"It separates centuries of supernatural nonsense from documented fact spellbinding."?Los Angeles TimesFor nearly thirty years, Jeffrey B. Russell's authoritative book has been the one illustrated history to which anyone interested in this subject could turn with confidence. Now, in collaboration with Brooks Alexander, who has himself conducted innovative research in the field, this classic book has been fully revised, with an updated introduction and bibliography, new information throughout, and an extended account of witchcraft from ancient times to the present day. Drawing comparisons between modern sorcery and that of the ancient world, the book shows how the European witch craze in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries developed out of a combination of ancient sorcery and medieval Christian heresy, paganism, folklore, scholastic theology, and inquisitorial trials. Whether the diabolical witchcraft for which men and women went to the stake ever existed is open to question. What matters more is that it was believed to exist by intellectuals and peasants alike. 110 illustrations

A History of Witchcraft (1st ed) /anglais

Russell, Jeffrey B.

History

Thames&Hudson

"It separates centuries of supernatural nonsense from documented fact spellbinding."―Los Angeles Times For nearly thirty years, Jeffrey B. Russell's authoritative book has been the one illustrated history to which anyone interested in this subject could turn with confidence. Now, in collaboration with Brooks Alexander, who has himself conducted innovative research in the field, this classic book has been fully revised, with an updated introduction and bibliography, new information throughout, and an extended account of witchcraft from ancient times to the present day. Drawing comparisons between modern sorcery and that of the ancient world, the book shows how the European witch craze in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries developed out of a combination of ancient sorcery and medieval Christian heresy, paganism, folklore, scholastic theology, and inquisitorial trials. Whether the diabolical witchcraft for which men and women went to the stake ever existed is open to question. What matters more is that it was believed to exist by intellectuals and peasants alike. 110 illustrations

A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics, & Pagans

Religion & Spirituality

Alexander, Brooks

New Age & Spirituality

An authoritative and concisehistory of witchcraft from theancient world up to thepresent day. Witchcraft has always been a fluid and intriguing belief system that has enchanted and sometimes terrified humanity. Now in its third edition, A History of Witchcraft has established itself as the authoritative history of witchery and the occult. Beginning with magic in the ancient world, Jeffrey B. Russell explores the definition of witchcraft in its many diverse forms, from the worship of the Greek goddess of magic, Hecate, and the witch crazes of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries to the development of modern witchcraft by Aleister Crowley and Gerald Gardner in the early twentieth century. Brooks Alexander analyzes the development of witchcraft and neo-paganism in the present day, charting the dissemination of modern witchcraft through media and the tensions that arise when a secretive cult becomes an open and recognized religion. This updated edition features a new chapter exploring the challenges that witchcraft has faced in the past decade, including the rise of social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok, the COVID-19 pandemic, and new neo-pagan groups.

A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics & Pagans

Europe

Teufel, Satan, Luzifer, Mephistopheles - im Lauf der Geschichte hat der Furst der Finsternis, das machtige Symbol fur das Bose, viele Namen und Formen angenommen. In diesem Buch zeichnet Jeffrey Burton Russell die bemerkenswerte Geschichte des Teufels von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart nach. Er schildert uns, wie vergangene Generationen dem Bosen eine Personlichkeit verliehen haben, wie Menschen mit dem immerwahrenden Problem des radikalen Bosen umgegangen sind. "Es gibt wahrscheinlich niemanden auf der Welt, der heute mehr uber die sagenhafte Welt des Teufels weiss, als Jeffrey Burton Russell. (Times Literary Supplement) "Faszinierend. Eine ernstzunehmende Geschichte des Teufels im Spiegel von Soziologie, Volkstum, Kunst und Literatur." (Village Voice) "(Russell) lasst die geheimnisvollen Bilder von Gut und Bose wiedererstehen, wie sie uns einst als Kinder ganz vertraut waren. Von der ersten Seite dieses hervorragend gemachten Buches an verdunkelt sich die Welt. Russell erzahlt uns eine Geschichte nach der anderen und verwendet diese wie eine Treppe, die uns in die archetypischen Erinnerungen und endlosen Schlachten mit Dem Bosen hinunterzieht."(Bloomsbury Review) Jeffrey Burton Russell ist Professor fur Geschichte und Religionswissenschaft an der University of California, Santa Barbara. Das primitive Bose der Gewalt Das naturliche Bose in Krankheit und Naturkatastrophe Das metaphysische Bose - die unvollkommene Welt

Biographie Des Teufels: Das Radikal Bose Und Die Macht Des Guten in Der Welt. Aus Dem Amerikanischen Von Marie-Therese Pitner Und Susanne Grabmayr (German Edition)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Vandenhoeck + Ruprecht

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