Caliban and the Witch
Author: Silvia Federici
Publisher: Autonomedia
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 1570270597
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Women, the body and primitive accumulation"--Cover.
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A Witch in the Family
Author: Stephen Hawley Martin
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-03-28
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781545004678
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFindings by University of Virginia researchers have compelled award-winning author Stephen Hawley Martin to reconsider what led to the 1692 witch hysteria that ravaged the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Hence this new edition of his Amazon 4.5-star-rated book first published in 2006. Martin writes that now, after 325 years, the discovery by U.Va. provides the missing piece of the puzzle that makes the others fall into place. Nineteen were hanged, including the author's seven-times-great grandmother, one was crushed to death, and five died in prison. Why? Were the so-called "afflicted" faking their symptoms as many historians maintain? Martin didn't think so in 2006, and he does not think so now. He pursues several avenues of investigation that include the remarkable power of belief, the possibility indicated by quantum physics experiments that thought creates reality, and arrives at an explanation thought to be impossible until the U.Va. findings were released. "A Witch in the Family" is nothing less than a riveting, real-life murder mystery-the ultimate reality show no one who wants to know the truth should miss.
Investigating Witches and Witchcraft
Author: Therese Shea
Publisher: Britannica Educational Publishing
Published: 2015-01-01
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 1622758803
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Wicked Witch of the West's cackling threat, "I'll get you, my pretty. . ." from the Wizard of Oz might be as memorable and instantly recognizable as a witch's iconic pointy-hatted crone image. This volume delves into the stereotypical image of witches and their newts, caldrons, and headwear and investigates their historical origins. Historical fact and imaginative fiction are carefully sorted through, with reference to literature, films, and other forms of pop culture. Modern-day news stories and events remind readers that witches and witchcraft are by no means a thing of the past, though they are ripe for reappraisal.
The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft
Author: Rosemary Guiley
Publisher: Checkmark Books
Published: 1999-01
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 9780816038480
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIdentifies famous witches, explains terms dealing with witchcraft, and describes related churches and organizations
Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women
Author: Silvia Federici
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 2018-10-01
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 1629635847
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe are witnessing a new surge of interpersonal and institutional violence against women, including new witch hunts. This surge of violence has occurred alongside an expansion of capitalist social relations. In this new work that revisits some of the main themes of Caliban and the Witch, Silvia Federici examines the root causes of these developments and outlines the consequences for the women affected and their communities. She argues that, no less than the witch hunts in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe and the “New World,” this new war on women is a structural element of the new forms of capitalist accumulation. These processes are founded on the destruction of people’s most basic means of reproduction. Like at the dawn of capitalism, what we discover behind today’s violence against women are processes of enclosure, land dispossession, and the remolding of women’s reproductive activities and subjectivity. As well as an investigation into the causes of this new violence, the book is also a feminist call to arms. Federici’s work provides new ways of understanding the methods in which women are resisting victimization and offers a powerful reminder that reconstructing the memory of the past is crucial for the struggles of the present.
Magic Lessons
Author: Alice Hoffman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2021-09-07
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 1982108851
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the 1600s, Maria was abandoned in a snowy field in rural England as a baby. Under the care of Hannah Owens, who recognizes that Maria has a gift, she learns about the 'Unnamed Arts.' When Maria is abandoned by the man who has declared his love for her, she follows him to Salem, Massachusetts. She invokes a curse that will haunt her family for generations. And she learns the lesson that she will carry with her for the rest of her life: Love is the only thing that matters.
A Trial of Witches
Author: Ivan Bunn
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-11-04
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 1134696337
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 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.
The Witch's Guide to the Paranormal
Author: J. Allen Cross
Publisher:
Published: 2022-09-08
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780738772080
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPerfect for Witches who are ready to dive into the paranormal, this book helps you understand how hauntings work and prepares you for eerie situations you might encounter. With it, you will be able to identify and resolve the four main classes of haunting--residual, poltergeist, human earthbound, and inhuman entity--using witchcraft. J. Allen Cross covers haunted homes, paranormal investigation, psychic senses, mediumship, protection techniques, and the nature of matter. You will learn how to craft a seal, open and close portals, perform an exorcism, and help spirits cross over. As a Witch, your ability to manipulate energy allows you to interact with ghosts in ways that other investigators can't. This book shows you how to make the most of your talents so you can bring peace to restless spirits and those they haunt.
Flight of a Witch
Author: Ellis Peters
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2015-12-22
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 1504027086
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA detective investigates the disappearance of a beautiful Welsh teenager in this “deeply satisfying” mystery by the author of the Brother Cadfael series (Publishers Weekly). Annet Beck is hauntingly beautiful, which worries her parents so much that they guard her as closely as a prisoner . . . until the rainy Thursday in October when she disappears. Annet is last seen vanishing over the crest of the eerie Hallowmount, a hill said to be the abode of witches. Five days later, she mysteriously reappears, claiming that she was only gone for two hours. Enchanted by her beauty, Annet’s parents’ lodger Tom Kenyon is determined to find the explanation for her disappearance: Could it be deceit, amnesia, or witchcraft? Tom’s amateur investigations lead to nowhere until Detective Inspector George Felse finds cause to connect those missing five days with his inquiry into a death. Flight of a Witch is the 3rd book in the Felse Investigations, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Witches and Demons
Author: Jean La Fontaine
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2016-04-01
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 1785330861
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDevil worship, black magic, and witchcraft have long captivated anthropologists as well as the general public. In this volume, Jean La Fontaine explores the intersection of expert and lay understandings of evil and the cultural forms that evil assumes. The chapters touch on public scares about devil-worship, misconceptions about human sacrifice and the use of body parts in healing practices, and mistaken accusations of children practicing witchcraft. Together, these cases demonstrate that comparison is a powerful method of cultural understanding, but warns of the dangers and mistaken conclusions that untrained ideas about other ways of life can lead to.
