Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 6 The Twentieth Century

Name: Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 6 The Twentieth Century
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ISBN: 9780812217070

ISBN-10: 0812217071

ISBN-13: 9780812217070

Edition: 2000

Authors: Bengt Ankarloo, Stuart Clark

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The roots of European witchcraft and magic lie in Hebrew and other ancient Near Eastern cultures and in the Celtic, Nordic, and Germanic traditions of the Continent. For two millennia, European folklore and ritual have been imbued with the belief in the supernatural, yielding a rich trove of histories and images. A series that combines traditional approaches of political, legal, and social historians with critical syntheses of cultural anthropology, historical psychology, and gender studies, Witchcraft and Magic in Europe provides a modern, scholarly survey of the supernatural beliefs of Europeans from ancient times to the present day. Each of the six volumes in the series contains the…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 10/14/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

Stuart Clark is a former editor of the United Kingdom's best-selling astronomy magazine, "Astronomy Now". He currently writes for the European Space Agency and is a regular contributor to such magazines as "New Scientist" and "BBC Focus". He is the author of several books, including "Journey to the Stars" and "Deep Space: The Universe from the Beginning".



Introduction




Modern Pagan Witchcraft




The Background to Pagan Witchcraft


Secret Societies and Ritual Magic


Popular Witchcraft and Magic


The Thought-World of Modern Paganism


The Goddess and God of Modern Paganism


Romantic Folklore


The Myth of Pagan Witchcraft


Forerunners



The History of Pagan Witchcraft


Gerald Gardner


The Gardnerians


Other Traditions


American Feminist Witchcraft


A Coming of Age


The Nature of Modern Pagan Witchcraft



Satanism and Satanic Mythology




The History of the Idea of Satan and Satanism


The Servants of Satan


Modern Ideas of Satanism


Satanism and the Occult



Satanism and Pseudo-Satanist Groups


The Church of Satan


Organization


The Temple of Set


Organization


The Process-Church of the Final Judgement


Other Satanist Groups


Numbers of Satanists



Heathenism/Odinism



Satanic Abuse Mythology


The Social Context of the Myth


A History of Accusations of Satanism


The Components of Satanic Abuse Mythology


Sources of Allegations


The Spread of the Satanic Abuse Mythology


Sources of Allegations


Adult survivors


Children's cases


Confessions



The Witch, Her Victim, The Unwitcher And The Researcher: The Continued Existence Of Traditional Witchcraft



Traces of Bewitchment


Studies of Witchcraft


Types of Witchcraft


The Researcher's Position


Journalists and Folklorists


Sliedrecht, 1926


Folklore Indexes


Legend Repertoires


Gendered Legends


Witchcraft in Court


Sarzbuttel, 1954


The Power of the Unwitcher


Active Bewitchments


The Evil Eye


Mayenne, 1970


Spatial Dimensions


Cultures of Witchcraft


Witchcraft Conflicts


The End of Witchcraft?


Future Research


Bibliography


Index