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La Historia del Diablo Y La Idea del Mal - Desde Los Primeros Tiempos Hasta Nuestros D as (Spanish, Paperback): Daniel Bernardo La Historia del Diablo Y La Idea del Mal - Desde Los Primeros Tiempos Hasta Nuestros D as (Spanish, Paperback)
Daniel Bernardo; Paul Carus
R575 Discovery Miles 5 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Everyday Magicians - Legal Records and Magic Manuscripts from Tudor England (Paperback): Sharon Hubbs Wright, Frank Klaassen Everyday Magicians - Legal Records and Magic Manuscripts from Tudor England (Paperback)
Sharon Hubbs Wright, Frank Klaassen
R612 Discovery Miles 6 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Most of the women and men who practiced magic in Tudor England were not hanged or burned as witches, despite being active members of their communities. These everyday magicians responded to common human problems such as the vagaries of money, love, property, and influence, and they were essential to the smooth functioning of English society. This illuminating book tells their stories through the legal texts in which they are named and the magic books that record their practices. In legal terms, their magic fell into the category of sin or petty crime, the sort that appeared in the lower courts and most often in church courts. Despite their relatively lowly status, scripts for the sorts of magic they practiced were recorded in contemporary manuscripts. Juxtaposing and contextualizing the legal and magic manuscript records creates an unusually rich field to explore the social aspects of magic practice. Expertly constructed for both classroom use and independent study, this book presents in modern English the legal documents and magic texts relevant to ordinary forms of magic practiced in Tudor England. These are accompanied by scholarly introductions with original perspectives on the subjects. Topics covered include: the London cunning man Robert Allen; magic to identify thieves; love magic; magic for hunting, fishing and gambling, and magic for healing and protection.

The Salem Witchcraft Trials - A Legal History (Paperback, New): Peter Charles Hoffer The Salem Witchcraft Trials - A Legal History (Paperback, New)
Peter Charles Hoffer
R739 Discovery Miles 7 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In late seventeenth-century New England, the eternal battle between God and Satan was brought into the courtroom. Between January 1692 and May 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts, neighbors turned against neighbors and children against parents with accusations of witchcraft, and nineteen people were hanged for having made pacts with the devil.

Peter Charles Hoffer, a historian long familiar with the Salem witchcraft trials, now reexamines this notorious episode in American history and presents many of its legal details in correct perspective for the first time. He tells the real story of how religious beliefs, superstitions, clan disputes, and Anglo-American law and custom created an epidemic of accusations that resulted in the investigation of nearly two hundred colonists and, for many, the ordeal of trail and incarceration. He also examines life during this crisis period of New England history--a time beset by Indian wars, disease, severe weather, and challenges to Puritan hegemony--to show how an atmosphere of paranoia contributed to this outbreak of persecution.

Hoffer examines every aspect of this history, from accusations to grand jury investigations to the conduct of the trials themselves. He shows how rights we take for granted today--such as rules of evidence and a defendant's right to legal counsel--did not exist in colonial times, and he demonstrates how these cases relate to current instances of children accusing adults of abuse.

"The Salem Witchcraft Trials," a concise history written expressly for students and general readers, contains much new material not found in the author's earlier work. It sheds important light on the period and shows that our horror of these infamous proceedings must be tempered with sympathy for a people who gave in to panic in the face of a harsh and desolate existence.


