Witches & Magic-makers

Witches & Magic-makers
Author: Douglas Hill
Publisher: DK Children
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780789458780

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
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2005-11-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134696337

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.

The Path of a Christian Witch

The Path of a Christian Witch
Author: Adelina St. Clair
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2010-09-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0738726419

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

Escaping Salem

Escaping Salem
Author: Richard Godbeer
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 0195161297

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.

I Walk in Dread

I Walk in Dread
Author: Lisa Rowe Fraustino
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2011-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545311659

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.

Pott's Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster

Pott's Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster
Author: Thomas Potts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1845
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN:

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The Salem Witch Hunt

The Salem Witch Hunt
Author: Captivating History
Publisher:
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2019-08-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781950922673

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,

I Met a Witch

I Met a Witch
Author: Rhonda Dippon
Publisher: Publishamerica Incorporated
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2006-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781424111350

Witches and demons aren't real, are they? And isn't Satan off in some dark corner or alley somewhere? That's what Rhonda Dippon thought before she met the witch who asked her this question: Do you believe in the power of Satan? Rhonda used Tammy's question to witness to her about One more powerful than Satan-Jesus. When Tammy tried to break free from the bondage of witchcraft, Rhonda was thrust into the spiritual battle between darkness and light. This story brings the reader along on Rhonda's sometimes terrifying and always stretching journey into the darkness of the occult. But it also draws the reader into her growing revelation of the Holy Spirit's power and how He equips Christians with spiritual armor to stand in the midst of the battle and overcome harassment from evil foes. The Holy Spirit turned her from being naive into being a threat to Satan's work.

Blood and Belief

Blood and Belief
Author: David Biale
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2007-10-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780520934238

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.