Witness to Witchcraft
Witness to Witchcraft

Author: Harry B. Wright

Publisher:

Published: 2013-10

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9781494064853

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This is a new release of the original 1957 edition.

Witches & Magic-makers
Witches & Magic-makers

Author: Douglas Hill

Publisher: DK Children

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780789458780

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Presents the practices, rituals, an roles of witches and magic makers around the world and throughout history.

A Trial of Witches
A Trial of Witches

Author: Ivan Bunn

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-11-04

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1134696337

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In 1662, Amy Denny and Rose Cullender were accused of witchcraft, and, in one of the most important of such cases in England, stood trial and were hanged in Bury St Edmunds. A Trial of Witches is a complete account of this sensational trial and an analysis of the court procedures, and the larger social, cultural and political concerns of the period. In a critique of the official process, the book details how the erroneous conclusions of the trial were achieved. The authors consider the key participants in the case, including the judge and medical witness, their institutional importance, their part in the fate of the women and their future careers. Through detailed research of primary sources, the authors explore the important implications of this case for the understanding of hysteria, group mentality, social forces and the witchcraft phenomenon as a whole.

Escaping Salem
Escaping Salem

Author: Richard Godbeer

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 0195161297

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Turning an eye to a relatively unknown witchcraft trial in Stamford, Connecticut, Godbeer pens a gripping narrative that captures the mindset of colonial New England.

The Path of a Christian Witch
The Path of a Christian Witch

Author: Adelina St. Clair

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 2010-09-08

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 0738726419

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A unique mix of memoir and how-to that includes practical daily Pagan rituals, this inspiring book shows how one woman blended Christian traditions with the magic and beauty of a Wiccan practice. Raised in the Catholic faith, yet strongly drawn to Paganism, Adelina St. Clair spent many years questioning and soul-searching before she found a way to blend aspects of Wicca and Christianity into a vibrant and loving belief system. Filled with personal anecdotes, this book tells the story of St. Clair's journey of self-discovery and revelation, from her initial fear and guilt to her ultimate sense of peace and joy. With warmth and heartfelt reverence, St. Clair discusses vital aspects of Witchcraft and Christianity, as well as the commonalities between the two. Monotheism vs. polytheism Magical practice The teachings of Christ Goddess worship The femininity of God The Wheel of the Year Praying the rosary Sacred space

I Walk in Dread
I Walk in Dread

Author: Lisa Rowe Fraustino

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2011-09

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0545311659

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History comes alive! Deliverance Trembley lives in Salem Village where she must take care of her sickly sister, Mem, and her daily chores for fear of her cruel uncle's angry temper. But after four young girls from the village accuse some of the local women of being witches, the town becomes increasingly caught up in a witch hunt. When the villagers begin to realize that Deliverance is a clever girl who possesses the skills to read and write, the whispered accusations begin. Within the pages of her diary, Deliverance captures the panic, terror, suspicion, and hysteria that swept through Salem Village during one of the most infamous eras in American history.

The Salem Witch Hunt
The Salem Witch Hunt

Author: Captivating History

Publisher:

Published: 2019-08-16

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9781950922673

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Decades after witch-hunting had begun to die down in Europe, North America was about to witness its bloodiest witch hunt in history. The Massachusetts of 1692 was a very different one to the state we know today. Populated by colonists, many of them a generation or less from life in an England bathed in religious turmoil,

Blood and Belief
Blood and Belief

Author: David Biale

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2007-10-23

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780520934238

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Blood contains extraordinary symbolic power in both Judaism and Christianity—as the blood of sacrifice, of Jesus, of the Jewish martyrs, of menstruation, and more. Yet, though they share the same literary, cultural, and religious origins, on the question of blood the two religions have followed quite different trajectories. For instance, while Judaism rejects the eating or drinking of blood, Christianity mandates its symbolic consumption as a central sacrament. How did these two traditions, both originating in the Hebrew Bible's cult of blood sacrifices, veer off in such different directions? With his characteristic wit and erudition, David Biale traces the continuing, changing, and often clashing roles of blood as both symbol and substance through the entire sweep of Jewish and Christian history from Biblical times to the present.