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| Author | : Kathleen Benner Duble |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 2008-06-20 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1439107122 |
In the year 1692, life changes forever for ten-year-old Abigail Faulkner and her family. In Salem, Massachusetts, witches have been found, and widespread fear and panic reign mere miles from Abigail's home of Andover. When two girls are brought from Salem to identify witches in Andover, suspicion sweeps the town as well-respected members of the community are accused of witchcraft. It isn't long before chaos consumes Andover, and the Faulkners find themselves in the center of it all when friend turns themselves in the center of it all when friend turns against friend, neighbor against neighbor, in a desperate fight for the truth. At the heart of this gripping story are Abigail and her sister, Dorothy, who together must find a way to persevere during a period marked by terror, adversity, and ignorance. Told from Abigail's point of view and based on actual events in the author's own family histoy, The Sacrifice offers a unique perspective of the Salem witch trials by delving into the devestating effects the trials had not just in Salem but throughout Massachusetts.
| Author | : Mona Chollet |
| Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
| Total Pages | : 155 |
| Release | : 2022-03-08 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 125027222X |
Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a “brilliant, well-documented” celebration (Le Monde) by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch as a symbol of female rebellion and independence in the face of misogyny and persecution. Centuries after the infamous witch hunts that swept through Europe and America, witches continue to hold a unique fascination for many: as fairy tale villains, practitioners of pagan religion, as well as feminist icons. Witches are both the ultimate victim and the stubborn, elusive rebel. But who were the women who were accused and often killed for witchcraft? What types of women have centuries of terror censored, eliminated, and repressed? Celebrated feminist writer Mona Chollet explores three types of women who were accused of witchcraft and persecuted: the independent woman, since widows and celibates were particularly targeted; the childless woman, since the time of the hunts marked the end of tolerance for those who claimed to control their fertility; and the elderly woman, who has always been an object of at best, pity, and at worst, horror. Examining modern society, Chollet concludes that these women continue to be harrassed and oppressed. Rather than being a brief moment in history, the persecution of witches is an example of society’s seemingly eternal misogyny, while women today are direct descendants to those who were hunted down and killed for their thoughts and actions. With fiery prose and arguments that range from the scholarly to the cultural, In Defense of Witches seeks to unite the mythic image of the witch with modern women who live their lives on their own terms.
| Author | : Jean La Fontaine |
| Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
| Total Pages | : 156 |
| Release | : 2016-04-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1785330861 |
Devil 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.
| Author | : Richard Francis |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 434 |
| Release | : 2005-08-09 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0007163622 |
Documents the role of Samuel Sewall in the 1692 Salem witch trials in a profile that offers insight into how he was swept up in the zeal that marked the trials and publicly apologized five years later.
| Author | : Janae |
| Publisher | : Golden Phoenix Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 430 |
| Release | : 2024-06-22 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
In a world where goddesses walk the earth and monsters lurk in the shadows, Trouble Ferell is caught between two realms. Meet Trouble Ferell, a badass assassin by day and a goddess with mysterious powers by night. When her sister vanishes and an ancient evil threatens to destroy everything, Trouble must embark on a dangerous quest to the Hidden Realms. Armed with cryptic visions and a mysterious map, she's determined to save the world – but a dark secret from her past could shatter her romance with billionaire hottie Xaivier Stalphe and unleash her inner darkness. As if that wasn't enough, a new enemy emerges in Perrish with a terrifying connection to the ultimate evil, Chaos. Trouble faces an impossible decision: embrace her destiny as a warrior goddess and risk losing herself, or turn her back on fate and watch the world burn. Time is running out, and Trouble must confront shocking revelations, blurred lines between friends and enemies, and the ultimate battle raging within her own heart. With the fate of two realms on the line, Trouble must unleash her full goddess powers and kick some serious ass. But even if she saves the day, the scars of her journey will shape her destiny forever. In a world where love and duty collide, Trouble fights to protect her loved ones while unraveling mind-blowing secrets that could unravel reality itself. Buckle up for a wild ride filled with pulse-pounding action, sizzling romance, and jaw-dropping twists that will leave you breathless. Will Trouble save the world and find her happily ever after, or will she succumb to the darkness within? Find out in this epic urban fantasy thrill-ride!
| Author | : Koen Stroeken |
| Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 9781845457358 |
Neither power nor morality but both. Moral power is what Sukuma farmers in Tanzania in times of crisis attribute to an unknown figure they call their witch. A universal process is involved, as much bodily as social, which obstructs the patient's recovery. Healers turn the table on the witch through rituals showing that the community and the ancestral spirits side with the victim. In contrast to biomedicine, their magic and divination introduce moral values that assess the state of the system and that remove the obstacles to what is taken as key: self-healing. The implied 'sensory shifts' and therapeutic effectiveness have largely eluded the literature on witchcraft. This book shows how to comprehend culture other than through the prism of identity politics. It offers a framework to comprehend the rise of witch killings and human sacrifice, just as ritual initiation disappears.
| Author | : Helen A. Berger |
| Publisher | : Univ of South Carolina Press |
| Total Pages | : 188 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 9781570032462 |
A Community of Witches explores the beliefs and practices of Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft - generally known to scholars and practitioners as Wicca. While the words "magic," "witchcraft," and "paganism" evoke images of the distant past and remote cultures, this book shows that Wicca has emerged as part of a new religious movement that reflects the era in which it developed. Imported to the United States in the late 1960s from the United Kingdom, the religion absorbed into its basic fabric the social concerns of the time: feminism, environmentalism, self-development, alternative spirituality, and mistrust of authority.
| Author | : Vera Tiesler |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 327 |
| Release | : 2007-02-15 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0387488715 |
This book examines Maya sacrifice and related posthumous body manipulation. The editors bring together an international group of contributors from the area studied: archaeologists as well as anthropologists, forensic anthropologists, art historians and bioarchaeologists. This interdisciplinary approach provides a comprehensive perspective on these sites as well as the material culture and biological evidence found there
| Author | : Jessica Gadziala |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 226 |
| Release | : 2020-11-14 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
There was one in each generation.Destined to leave their loved ones, their home, their coven, their way of life. To fulfill the age-old treaty with the demons.A Sacrifice.We all spoke about their fates in hushed whispers around open fires like ghost stories, conjuring up tales, each more horrifying than the last.I never thought I would become her.The Sacrifice.Ripped from everything I had ever known, thrown into a world of darkness and uncertainty, my life in the hands of creatures of pure evil.Nothing could have prepared me for the truth.Or the growing infatuation I felt toward one of my captors.But the questions remained: What did they want from me?What would happen to me once they got it?What price was I willing to pay?And what sacrifice was I willing to make to hold onto a love I never could have seen coming?
| Author | : Ulinka Rublack |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 392 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0198736770 |
In The Astronomer and the Witch, Ulinka Rublack pieces together the tale of this extraordinary episode in Kepler's life, one that takes us to the heart of his changing world.
