Montague Summers

A Popular History of Witchcraft (RLE Witchcraft)

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a comprehensive guide to the practices of witchcraft from their inception to the present day. Summers argues that all witchcraft is essentially the same, regardless of geographical location. He examines the practices of the cult in great detail, and its historical progression, within the context of the 1736 Repeal Act of George II.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780415604628
• ISBN-10: 0415604621
• Artikelnr.: 40138351

Autorenporträt

Montague Summers

Inhaltsangabe

1. On the Practice and Profession of Witchcraft
Of the contract
And of the Familiar 2. Of the Practice of Witchcraft
Of the Malice and Mischief of Witches
Of the Devil's Mark
And of the Grimoire 3. Of the Witch Covens and their Grand Masters
Of their Journey to the Sabbat
And of the Sabbat Orgy 4. Of the Black Mass
And of the Loves of Incubi and Succubi 5. Part 1 - Of English Witchcraft from the Beginning until the Repeal of the Law, 1736 5. Part 2 - Of English Witchcraft from the Passing of the Statute of 1736 until the Present Day