Horizon Information Portal

e-branch

Home

My Account/Renew Loans

Find Magazine Articles & more

Witchcraft out of the shadows : a history / Leo Ruickbie.

by Ruickbie, Leo.

View full image

Robert Hale, 2011.

Witchcraft -- History.

Women and religion.

9780709092001 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Out of the shadows : a history

271 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Originally published: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Today witchcraft is on everyone's lips, on television, in film and in literature, but few know, or are even able to guess at, its shadowy history. This in-depth investigation discovers how the ideas we have about witchcraft took shape thousands of years ago in the myths and religions of the ancient world. It also looks at why these ideas were expressed so violently during the era of the witch trials. Finally, it reveals how witchcraft has been transformed into one of the most radical and fastest growing religions of our age - a religion of equality and compassion that still has the power to unsettle even the bravest amongst us. With new analyses, fresh insights and groundbreaking material drawn from the author's doctoral research into the mysticism, magic and social meaning of Wicca, this is the first book to bring witchcraft fully out of the shadows.

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal