Gerard's Herball - Or, Generall Historie of Plantes
ISBN: 9781443772853 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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Gerard's Herball - Or, Generall Historie of Plantes
ISBN: 9781528772464 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Ancestral Fields and English Magic
ISBN: 9781908011695 / Angielski / 01-05-2024 Książka dostępna od: 01-05-2024 |
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86,60 zł |
Egyptian Genesis of the Nephilim
ISBN: 9781914153273 / Angielski / 21-06-2024 Książka dostępna od: 21-06-2024 |
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The Witch's Dream: A Healer's Way of Knowledge
ISBN: 9780140195316 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the extraordinary account of Donner-Grau's experiences with dona Mercedes, an aged healer in a remote Venezuelan town known for its spiritualists, sorcerers, and mediums.
This is the extraordinary account of Donner-Grau's experiences with dona Mercedes, an aged healer in a remote Venezuelan town known for its spirituali...
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Witchcraft and Its Transformations, C. 1650 - C. 1750
ISBN: 9780198206538 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an original and important study of the significance of witchcraft in English public life in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In his lively account, Bostridge explores contemporary beliefs about witchcraft and shows how it remained a serious concern across the spectrum of political opinion. He concludes that its gradual descent into polite ridicule had as much to do with political developments as with the birth of reason.
This is an original and important study of the significance of witchcraft in English public life in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In his l...
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Medicine and Magic in Elizabethan London: Simon Forman: Astrologer, Alchemist, and Physician
ISBN: 9780199279050 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Simon Forman (1552-1611) is one of London's most infamous astrologers. Whilst he was consulted thousands of times a year for medical and other questions he stood apart from the medical elite as he boldly asserted medical ideas that were at odds with most learned physicians. In this fascinating book, Lauren Kassell vividly recovers the world of medicine and magic in Elizabethan London.
Simon Forman (1552-1611) is one of London's most infamous astrologers. Whilst he was consulted thousands of times a year for medical and other questio...
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Battling Demons: Witchcraft, Heresy, and Reform in the Late Middle Ages
ISBN: 9780271022260 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The fifteenth century is more than any other the century of the persecution of witches. So wrote Johan Huizinga more than eighty years ago in his classic Autumn of the Middle Ages. Although Huizinga was correct in his observation, modern readers have tended to focus on the more spectacular witch-hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Nevertheless, it was during the late Middle Ages that the full stereotype of demonic witchcraft developed in Europe, and this is the subject of Battling Demons. At the heart of the story is Johannes Nider (d. 1438), a... The fifteenth century is more than any other the century of the persecution of witches. So wrote Johan Huizinga more than eighty years ago in his c... |
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On Witchcraft
ISBN: 9780486444130 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this fascinating account of witches and devils in colonial America, the renowned and influential minister of Boston's Old North Church attempts to justify his role in the Salem witch trials. A true believer in the devil's battle to get converts in Salem and other Massachusetts towns during the late seventeenth century, Mather also believed the fantastic accusations of those who accused their neighbors of witchcraft.
The theologian's book, first published in 1692, provides readers with guidelines for discovering witches, explanations for how good Christians are tempted by the devil to... In this fascinating account of witches and devils in colonial America, the renowned and influential minister of Boston's Old North Church attempts to ...
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The History of Witchcraft and Demonology
ISBN: 9780486460116 / Angielski / Miękka / 353 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Vividly detailed and highly readable, this classic history of witchcraft and demonology provides a thorough exploration of sorcery, Satanism, and every variety of the black arts. Reflecting popular folklore and theological opinions of the late medieval and early Renaissance periods, this survey of necromancy traces witchcraft from ancient times to the twentieth century, describing the link between heresy and the occult. Threaded with dramatic accounts of witch trials and devil's pacts, this time-tested reference offers a compelling look at The Worship of the Witch, Demons and Familiars, the...
Vividly detailed and highly readable, this classic history of witchcraft and demonology provides a thorough exploration of sorcery, Satanism, and ever...
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Where to Park Your Broomstick: A Teen's Guide to Witchcraft
ISBN: 9780684855004 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Modern Witchcraft, often called Wicca, has helped millions of people develop a positive, life-affirming connection to the world we live in. Witchcraft instills confidence, is spiritual kung fu for the annihilation of stress, and is potent mojo against mediocrity. Need help conquering acne and tough exams? Wish you had better family communication and a hot date for Friday night? Chock-full of spells, recipes (all made from easily accessible ingredients), and advice from real teen Witches, Where to Park Your Broomstick has all the information you need to practice Witchcraft and conjure...
Modern Witchcraft, often called Wicca, has helped millions of people develop a positive, life-affirming connection to the world we live in. Witchcraft...
