Author: Brian P. Levack
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: witchcraft, new, demonology, volume, magic, england, british, isles, perspectives
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 2001-12
List price: $185.00
ISBN-10: 0815336721
ISBN-13: 9780815336723

Gathering together the vast literature on witchcraft related issues published in the last decade, this six-volume set focuses on issues such as gender, government and law, the culture of religion and the occult. Using approaches from several disciplines, including anthropology and sociology, this source provides a sweeping overview of the occult.

Author: Tzvi Abusch
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Keywords: witchcraft, ancient, magic, divination, terature, babylonian, history, understanding, mesopotamian, beliefs
Number of Pages: 314
Published: 2002-10-01
List price: $155.00
ISBN-10: 9004123873
ISBN-13: 9789004123878

This volume is about the history, literature, ritual, and thought associated with ancient Mesopotamian witchcraft. Chapters include the changing forms and roles of witchcraft beliefs, and the ritual function, form, and development of the Maqlu text (the most important ancient work on the subject).

Authors:Aoumiel, Ann Moura,
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
Keywords: witchcraft, herb, craft, series, amp, lore, folk, magic, fairy
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2002-09-08
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1567186904
ISBN-13: 9781567186901

The Green Witch is a natural witch, a cottage witch, and a solitary witch.  This witch does not fear nature and the woods, but finds a sense of belonging and connection with the earth and the universe.  Now, in this sequel to Green Witchcraft, hereditary witch Ann Moura dispels the common misunderstandings and prejudices against the "shadow side" of nature, the self, and the Divine.  She presents a practical magical practice and move towards spiritual wholeness

Authors:Karen Jolly, Edward Peters, Catharina Raudvere,
Publisher: The Athlone Press
Keywords: witchcraft, europe, magic, vol, history, middle, ages
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2001-01-01
List price: $160.00
ISBN-10: 0485890038
ISBN-13: 9780485890037

This series looks at the history of witchcraft and magic in Europe from the earliest times to the present day. This volume looks at the Middle Ages.

Authors:Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra, Brian Levack, Roy Porter,
Publisher: The Athlone Press
Keywords: witchcraft, europe, magic, history, centuries, eighteenth, nineteenth
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2001-01-01
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0485891069
ISBN-13: 9780485891065

This volume brings together new research into the place of witchcraft and magic in Greek and Roman culture and society. Topics covered include the practice of sorcery, the portrayal of witches and sorcerers in classical literature, and legal and philosophical attitudes to magic

Authors:Karen Jolly,  Edward Peters, Catharina Raudver
Publisher: The Athlone Pre
Keywords: witchcraft, europe, magic, history, ages, volume, middle
Number of Pages: 294
Published: 2002-03-01
List price: $66.00
ISBN-10: 0485891034
ISBN-13: 9780485891034

Between the age of St. Augustine and the sixteenth century reformations magic continued to be both a matter of popular practice and of learned inquiry. This volume deals with its use in such contexts as healing and divination and as an aspect of the knowledge of nature’s occult virtues and secrets.

Authors:Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra, Brian Levack, Roy Porter,
Publisher: Athlone Press
Keywords: witchcraft, europe, magic, history, volume
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2001-01
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0485890054
ISBN-13: 9780485890051

The end of the 18th century saw the end of witch trials. This volume charts the processes and reasons for decriminalizing witchcraft. It also surveys the social role of witchcraft in European communities to the end of the 19th century.