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001 ocm08028443
003 OCoLC
005 20210614013917.0
008 811230s1981 nyua 001 0 eng d
010 $a 81081166
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035 $a(OCoLC)8028443
050 4 $aBF1566$b.W78 1981
082 04 $a133.4$bW893W
100 1 $aWoodruff, Una.
245 10 $aWitches /$c[illustrated by] Una Woodruff ; written by Colin Wilson.
260 $aNew York :$bA & W Publishers,$c1981.
300 $a157 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c30 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aPrimitive sorcery -- The coming of the witches -- The left hand path -- The earliest witches -- The devil -- Erichto the witch -- Merlin and Morgan le Fay -- The destruction of the Templars -- The first witch trial -- Jehanne de Brigue -- The Malleus Maleficarum -- Magic and magicians -- Werewolves -- Dame Alice Kyteler -- The Chelmsford witch trials -- Witchcraft in Germany -- Gilles de Rais -- Mother Shipton -- Isobel Gowdie -- Witches' salve -- Possession -- The Louvier nuns -- Matthew Hopkins -- The rise and fall of the witchfinder general -- The witches of Salem -- The Chambre Ardente affair -- The birth of spiritualism -- Madame Blavatsky -- The golden dawn -- Aleister Crowley -- Gerald Gardner and the modern witchcraft revival -- The death of Jayne Mansfield -- Brazilian magic and witchcraft.
520 $a"Witches" is a fully illustrated history of witchcraft and the black arts, written by the well-known authority on the occult, Colin Wilson, and illustrated by the established artist Una Woodruff, who also has a particular interest in the subject and a special talent for portraying atmosphere in her excellent artwork. Witches are discussed and revealed in this book from the earliest times with the Witch of Endor and Merlin through medieval witch cults to the modern day faith healers and wart charmers. All aspects of the subject are covered - including witch trials, black masses, spells, voodoo, covens and rituals, psychic powers and possession, earth spirts and werewolves. -- Book jacket.
650 0 $aWitchcraft.
650 7 $aWitchcraft.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01176327
700 1 $aWilson, Colin,$d1931-2013.
994 $aZ0$bP4A
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN P4A - 105 OTHER HOLDINGS