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Signs, Symbols & Omens: An Illustrated Guide to Magical & Spiritual Symbolism
ISBN: 9780738702346 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As human beings, we live in a world of symbols. From traffic signs to the very letters that comprise these words, symbols are woven into every aspect of daily life. Since prehistoric times humans have used symbolic representation to communicate with each other and with the divine. In Signs, Symbols & Omens, leading occult authority Ray Buckland describes the form and meaning of over 800 symbols from ancient and modern religions, magical traditions, and indigenous cultures around the world: - Alchemy
- Ancient Egypt - Astrology - Australian Aborigines - Aztec and... As human beings, we live in a world of symbols. From traffic signs to the very letters that comprise these words, symbols are woven into every aspect ...
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The Occult in Russian and Soviet Culture: From Tongan Villages to American Suburbs
ISBN: 9780801483318 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A pioneering, richly interdisciplinary volume, this is the first work in any language on a subject that has long attracted interest in the West and is now of consuming interest in Russia itself. The cultural ferment unleashed by the collapse of the Soviet Union reawakened interest in the study of Russian religion and spirituality. This book provides a comprehensive account of the influence of occult beliefs and doctrines on intellectual and cultural life in twentieth-century Russia. Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal's introduction delineates the characteristics of occult cosmology which... A pioneering, richly interdisciplinary volume, this is the first work in any language on a subject that has long attracted interest in the West and... |
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Instruments of Darkness: Witchcraft in Early Modern England
ISBN: 9780812216332 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first comprehensive scholarly history of witchcraft in England in over eighty years. "Learned and enthralling."--Jan Morris, Independent Weekend They flew through the air, consorted with animals, and made pacts with the devil. Witches were as unquestioned as alchemy or astrology in medieval England; yet it wasn't until the midsixteenth century that laws were passed against them. Now a leading historian of crime and society in early modern England offers the first scholarly overview of witchcraft in that country in over eighty years, examining how tensions between church, state, and...
The first comprehensive scholarly history of witchcraft in England in over eighty years. "Learned and enthralling."--Jan Morris, Independent Weeken...
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Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 6: The Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780812217070 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The roots of European witchcraft and magic lie in Hebrew and other ancient Near Eastern cultures and in the Celtic, Nordic, and Germanic traditions of the Continent. For two millennia, European folklore and ritual have been imbued with the belief in the s
The roots of European witchcraft and magic lie in Hebrew and other ancient Near Eastern cultures and in the Celtic, Nordic, and Germanic traditions of...
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Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 1: Biblical and Pagan Societies
ISBN: 9780812217858 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the ancient Near East, the art of influencing the natural course of events by means of spells and other ritual forms was universal. The social and political role of magic is apparent, too, in the competition to achieve precedence over rival systems of
In the ancient Near East, the art of influencing the natural course of events by means of spells and other ritual forms was universal. The social and ...
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Witches of the Atlantic World: An Historical Reader and Primary Sourcebook
ISBN: 9780814798515 / Angielski / Miękka / 550 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique anthology is the first to provide a multicultural perspective on witchcraft from the 15th to 18th century. Featuring primary documents as well as scholarly interpretations, Witches of the Atlantic World builds upon information regarding both Christian and non-Christian beliefs about possession and the demonic. Elaine G. Breslaw draws on Native American, African, South American, and African-American sources, as well as the European and New England heritage, to illuminate the ways in which witchcraft in early America was an attempt to understand and control evil and... This unique anthology is the first to provide a multicultural perspective on witchcraft from the 15th to 18th century. Featuring primary documents ... |
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Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth-Century New England: A Documentary History 1638-1693, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780822336136 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This superb documentary collection illuminates the history of witchcraft and witch-hunting in seventeenth-century New England. The original texts tell in vivid detail a multi-dimensional story that conveys not only the process of witch-hunting but also the complexity of culture and society in early America.
This superb documentary collection illuminates the history of witchcraft and witch-hunting in seventeenth-century New England. The original texts tell...
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Spellbound: Woman and Witchcraft in America
ISBN: 9780842025775 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of twelve articles that explore various events in the history of witch-hunting and its demonization of women in American and American women's own use of witchcraft as a source of identity and strength, as well as the complicated relationship between the two.
A collection of twelve articles that explore various events in the history of witch-hunting and its demonization of women in American and American wom...
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Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland: James VI's Demonology and the North Berwick Witches
ISBN: 9780859893886 / Angielski / Miękka / 468 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume provides a valuable introduction to the key concepts of witchcraft and demonology through a detailed study of one of the best known and most notorious episodes of Scottish history, the North Berwick witch hunt, in which King James was involved as alleged victim, interrogator, judge and demonologist. It provides hitherto unpublished and inaccessible material from the legal documentation of the trials in a way that makes the material fully comprehensible, as well as full texts of the pamphlet News from Scotland and James' Demonology, all in a readable, modernised, scholarly form....
This volume provides a valuable introduction to the key concepts of witchcraft and demonology through a detailed study of one of the best known and mo...
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