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Author Stephens, Walter, 1949-

Title Demon lovers : witchcraft, sex, and the crisis of belief / Walter Stephens.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2002]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  133.4 S835D    Check Shelf
Description xv, 451 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-441) and index.
Contents Witchcraft theory: copulation with demons as carnal knowledge -- Why women? the Malleus maleficarum -- Sexy devils: how they got bodies -- Incredible sex: confronting the difficulty of belief -- From dreams to reality: why witches fly -- Experiments with witches -- The theory of witchcraft power -- "This is my body": witches and desecration -- Witches, infanticide, and power -- Illusion and reality, part one: crib death and stealthy cats -- Illusion and reality, part two: witches who steal penises -- Interview with the demon: from exorcism to witchcraft -- Witchcraft, body, and soul.
Subject Witchcraft and sex -- History.
Demonology -- History.
Trials (Witchcraft)
ISBN 0226772616
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