| Description |
288 pages : illustrations . ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Greenhaven encyclopedia of |
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Greenhaven encyclopedia of.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index. |
| Contents |
Aberdeen, witch trials of -- Abracadabra -- Abramelin magic -- Adept -- Adler, Margot -- Ady, Thomas -- Adytum -- Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius -- Air -- Airts, four -- Aix-en-Provence, witch trial of -- Akashic records -- Albertus Magnus -- Alchemy -- Alder -- Aleuromancy -- Alexandrian tradition -- Algard -- All hallow's eve -- Allier, Elizabeth -- Alphabets, magical -- Alphonsus de Spina -- Altar -- America, witch-hunts of -- Amulet -- Animals -- Apple -- Aquinas, Thomas -- Aradia -- Arcana -- Arician tradition -- Aridian tradition -- Armstrong, Anne -- Arras, witch-hunts of -- Artemis -- Ash -- Aspect -- Astral plane -- Astrology -- Athame -- Autumnal equinox -- Auxonne, demonic possessions of -- Bacchus -- Bamberg, witch-hunts of -- Banishing rituals -- Baphomet -- Barclay, Margaret -- Bargarren imposter -- Barrett, Francis -- Barton, Elizabeth -- Basque region, witch-hunts of the -- Bast -- Bats -- Bay -- Beelzebub -- Bees -- Befana -- Bekker, Balthasar -- Bell, book, and candle -- Bells -- Beltane -- Benandanti -- Bergson, Mona -- Bible -- Bier right -- Bilson, boy of -- Binding spell -- Binsfeld, Peter -- Birch -- Black fast -- Black magic -- Black mass -- Blanckenstein, Chatrina -- Blasting -- Blessed be -- Blood -- Blue star wicca -- Blymire, John -- Bodin, Jean -- Bogey-man -- Boguet, Henri -- Boleyn, Anne -- Bolline -- Bonfire -- Book of shadows -- Bridgit -- British traditional -- Brocken -- Broom -- Brossier, Marthe -- Bruja -- Buckland, Raymond -- Buirmann, Franz -- Burning of witches -- Burton boy -- Bury St. Edmonds, witch trials of -- Butter -- Butters, Mary -- Cabot, Laurie -- Cadiere, Marie-Chatherine -- Cagliostro, Count Alessandro -- Cakes and wine -- Cambrai nuns -- Candles -- Canon Episcopi -- Carolina code -- Carpenter, Dennis -- Carpzov, Benedict -- Catholicism -- Cats -- Cauldron -- Celtic traditional -- Celts -- Censer -- Cerridwen -- Chalice -- Chambre Ardente -- Chanctonbury ring -- Chanting -- Charge of the goddess -- Charm -- Chelmsford, witch trials of -- Church of all worlds -- Church of wicca -- Cingulum -- Circe -- Circle, magic -- Circle sanctuary -- Clutterbuck, Old Dorothy -- Cobham, Eleanor -- Colors -- Cone of power -- Consecration -- Cotswold hills -- Council of American witches -- Coven -- Covenant of the goddess -- Craft -- Cross -- Crowley, Aleister -- Crowther, Patricia -- Crystal moon wicca -- Cunning man -- Cunningham, Scott -- Curses -- Cyber wicca -- Dancing -- Darrell, John -- Dee, John -- de Guaita, Stanislas -- de Lancre, Pierre -- Del Rio, Martin -- Demonic possession -- Demons -- Devil -- Diana -- Dianic wicca -- Divination -- Dogs -- Drawing down the moon -- Duncan, Helen -- Early, Biddy -- Earth -- Earthwise -- Ecklund, Anna -- Eclectic tradition -- Eichstatt, witch trials of -- Eightfold path -- Elder -- Elements, four -- Elm -- England, witch-hunts of -- Esbat -- Evil eye -- Evocation -- Exeter, witch trial of -- Exorcism -- Faery tradition -- Fairies -- Familiar -- Farrar, Janet and Stewart -- Faust -- Fetish -- Fian, John -- Fire -- Fitch, Ed -- Flade, Dietrich -- Flight -- Fortune, Dion -- Fox, Selena -- France, witch-hunts of -- Frazier, Sir James -- Freya -- Frogs and toads -- Frost, Gavin and Yvonne -- Gaia -- Gardner, Gerald -- Gardnerian tradition -- Garter -- Georgian tradition -- Germany, witch-hunts of -- Gifford, George -- Glanvill, Joseph -- Goddesses and gods -- Golden dawn, hermetic order of the -- Golem -- Gowdie, Isobel -- Grave robbing -- Great rite -- Green man -- Green wicca -- Grillandus, Paulus -- Grimassi, Raven -- Grimoire -- Guazzo, Francesco-Maria -- Gypsies -- Hag -- Hand of glory -- Handfasting -- Hare -- Hats -- Hawthorn -- Hazel -- Hecate -- Hedge witch - Henri III -- Herbs and other plants -- Hereditary tradition -- Hermetica -- Hex signs -- High priestess and high priest -- Hocus pocus -- Holt, Sir John -- Hopkins, Matthew -- Horned God -- Image magic -- Imbolc -- Incantation -- Incense -- Initiations - Innocent VIII -- Inquisition -- Invocation -- Ireland, witch trials of -- Irish faery-faith tradition -- Iron -- Isis -- Italy, witch-hunts of -- James I. -- Joan of Arc -- John XII -- Jones, Margaret -- Kabbalah -- Key of Solomon -- Kitchen witch tradition -- Knights templar -- Knots -- Kyteler, Lady Alice -- Ladywood tradition -- Lamb, John -- Leek, Sybil -- Leland, Charles Godfrey -- Loudun nuns, demonic possession of -- Lughnasadh -- Lycanthropy -- Mabon -- Magee Island, witch trial of -- Magic -- Magicians -- Maleficia -- Malleus maleficarum -- Mandrake -- Marks, witches' or devil's -- Martello, Leo -- Mather, Cotton -- Mather, Increase -- Merlin -- Midsummer -- Miracle of Leon -- Moon -- Morgan le Fay -- Mother Redcap -- Mother Shipton -- Murray, Margaret Alice -- Museum of witchcraft -- Myrtle -- Mystery tradition -- Names, significance of -- Nature -- Necromancy -- Neopagans -- New reformed orthodox order of the golden dawn -- New wiccan church -- Nordic tradition -- North Berwick witches -- Numerology -- Oak -- Oils and ointments -- Old religion -- Olive -- Osborne, John and Ruth -- Ostara -- Owls -- Pagan federation -- Paganism -- Pagan way -- Paracelsus -- Paris witch trial -- Pendderwen, Gwydion -- Pendle forest, witch trial of -- Pentacle and pentagram -- Pentreath, Dolly (Dorothy) -- Perkins, William -- Persecution, witch -- Pickingill, Old George -- Pictish wicca -- Pins -- Poisons -- Poppet -- Potion -- Ravenwolf, Silver -- Reclaiming tradition -- Reformation -- Reincarnation -- Remy, Nicholas -- Renaissance -- Rites and rituals -- Rituale romanum -- Robinson, Edmund -- Rosicrucians -- Rowan -- Rue -- Runes -- Sabbat -- Sage -- Salem, witch trials of -- Salt -- Samhain -- Sanders, Alex -- Santeria -- Satanism -- Sawyer, Elisabeth -- Saxon-wicca tradition -- Scandinavia, witch-hunts of -- Score, John -- Scot, Michael -- Scot, Reginald -- Scotland, witch trials of -- Scrying -- Selene -- 1734 tradition -- Sexuality -- Shamanism -- Sheba, Lady -- Sherwood, Grace -- Sigils -- Silver -- Silver circle -- Skull -- Skyclad -- Solitaries -- Somerset, witch trial of -- Sommers, Montague -- So mote it be - Sorcery -- Spain, witch trials of -- Spells -- Spring equinox -- Starhawk -- StarKindler tradition -- Stones -- St. Osyth, witch trial of -- Stregheria -- Summerland -- Summer solstice -- Sword -- Sylvan tradition -- Talisman -- Tarot cards -- Telesco, Trish -- Threefold law -- Tools, ritual -- Torture -- Traditions, witchcraft -- Trees -- Treves, witch trials of -- Trials, witch -- Valiente, Doreen -- Venus -- Vodun -- Von Schultheis, Henrich -- Von Spee, Frederich -- Walnut -- Walton, Charles -- Wand -- Warboys witches, trial of the -- Warlock -- Warts -- Watchers -- Water -- Webster, John -- Weinstein, Marion -- Weir, Thomas -- Well-worn path -- Welsh traditional - Weschcke, Carl -- Weyer, Johann -- Wheel of the year -- Wicca -- Wiccan rede -- Wiccan shamanism -- Willow -- Winter solstice -- Witch -- Witchcraft -- Witch doctor -- Witches -- Witch-hunter -- Witching hour -- Witta -- Wizard -- Yule -- Zell-Ravenheart, Morning Glory -- Zell-Ravenheart, Oberon -- Zombies. |
| Summary |
This A-Z encyclopedia provides historical and biographical information related to the practice of witchcraft and the persecution of witches from ancient to modern times, as well as insights into how witches developed the religion of Wicca. Provides informational articles on witchcraft, including cases of persecutions throughout the centuries, pagan rituals and celebrations, and a who's who of gods and goddesses. |
| Subject |
Witchcraft -- Encyclopedias.
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| Added Author |
Netzley, Patricia D.
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| Added Title |
Witchcraft |
| ISBN |
0737704373 library binding alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780737704372 |
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