Grim series and Naomi Novik’s Uprooted. Read Fate of the Demon to continue the beautifully haunting adventure today!
Author: Odette C. Bell Publisher: Odette C. Bell ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 948
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The complete The Demon’s Witch series. Follow Felicity and Lucifer on their thrilling quest for revenge in this five-book box set. She wants revenge. He’ll give it to her – for a price. When Felicity Smith makes a deal with the demon Lucifer, it changes her life. It drags her into a world of sins, contracts, and revenge. She’ll do anything to destroy the magical academy that ruined her life. But when she’s dragged back, she starts to learn nothing is as it seems. She’ll never break free from her demon. And in time, she’ll understand why. …. The Demon’s Witch follows a witch out for revenge and the demon who’ll give it to her fighting a corrupt magical academy. If you love your urban fantasies with action, drive, and a splash of romance, grab The Demon’s Witch: The Complete Series today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell boxset.
Author: Drac Von Stoller Publisher: Drac Von Stoller ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 3
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Life for Hilda was everything but rosy growing up in a small village in the 17th century Salem, Massachusetts. Her looks were atrocious, but even though she tried to overlook the torment that was caused by it the resentment and hatred of the townspeople were eating her up inside. Finally, Hilda decided it was time for the townspeople to pay for their despicable behavior. She went to her bedroom, opened her top dresser drawer, and pulled out an old dusty book that contained spells that her aunt Helga who was a witch gave to her when she was a little girl. Hilda did not know her aunt very well because days after her aunt presented her with the spell book she was burned at the stake for practicing witchcraft. Being that Hilda was only five years old when this happened she could not comprehend why anyone would want to hurt her aunt. She thought the world was perfect and that no one died until the day her aunt did, and that turned her whole world upside down. Hilda gathered her thoughts knowing that she is now an adult and that happened many years ago, but it still haunts her to this day, and the townspeople only made the memory of her aunt’s death compound on her own hatred that was building up inside of her. Hilda wiped the tears from her eyes, opened the spell book, and said an incantation while staring into her dresser mirror, but the tears kept coming.
Author: Geoffrey Huntington Publisher: Diversion Books ISBN: 1626810745 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 363
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Ancient evil haunts a seaside mansion in the series that’s a “brew of New England Gothic, character driven suspense, and childhood magic” (Christopher Rice, New York Times bestselling author). Five hundred years ago, Isobel the Apostate was burned at the stake after waging war upon her fellow sorcerers, the Order of the Nightwing. With her dying breath she vowed she would return one day, and conquer the world. Now, Isobel has made good on her promise, and returns to modern day Ravenscliff, where the only person who can stand between her and world domination is Devon March. Young Devon’s fight takes him from Ravenscliff to Tudor England and back again, matching wits and magic against an evil that has waited five centuries for revenge. There’s no escaping the endless dangers that Devon faces, and it is only with the help of a strange collection of friends and allies that he has any hope of beating back the Demon Witch. Praise for Sorcerers of the Nightwing: The Ravenscliff Series Book 1 “The terror begins on page one and never stops! This is my kind of book—filled with magic and dozens of frightening surprises.”—R.L. Stine, New York Times bestselling author “Seriously scary . . . Best described as Buffy meets teenage Goosebumps . . . Not for the squeamish!”—The Sunday Times
Author: K. F. Breene Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781983641725 Category : Magic Languages : en Pages : 456
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The explosive new addition to the DDVN World (Fire and Ice Series) by USA Today Bestselling author K.F. Breene! Something has always been missing from my life. A hole that I could never seem to fill. When I accidentally turn a coven of witches into nightmares, I find out what that something is. Magic. And it turns out, I have a crap load of it. As a latent power awakens deep inside of me, I'm exposed to one of the most powerful and corrupt organizations in the magical world-the Mages' Guild. Barely knowing a spell from a few swear words and luck, I won't be able to evade them alone. And that's when I meet him. The Rogue Natural. The best and most feared mage in the world. He's dangerous, mysterious, and has a vendetta of his own. He is now the only thing between me and magical enslavement.
Author: Odette C. Bell Publisher: Odette C. Bell ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 207
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She wants revenge. He’ll give it to her – for a price. When Felicity Smith makes a deal with the demon Lucifer, it changes her life. It drags her into a world of sins, contracts, and revenge. She’ll never break free from her demon. And in time she will understand why. … The Demon’s Witch is an action-packed urban fantasy sure to please fans of Odette C. Bell’s Magic Born.