Books of the Beast - New Edition (Paperback, Rev Ed): Timothy D'Arch Smith Books of the Beast - New Edition (Paperback, Rev Ed)
Timothy D'Arch Smith
R391 R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Save R36 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Timothy d'Arch Smith is a well-known bibliographer, reviewer and antiquarian bookseller with a special interest in the by-ways of literature, notably the occult and the curious. For Aleister Crowley a book was a talisman and their every part right down to colour, dimension, and price was symbolic. He also used magical techniques to gain literary success--thus new editions of Crowley's writing multiply daily, tantalizing the bibliographer. All the more indispensable is this authoritative guide to his magical first editions. Timothy d'Arch Smith, widely acknowledged as a leading expert on Crowley and on underground literature, offers several shorter articles on: *Oxford's demonologist Montague Summers; *R A Caton and his Fortune Press; *Sexual prophet Ralph Chubb; *Florence Farr; *The British Library Private Case; *and Timothy d'Arch Smith. *For this new edition, he also adds an extra chapter on Crowley. ''...one could hardly wish for a more stimulating guide...'' -The London Magazine ''One of the more immediately striking things about the book is its gentle humour.'' - Time Out

Zauberdiagnose und Schwarze Magie in Mesopotamien (Paperback): Marie L Thomsen Zauberdiagnose und Schwarze Magie in Mesopotamien (Paperback)
Marie L Thomsen
R521 Discovery Miles 5 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Even today witchcraft is found in many socities, and ancient Mesopotamia was no exception. To the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians witchcraft was the cause of otherwise inexplicable diseases and misfortunes, and elaborate means of protection against and cure from the consequences of witchcraft were developed. This study examines Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft literature, focusing on the extant descriptions of witches and sorceresses, their methods, the symptoms of the bewitched and the rituals and remedies used to combat witchcraft.

The Magic of Rogues - Necromancers in Early Tudor England (Paperback): Frank Klaassen, Sharon Hubbs Wright The Magic of Rogues - Necromancers in Early Tudor England (Paperback)
Frank Klaassen, Sharon Hubbs Wright
R677 R612 Discovery Miles 6 120 Save R65 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In 1510, nine men were tried in the Archbishop’s Court in York for attempting to find and extract a treasure on the moor near Mixindale through necromantic magic. Two decades later, William Neville and his magician were arrested by Thomas Cromwell for having engaged in a treasonous combination of magic practices and prophecy surrounding the death of William’s older brother, Lord Latimer, and the king. In The Magic of Rogues, Frank Klaassen and Sharon Hubbs Wright present the legal documents about and open a window onto these fascinating investigations of magic practitioners in early Tudor England. Set side by side with sixteenth- and seventeenth-century texts that describe the sorts of magic those practitioners performed, these documents are translated, contextualized, and presented in language accessible to nonspecialist readers. Their analysis reveals how magicians and cunning folk operated in extended networks in which they exchanged knowledge, manuscripts, equipment, and even clients; foregrounds magicians’ encounters with authority in ways that separate them from traditional narratives about witchcraft and witch trials; and suggests that the regulation and punishment of magic in the Tudor period were comparatively and perhaps surprisingly gentle. Incorporating the study of both intellectual and legal sources, The Magic of Rogues presents a well-rounded picture of illicit learned magic in early Tudor England. Engaging and accessible, this book will appeal to anyone seeking to understand the intersection of medieval legal history, religion, magic, esotericism, and Tudor history.

Sister of Darkness - The Chronicles of a Modern Exorcist (Paperback): Rachel H Stavis, Sarah Durand Sister of Darkness - The Chronicles of a Modern Exorcist (Paperback)
Rachel H Stavis, Sarah Durand
R468 Discovery Miles 4 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Devils of Loudun (Paperback, New ed): Aldous Huxley The Devils of Loudun (Paperback, New ed)
Aldous Huxley
R315 R288 Discovery Miles 2 880 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and successful seducer of women and priest of the parish of Loudun, was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake. He had been found guilty of being in league with the devil and seducing an entire convent of nuns in what was the most sensational case of mass possession and sexual hysteria in history. Grandier maintained his innocence to the end and four years after his death the nuns were still being subjected to exorcisms to free them from their demonic bondage. Huxley's vivid account of this bizarre tale of religious and sexual obsession transforms our understanding of the medieval world.

