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A History of Magic and Witchcraft - Sabbats, Satan and Superstitions in the West (Paperback)
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A History of Magic and Witchcraft - Sabbats, Satan and Superstitions in the West (Paperback)
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List price R462
Loot Price R421
Discovery Miles 4 210
You Save R41 (9%)
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Broomsticks and cauldrons, familiars and spells: magic and
witchcraft conjures a vivid picture in our modern-day imagination.
While much of our understanding is rooted in superstition and myth,
the history of magic and witchcraft offers a window into the past.
It illuminates the lives of ordinary people in the past and shines
a light on the fascinating pop culture of the premodern world.
Blowing away folkloric cobwebs, this enlightening new history
dispels many of the misconceptions surrounding witchcraft and magic
that we still hold today. From Ancient Greece and Rome through to
the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era, historian Frances Timbers
shines a light on the impact of Christianity and popular culture in
the construction of the figure of the witch'. The development of
demonology and ceremonial magic is brought together with the West's
troubled past with magic and witchcraft to chart the birth of
modern Wiccan and Neopagan movements in England and North America.
Witchcraft is a metaphor for oppression in an age in which
persecution is an everyday occurrence somewhere in the world.
Fanaticism, intolerance, prejudice, authoritarianism, and religious
and political ideologies are never attractive. Beware the witch
hunter!
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