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  • Magic and Superstition in Europe

    A Concise History from Antiquity to the Present

    by Professor Michael D. Bailey ...
    Series series
    The only comprehensive, single-volume survey of magic available, this compelling book traces the history of magic, witchcraft, and superstitious practices such as popular spells or charms from antiquity to the present day. Focusing especially on Europe in the medieval and early modern eras, Michael Bailey also explores the ancient Near East, classical Greece and Rome, and the spread of magical ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

  • Origins of the Witches’ Sabbath

    by Michael D. Bailey ...
    Series series Magic in History Sourcebooks
    While the perception of magic as harmful is age-old, the notion of witches gathering together in large numbers, overtly worshiping demons, and receiving instruction in how to work harmful magic as part of a conspiratorial plot against Christian society was an innovation of the early fifteenth century. The sources collected in this book reveal this concept in its formative stages.The idea that ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Fearful Spirits, Reasoned Follies

    The Boundaries of Superstition in Late Medieval Europe

    by Michael D. Bailey ...
    Superstitions are commonplace in the modern world. Mostly, however, they evoke innocuous images of people reading their horoscopes or avoiding black cats. Certain religious practices might also come to mind—praying to St. Christopher or lighting candles for the dead. Benign as they might seem today, such practices were not always perceived that way. In medieval Europe superstitions were considered ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Historical Dictionary of Witchcraft

    by Jonathan Durrant, Professor Michael D. Bailey ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
    Witchcraft has proven an important, if difficult, historical subject to investigate and interpret over the last four decades or so. Modern historical research into witchcraft began as an attempt to tease out the worldview of ordinary people in 16th- and 17th-century England, but it quickly expanded to encompass the history of witchcraft in most cultures and societies that have existed with ... Read more

    $183.99 CAD

  • Magic: The Basics

    by Michael D. Bailey ...
    Series series The Basics
    Magic: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to magic in world history and contemporary societies. Presenting magic as a global phenomenon which has manifested in all human cultures, this book takes a thematic approach which explores the historical, social, and cultural aspects of magic.Key features include:attempts to define magic either in universal or more particular terms, and to ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

  • Faith, Morality, and Civil Society

    by David Oki Ahearn, Professor Michael D. Bailey, John P. Bartkowski, Steven P. Brown, Beverly Gaddy, Joshua P. Hochschild, Kevin Pybas, Helen A. Regis, Brad Lowell Stone, Alan Wolfe, Alan Woolfolk ...
    Series series Applications of Political Theory
    In this rich collection of essays, editors Dale McConkey and Peter Augustine Lawler explore the contributions that religious faith and morality can make to a civil society. Though the level of religious expression has remained high in the United States, the shift from traditional religious beliefs to a far more individualized style of faith has led many to contend that no faith commitment, ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • The A to Z of Witchcraft

    by Professor Michael D. Bailey ...
    Series series The A to Z Guide Series
    A great deal has been written about the history of witchcraft, but much of what has been written is unreliable, exaggerated, or inaccurate. This problem is especially acute in regard to modern witchcraft, or Wicca, and its supposed connections to historical witchcraft in medieval and early modern Europe. The A to Z of Witchcraft provides a reliable reference source for both academics and general ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

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  • The Cult of the Saints

    Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity, Enlarged Edition

    by Peter Brown ...
    A new edition of the "brilliantly original and highly sophisticated" study of saint worship after the fall of the Roman Empire ( Library Journal).In this groundbreaking work, Peter Brown explores how the worship of saints and their corporeal remains became central to religious life in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. During this period, earthly remnants served as a heavenly ... Read more

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  • The Masonic Myth

    Unlocking the Truth About the Symbols, the Secret Rites, and the History of Freemasonry

    by Jay Kinney ...
    The Truth RevealedFreemasons have been connected to the all-seeing eye on the dollar bill, the French Revolution, the Knights Templar, and the pyramids of Egypt. They have been rumored to be everything from a cabal of elite power brokers ruling the world to a covert network of occultists and pagans intent on creating a new world order, to a millennia-old brotherhood perpetuating ancient wisdom ... Read more

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  • Selected Writings

    by Hildegard of Bingen ...
    Benedictine nun, poet and musician, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the most remarkable figures of the Middle Ages. She undertook preaching tours throughout the German empire at the age of sixty, and was consulted not only by her religious contemporaries but also by kings and emperors, yet it is largely for her apocalyptic and mystical writings that she is remembered. This volume ... Read more

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  • Drawing Down the Moon

    Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America

    by Margot Adler ...
    The essential text and classic study of Neo-PaganismSince its original publication, Drawing Down the Moon continues to be the only detailed history of the burgeoning but still widely misunderstood Neo- Pagan subculture. Margot Adler attended ritual gatherings and interviewed a diverse, colorful gallery of people across the United States, people who find inspiration in ancient deities, nature, myth ... Read more

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