Histoire de Satan - sa chute, son culte, ses manifestations, ses oeuvres, la guerre qu'il fait a Dieu et aux hommes... Histoire de Satan - sa chute, son culte, ses manifestations, ses oeuvres, la guerre qu'il fait a Dieu et aux hommes (French, Paperback)
Auguste-Francois Lecanu
R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Possessed - Women, Witches, and Demons in Imperial Russia (Hardcover): Christine D. Worobec Possessed - Women, Witches, and Demons in Imperial Russia (Hardcover)
Christine D. Worobec
R993 Discovery Miles 9 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Women known as "shriekers" howled, screamed, convulsed, and tore their clothes. Believed to be possessed by devils, these central figures in a cultural drama known as klikushestvo stirred various reactions among those who encountered them. While sympathetic monks and peasants tended to shelter the shriekers, others analyzed, diagnosed, and objectified them. The Russian Orthodox Church played an important role, for, while moving toward a scientific explanation for the behavior of these women, it was reluctant to abandon the ideas of possession and miraculous exorcism. Possessed is the first book to examine the phenomenon of demon possession in Russia. Drawing upon a wide range of sources-religious, psychiatric, ethnographic, and literary-Worobec looks at klikushestvo over a broad span of time but focuses mainly on the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when all of Russian society felt the pressure of modernization. Worobec's definitive study is as much an account of perceptions of the klikushi as an analysis of the women themselves, for, even as modern rationalism began to affect religious belief in Russia, explanations of the shriekers continued to differ widely. Examining various cultural constructions, Worobec shows how these interpretations were rooted in theology, village life and politics, and gender relationships. Engaging broad issues in Russian history, women's history, and popular religious culture, Possessed will interest readers across several disciplines. Its insights into the cultural phenomenon of possession among Russian peasant women carry rich implications for understanding the ways in which a complex society treated women believed to be out of control.

Manual Eucaristico de Liberacion Y Sanacion Fiat (Spanish, Paperback): Javier Argoti Manual Eucaristico de Liberacion Y Sanacion Fiat (Spanish, Paperback)
Javier Argoti; Manual Eucaristico de Sanacion Arteaga
R663 Discovery Miles 6 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Net of Magic (Paperback, New): Lee Siegel Net of Magic (Paperback, New)
Lee Siegel
R1,507 Discovery Miles 15 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Vast like the subcontinent itself and teeming with outrageous and exotic characters, "Net of Magic" is an enthralling voyage through the netherworld of Indian magic. Lee Siegel, scholar and magician, uncovers the age-old practices of magic in sacred rites and rituals and unveils the contemporary world of Indian magic of street and stage entertainers.
Siegel's journeys take him from ancient Sanskrit texts to the slums of New Delhi to find remnants of a remarkable magical tradition. In the squalid settlement of Shadipur, he is initiated into a band of Muslim street conjurers and performs as their shill while they tutor him in their con and craft. Siegel also becomes acquainted with Hindu theatrical magicians, who claim descent from court illusionists and now dress as maharajahs to perform a repertoire of tricks full of poignant kitsch and glitz.
Masterfully using a panoply of narrative sleights to recreate the magical world of India, Net of Magic intersperses travelogue, history, ethnography, and fiction. Siegel's vivid, often comic tale is crowded with shills and stooges, tourists and pickpockets, snake charmers and fakirs. Among the cast of characters are Naseeb, a poor Muslim street magician who guides Siegel into the closed circle of itinerant performers; the Industrial Magician, paid by a bank, who convinces his audience to buy traveler's checks by making twenty-rupee notes disappear; the Government Magician, who does a trick with condoms to encourage family planning; P. C. Sorcar, Jr., the most celebrated Indian stage magician; and the fictive Professor M. T. Bannerji, the world's greatest magician, who assumes various guises over a millennium of Indian history and finally arrives in the conjuring capital of the world--Las Vegas.
Like Indra's net--the web of illusion in which Indian performers ensnare their audience--"Net of Magic" captures the reader in a seductive portrayal of a world where deception is celebrated and lies are transformed into compelling and universal truths.

