Author: Jonas Clark
Publisher: Spirit of Life Ministries
ISBN: 9781886885004
Category : Occultism
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Revivalist Jonas Clark discusses what he calls spiritual witchcraft, identifying its character, its weapons, its methods, and ways that Christians can combat it.
Exposing Spiritual Witchcraft
Author: Jonas Clark
Publisher: Spirit of Life Ministries
ISBN: 9781886885004
Category : Occultism
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Revivalist Jonas Clark discusses what he calls spiritual witchcraft, identifying its character, its weapons, its methods, and ways that Christians can combat it.
Publisher: Spirit of Life Ministries
ISBN: 9781886885004
Category : Occultism
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Revivalist Jonas Clark discusses what he calls spiritual witchcraft, identifying its character, its weapons, its methods, and ways that Christians can combat it.
The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca
Author: Rosemary Guiley
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438126840
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Praise for the previous editions:"Clearly the best reference work on the subject now available."
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438126840
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Praise for the previous editions:"Clearly the best reference work on the subject now available."
Witchcraft and Magic
Author: Helen A. Berger
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812219715
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Witchcraft and Magic Contemporary North America Edited by Helen A. Berger Magic, always part of the occult underground in North America, has experienced a resurgence since the 1960s. Although most contemporary magical religions have come from abroad, they have found fertile ground in which to develop in North America. Who are today's believers in Witchcraft and how do they worship? Alternative spiritual paths have increased the ranks of followers dramatically, particularly among well-educated middle-class individuals. Witchcraft and Magic conveys the richness of magical religious experiences found in today's culture, covering the continent of North America and the Caribbean. These original essays survey current and historical issues pertinent to religions that incorporate magical or occult beliefs and practices, and they examine contemporary responses to these religions. The relationship between Witchcraft and Neopaganism is explored, as is their intersection with established groups practicing goddess worship. Recent years have seen the growth in New Age magic and Afro-Caribbean religions, and these developments are also addressed in this volume. All the religions covered offer adherents an alternative worldview and rituals that are aimed at helping individuals redefine themselves and make their interactions with the environment more empowered. Many modern occult religions share an absence of dogma or central authority to determine orthodoxy, and have become a contemporary experience embracing modern concerns like feminism, environmentalism, civil rights, and gay rights. Afro-Caribbean religions such as Santería, Palo, and Curanderismo, which do have a more developed dogma and authority structure, offer their followers a religion steeped in African and Hispanic traditions. Responses to the growth of magical religions have varied, from acceptance to an unfounded concern about the growth of a satanic underground. And, as magical religions have flourished, increased interest has resulted in a growing commercialization, with its threat of trivialization. Helen A. Berger is Professor of Sociology at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. 2005 216 pages 6 x 9 ISBN 978-0-8122-3877-8 Cloth $49.95s £32.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-1971-5 Paper $24.95s £16.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-0125-3 Ebook $24.95s £16.50 World Rights Anthropology, Religion Short copy: In original essays the book explores both religions that incorporate magical or occult beliefs and practices and contemporary responses to these religions in North America and the Caribbean.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812219715
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Witchcraft and Magic Contemporary North America Edited by Helen A. Berger Magic, always part of the occult underground in North America, has experienced a resurgence since the 1960s. Although most contemporary magical religions have come from abroad, they have found fertile ground in which to develop in North America. Who are today's believers in Witchcraft and how do they worship? Alternative spiritual paths have increased the ranks of followers dramatically, particularly among well-educated middle-class individuals. Witchcraft and Magic conveys the richness of magical religious experiences found in today's culture, covering the continent of North America and the Caribbean. These original essays survey current and historical issues pertinent to religions that incorporate magical or occult beliefs and practices, and they examine contemporary responses to these religions. The relationship between Witchcraft and Neopaganism is explored, as is their intersection with established groups practicing goddess worship. Recent years have seen the growth in New Age magic and Afro-Caribbean religions, and these developments are also addressed in this volume. All the religions covered offer adherents an alternative worldview and rituals that are aimed at helping individuals redefine themselves and make their interactions with the environment more empowered. Many modern occult religions share an absence of dogma or central authority to determine orthodoxy, and have become a contemporary experience embracing modern concerns like feminism, environmentalism, civil rights, and gay rights. Afro-Caribbean religions such as Santería, Palo, and Curanderismo, which do have a more developed dogma and authority structure, offer their followers a religion steeped in African and Hispanic traditions. Responses to the growth of magical religions have varied, from acceptance to an unfounded concern about the growth of a satanic underground. And, as magical religions have flourished, increased interest has resulted in a growing commercialization, with its threat of trivialization. Helen A. Berger is Professor of Sociology at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. 2005 216 pages 6 x 9 ISBN 978-0-8122-3877-8 Cloth $49.95s £32.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-1971-5 Paper $24.95s £16.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-0125-3 Ebook $24.95s £16.50 World Rights Anthropology, Religion Short copy: In original essays the book explores both religions that incorporate magical or occult beliefs and practices and contemporary responses to these religions in North America and the Caribbean.
Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700
Author: Alan Charles Kors
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812217513
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
A thoroughly revised, greatly expanded edition of the most important documentary history of European witchcraft ever published.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812217513
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
A thoroughly revised, greatly expanded edition of the most important documentary history of European witchcraft ever published.
Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa
Author: Adam Ashforth
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226029743
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Large numbers of people in Soweto & other parts of South Africa live in fear of witchcraft, presenting complex & unique problems for the government. Adam Ashforth explores the challenge of occult violence & the spiritual insecurity that it engenders to democratic rule in South Africa.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226029743
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Large numbers of people in Soweto & other parts of South Africa live in fear of witchcraft, presenting complex & unique problems for the government. Adam Ashforth explores the challenge of occult violence & the spiritual insecurity that it engenders to democratic rule in South Africa.
Salem Witchcraft
Author: Charles Wentworth Upham
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486408996
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Painstakingly researched history of Salem village and the notorious witchcraft trials held there in the late 17th century. Upham not only supplies valuable information on Salem's legislative and economic problems, but also recounts details of local hostilities that sowed the seeds of suspicion, fear and resentment among villagers, and helped fuel the witch hunt. A fascinating, classic account of one of the darkest episodes in early American history.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486408996
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Painstakingly researched history of Salem village and the notorious witchcraft trials held there in the late 17th century. Upham not only supplies valuable information on Salem's legislative and economic problems, but also recounts details of local hostilities that sowed the seeds of suspicion, fear and resentment among villagers, and helped fuel the witch hunt. A fascinating, classic account of one of the darkest episodes in early American history.
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 3
Author: Karen Jolly
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780485891034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
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.>
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780485891034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
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.>
Salem-Village Witchcraft
Author: Paul Boyer
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781555531652
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Drawing on extensive primary documents, this book allows the reader to participate in historical analysis of this explosive period in history
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781555531652
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Drawing on extensive primary documents, this book allows the reader to participate in historical analysis of this explosive period in history
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 4
Author: Stuart Clark
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0485890046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The fifteenth to eighteenth centuries was a period of witchcraft prosecutions throughout Europe and modern scholars have now devoted a huge amount of research to these episodes. This volume will attempt to bring this work together by summarising the history of the trials in a new way - according to the types of legal systems involved. Other topics covered will be the continued practical use made of magic, the elaboration of demonological theories about witchcraft and magic, and the further development of scientific interests in natural magic through the 'Neoplatonic' and 'Hermetic' period.Amongst the topics included here are Superstition and Belief in high and popular culture, the place of Medicine, Witchcraft survivals in art and literature, and the survival of Persecution.>
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0485890046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The fifteenth to eighteenth centuries was a period of witchcraft prosecutions throughout Europe and modern scholars have now devoted a huge amount of research to these episodes. This volume will attempt to bring this work together by summarising the history of the trials in a new way - according to the types of legal systems involved. Other topics covered will be the continued practical use made of magic, the elaboration of demonological theories about witchcraft and magic, and the further development of scientific interests in natural magic through the 'Neoplatonic' and 'Hermetic' period.Amongst the topics included here are Superstition and Belief in high and popular culture, the place of Medicine, Witchcraft survivals in art and literature, and the survival of Persecution.>
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 5
Author: Bengt Ankarloo
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812217063
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Topics include the decline of the witchcraft trials and the role of witchcraft and magic in enlightenment, romantic, and liberal thought.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812217063
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Topics include the decline of the witchcraft trials and the role of witchcraft and magic in enlightenment, romantic, and liberal thought.