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Hexenforschung

Wissenschaft und Hexenglaube : die Diskussion des Zauber- und Hexenwesens an der Universität Helmstedt (1576-1626) / Claudia Kauertz.

<p>From the earliest Paleolithic cave rituals, magic has gripped the imagination. Magic and magicians appear in early Babylonian texts, the Bible, Judaism and Islam. Secret words, spells and incantations lie at the heart of every mythological tradition. Today, magic means many things: contemporary Wicca is practised widely as a modern pagan religion in Europe and the US; 'magic' also evokes the cathartic rituals of Chaos magic, but stretches to include the non-spiritual, rapid-fire sleight of hand performed by slick stage magicians who fill vast arenas. The book is packed with authoritative text and a huge and inspired selection of images, chosen from unusual and hidden sources. The material is presented in 100 entries, and includes some of the best-known representations of magic and the occult from around the world.</p>

399 pages : illustrations (some colour), music, portraits ; 27 cm

The occult, witchcraft & magic : an illustrated history / Christopher Dell.

Scholarly reprint series

A razor for a goat : a discussion of certain problems in the history of witchcraft and diabolism / Elliot Rose.

The visions of Isobel Gowdie : magic, witchcraft, and dark shamanism in seventeenth-century Scotland / Emma Wilby.

Bibliothèque diabolique

Medical Heritage Library

38 pages : illustrations (1 folded) ; 24 cm.

Le sabbat de sorciers / par Bourneville et E. Teinturier.

Eighteenth Century collections online

An historical essay concerning witchcraft. With observations upon matters of fact; tending to clear the Texts of the Sacred Scriptures, and confute the vulgar Errors about that Point. And also two sermons: One in Proof of the Christian Religion; The other concerning the Good and Evil Angels. By Francis Hutchinson, D. D. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty, and Minister of St. James's Parish in St. Edmund's-Bury.

362 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Witch craze : terror and fantasy in baroque Germany / Lyndal Roper.

Studi e testi per la storia religiosa del Cinquecento

Johann Wier : agli albori della critica razionale dell'occulto e del demoniaco nell'Europa del Cinquecento / Michaela Valente.

Changing perspectives on early modern Europe

The scourge of demons : possession, lust, and witchcraft in a seventeenth-century Italian convent / Jeffrey R. Watt.

Incubus : the forgotten fiend / Jeremy C. S. Johnson.

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Wissenschaft und Hexenglaube : die Diskussion des Zauber- und Hexenwesens an der Universität Helmstedt (1576-1626) / Claudia Kauertz.

The occult, witchcraft & magic : an illustrated history / Christopher Dell.

A razor for a goat : a discussion of certain problems in the history of witchcraft and diabolism / Elliot Rose.

The visions of Isobel Gowdie : magic, witchcraft, and dark shamanism in seventeenth-century Scotland / Emma Wilby.

Le sabbat de sorciers / par Bourneville et E. Teinturier.

Witch craze : terror and fantasy in baroque Germany / Lyndal Roper.

Johann Wier : agli albori della critica razionale dell'occulto e del demoniaco nell'Europa del Cinquecento / Michaela Valente.

The scourge of demons : possession, lust, and witchcraft in a seventeenth-century Italian convent / Jeffrey R. Watt.

Incubus : the forgotten fiend / Jeremy C. S. Johnson.

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Wissenschaft und Hexenglaube : die Diskussion des Zauber- und Hexenwesens an der Universität Helmstedt (1576-1626) / Claudia Kauertz.

The occult, witchcraft & magic : an illustrated history / Christopher Dell.

A razor for a goat : a discussion of certain problems in the history of witchcraft and diabolism / Elliot Rose.

The visions of Isobel Gowdie : magic, witchcraft, and dark shamanism in seventeenth-century Scotland / Emma Wilby.

Le sabbat de sorciers / par Bourneville et E. Teinturier.

Witch craze : terror and fantasy in baroque Germany / Lyndal Roper.

Johann Wier : agli albori della critica razionale dell'occulto e del demoniaco nell'Europa del Cinquecento / Michaela Valente.

The scourge of demons : possession, lust, and witchcraft in a seventeenth-century Italian convent / Jeffrey R. Watt.

Incubus : the forgotten fiend / Jeremy C. S. Johnson.

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