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Author: Eric Braun Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 1404861602 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 18
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Describes the different types of witches found in fairy tales, folklore, and literature, and includes the common descriptions of them as well as where they live and how they interact with humans in the tales.
Author: Eric Braun Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 1404861602 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 18
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Describes the different types of witches found in fairy tales, folklore, and literature, and includes the common descriptions of them as well as where they live and how they interact with humans in the tales.
Author: John Martz Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 0735271003 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Evie wants to be scared, but she'll get more than she bargained for in this thrilling, witchy chapter book adventure! For fans of Sir Simon: Super Scarer and other spooky, kid-friendly books. Evie wants to be scared, and the usual scary stories just aren't doing it for her anymore. When she stumbles across a different sort of book, The Truth about Witches, she hopes she's found something thrilling . . . but she's forbidden by a kindly shopkeeper from reading the last page out loud! Naturally, her curiosity gets the better of her, and upon reading the last page out loud -- a real summoning spell -- Evie is spirited off to a strange land of magic, weird creatures, feasts and actual witches! They're not as scary as they seem, until Evie asks to join their ranks . . . and only once she does is her quest for true scariness satisfied . . .
Author: Mona Chollet Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 125027222X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 155
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Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a “brilliant, well-documented” celebration (Le Monde) by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch as a symbol of female rebellion and independence in the face of misogyny and persecution. Centuries after the infamous witch hunts that swept through Europe and America, witches continue to hold a unique fascination for many: as fairy tale villains, practitioners of pagan religion, as well as feminist icons. Witches are both the ultimate victim and the stubborn, elusive rebel. But who were the women who were accused and often killed for witchcraft? What types of women have centuries of terror censored, eliminated, and repressed? Celebrated feminist writer Mona Chollet explores three types of women who were accused of witchcraft and persecuted: the independent woman, since widows and celibates were particularly targeted; the childless woman, since the time of the hunts marked the end of tolerance for those who claimed to control their fertility; and the elderly woman, who has always been an object of at best, pity, and at worst, horror. Examining modern society, Chollet concludes that these women continue to be harrassed and oppressed. Rather than being a brief moment in history, the persecution of witches is an example of society’s seemingly eternal misogyny, while women today are direct descendants to those who were hunted down and killed for their thoughts and actions. With fiery prose and arguments that range from the scholarly to the cultural, In Defense of Witches seeks to unite the mythic image of the witch with modern women who live their lives on their own terms.
Author: Scott Cunningham Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide ISBN: 9780875421278 Category : Wicca Languages : en Pages : 202
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Praise for "The Truth about Witchcraft Today" ""A really good introduction to Witchcraft and Wicca. . . . I thought it was wonderful."" -Marian Zimmer Bradley, "The Mists of Avalon" ""... the first book I recommend to those seeking information about my religion." " -Ellen Cannon Reed, "The Witches'' Tarot" ""One of the best introductory books about Witchcraft and folk magic."" -The Broom Closet, BroomCloset.com Scott Cunningham authored more than fifty books, both fiction and non-fiction, including the classic "Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner." He was a greatly respected teacher and one of the most influential members of the modern Craft movement.
Author: Raymond Buckland Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide ISBN: 0875420508 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 336
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"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
Author: Pam Grossman Publisher: Gallery Books ISBN: 1982145854 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 304
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From the podcast host of The Witch Wave and practicing witch Pam Grossman—who Vulture has dubbed the “Terry Gross of witches”—comes an exploration of the world’s fascination with witches, why they have intrigued us for centuries and why they’re more relevant now than ever. When you think of a witch, what do you picture? Pointy black hat, maybe a broomstick. But witches in various guises have been with us for millennia. In Waking the Witch, Pam Grossman explores the impact of the world’s most magical icon. From the idea of the femme fatale in league with the devil to the bewitching pop culture archetypes in Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Harry Potter; from the spooky ladies in fairy tales to the rise of contemporary witchcraft, witches reflect the power and potential of women. Part cultural analysis, part memoir, Waking the Witch traces the author’s own journey on the path to witchcraft, and how this has helped her find self-empowerment and purpose. It celebrates witches past, present, and future, and reveals the critical role they have played—and will continue to play—in the world as we know it. “Deftly illuminating the past while beckoning us towards the future, Waking the Witch has all the makings of a feminist classic. Wise, relatable, and real, Pam Grossman is the witch we need for our times” (Ami McKay, author of The Witches of New York).
Author: Hans Holzer Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal ISBN: 0316393290 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 1035
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Professor Hans Holzer, the bestselling author of Ghosts, explores the myriad forms and factions of witchcraft, taking you inside the covens and cults where the ancient rituals are practiced. This compilation of Holzer's decades of first-hand research, which occurred mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, provides a unique insider's overview of the topic. Experience the secrets of the craft, learn spells and incantations, and read interviews and personal testimony from the foremost practitioners. Holzer not only provides the reader with the history of witchcraft, he documents the lives and practices of actual witches pursuing the world's oldest religion. Hundreds of photographs from the author's own collection illuminate the subject and bring the rituals and rites of "the Craft" to life.
Author: Margaret Alice Murray Publisher: ISBN: 9780195012705 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 228
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This celebrated study of witchcraft in Europe traces the worship of the pre-Christian and prehistoric Horned God from paleolithic times to the medieval period. Murray, the first to turn a scholarly eye on the mysteries of witchcraft, enables us to see its existence in the Middle Ages not as an isolated and terrifying phenomenon, but as the survival of a religion nearly as old as humankind itself, whose devotees held passionately to a view of life threatened by an alien creed. The findings she sets forth, once thought of as provocative and implausible, are now regarded as irrefutable by folklorists and scholars in related fields. Exploring the rites and ceremonies associated with witchcraft, Murray establishes the concept of the "dying god"--the priest-king who was ritually killed to ensure the country and its people a continuity of fertility and strength. In this light, she considers such figures as Thomas a Becket, Joan of Arc, and Gilles de Rais as spiritual leaders whose deaths were ritually imposed. Truly a classic work of anthropology, and written in a clear, accessible style that anyone can enjoy, The God of the Witches forces us to reevaluate our thoughts about an ancient and vital religion.
Author: Eric Braun
Author: Eric Braun
Author: John Martz
Author: Mona Chollet
Author: James Aten
Author: Scott Cunningham
Author: Raymond Buckland
Author: Pam Grossman
Author: Hans Holzer
Author: Hans Holzer
Author: Margaret Alice Murray