Los ninos con los ojos totalmente negros (BEK) - ?Mito o realidad? (Spanish, Paperback): Laya Yong Los ninos con los ojos totalmente negros (BEK) - ?Mito o realidad? (Spanish, Paperback)
Laya Yong
R188 Discovery Miles 1 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Quebrantando Maldiciones - Camina Libre de Toda Maldicion Mirando a Jesus en la Cruz. (Spanish, Paperback): Nahum Rosario Quebrantando Maldiciones - Camina Libre de Toda Maldicion Mirando a Jesus en la Cruz. (Spanish, Paperback)
Nahum Rosario
R353 Discovery Miles 3 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Deloger Les Demons - Une Facon Systematique d'aborder l'OEuvre de la Delivrance (French, Paperback): Lawrence Olufemi... Deloger Les Demons - Une Facon Systematique d'aborder l'OEuvre de la Delivrance (French, Paperback)
Lawrence Olufemi Obisakin
R547 Discovery Miles 5 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Formulario Magico -620 Hechizos (Spanish, Paperback): Asamod Ka Formulario Magico -620 Hechizos (Spanish, Paperback)
Asamod Ka
R560 Discovery Miles 5 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Los angeles caidos - La rebelion de los angeles, origen de Lucifer, los Nephilim, Hades y el inframundo, entre otros temas... Los angeles caidos - La rebelion de los angeles, origen de Lucifer, los Nephilim, Hades y el inframundo, entre otros temas (Spanish, Paperback)
Seminario Biblico Vida Nueva
R302 Discovery Miles 3 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I Riti di Lilith - Un'introduzione pratica (Italian, Paperback): Daemon Barzai I Riti di Lilith - Un'introduzione pratica (Italian, Paperback)
Daemon Barzai; Daemon Barzai
R618 Discovery Miles 6 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ultimate Divination - The Way of the Secret Lover (Paperback): Lon Milo DuQuette, Christopher S. Hyatt Ultimate Divination - The Way of the Secret Lover (Paperback)
Lon Milo DuQuette, Christopher S. Hyatt
R773 Discovery Miles 7 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Hechizos de Amarres y Dominio (Spanish, Paperback): Asamod Ka Hechizos de Amarres y Dominio (Spanish, Paperback)
Asamod Ka
R370 Discovery Miles 3 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Enochian Sex Magic And How to Workbook (Paperback): Aleister Crowley, Lon Milo DuQuette, Christopher S. Hyatt Enochian Sex Magic And How to Workbook (Paperback)
Aleister Crowley, Lon Milo DuQuette, Christopher S. Hyatt
R768 Discovery Miles 7 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Kassapu -Grimorio de Magia Sumeria (Spanish, Paperback): Asamod Ka Kassapu -Grimorio de Magia Sumeria (Spanish, Paperback)
Asamod Ka
R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Los Lugares mas Tenebrosos del Mundo - Atrevete a Descubrir los Hechos que Ocurrieron en Estos Lugares Infernales. 2 Libros en... Los Lugares mas Tenebrosos del Mundo - Atrevete a Descubrir los Hechos que Ocurrieron en Estos Lugares Infernales. 2 Libros en 1 - Cementerios Embrujados, Hospitales y Asilos Mentales Malditos (Spanish, Paperback)
Blake Aguilar
R594 R543 Discovery Miles 5 430 Save R51 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Le Sentier des Tenebres (French, Paperback): Dany Dee Le Sentier des Tenebres (French, Paperback)
Dany Dee
R364 Discovery Miles 3 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Voodoo - Storia, Credenze e Rituali (Italian, Paperback): Richard Reuss Voodoo - Storia, Credenze e Rituali (Italian, Paperback)
Richard Reuss
R315 Discovery Miles 3 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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