Witches Almanac (eBook)

Sorcerers, Witches and Magic from Ancient Rome to the Digital Age

Charles Christian (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
336 Seiten
Visible Ink Press (Verlag)
978-1-57859-814-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Real Witches. Real Lives. Real Magic. Real History. Take a magical tour through the lives and times of 359 of the most important sorcerers and witches throughout history.For millennia theres been a fascination and a fear of people possibly wielding magical powers and a stigma surrounding practitioners of ancient rituals and practices. Yet, in the last 70 years, witchcraft, as well as Wicca, have gone from taboo beliefs pursued by a handful of eccentrics and misfits to major global, spiritual movements. Meet the troublemakers and rebels who pushed for change in The Witches Almanac: Sorcerers, Witches, and Magic from Ancient Rome to the Digital Age. Youll be introduced to the history, persecutions, conjurings, and magic of some of historys most consequential witches, sorcerers, wizards, and mavericks, including Circe, Medea, Hermes Trismegistus, the Chaldean Magi, and other Ancient Roman and Classical Greek witchesMerlin, Morgana le Fey, Nimue, the 10 Queens of Avalon, and sorcery and witchcraft in the Arthurian legendsSan Cipriano, the obscure 4th century bishop whose influence today still plays an important role in folk magic and Hoodoo practicesBaba Yaga, Joan of Arc, Gilles de Rais, Alice Kyteller, Lord Soulis, Michael Scott, the Golem of Prague, and medieval witchcraftKing Henry VI, Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII, Catherine de Medici, John Dee, Queen Elizabeth, and witchcraft in the British royal courtIsobel Gowdie, illusive Scottish witch whose voluntary confessions provided the template for traditional witchcraft beliefsIsaac Newton, Friar Roger Bacon, Nicholas Flamel, Paracelsus, Cornelius Agrippa, Robert Boyle, and other alchemistsThe Burning Times of the late 16th to early 18th centuriesThe Berwick witch trialThe Salem witch trialAleister Crowley, W. B. Yeats, MacGregor Mathers, Eliphas Levi, the Golden Dawn, Thelema and ritual magic, and the rise of esoteric movements of the 19th and early 20th centuriesJack Parsons, described as the Jet-Propelled Antichrist whose life of sex, rockets, and magic ended prematurely in a mysterious explosionGerald Gardner, Old Dorothy Clutterbuck, Alex Sanders, Robert Cochrane, Raymond Buckland, Lady Sheba, Marjorie Cameron, and others in the modern Wicca and witchcraft movementAnd much more!!Youll get a deeper understanding of the obscure history of witches with this enchanting and bewitching tome! The Witches Almanacbrings you their rich histories and extraordinary biographies, plus it includes a helpful bibliography, an extensive index, and numerous photos, adding to its usefulness.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.2.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
• Schlagworte: 8th Witch of Eye • A.E. White • alchemists • Alchemy • Aleister Crowley • Alex Sanders • Alice Kyteller • Anne Boleyn • Aradia • Baba Yaga • Cagliostro • Catherine de Medici • ceremonial magic • Circe • Comte de St Germain • Cornelius Agrippa • cunning folk • doreen valiente • Edward Kelley • Eliphas Levi • esotericism • folk magic • Friar Roger Bacon • George Pickinghill • Gerald Gardner • Gilles de Rais • Giordano Bruno • greek witchcraft • greek witches • Grigori Rasputin • Helen Duncan • Hermes Trismegistus • Isaac Newton • Jack Parsons • James Murrell • James Price • Joan of Arc • John Dee • King Henry VI • King Henry VIII • King James of Scotland • king louis xiv • Lady Sheba • Leo Martello • Lord Soulis • MacGregor Mathers • Magic • magick • magic witch • Marie Laveau • Marjorie Cameron • Medea • Merlin • Michael Scott • montague summers • Morgana le Fey • Nicholas Flamel • Nimue • Old Dorothy Clutterbuck • Old Mother Shipton • Pagan Books • Paracelsus • practical spellcraft • Queen Elizabeth • Raven Grimassi • raymond buckland • Robert Boyle • Robert Cochrane • roman witchcraft • roman witches • salem witch trial • Sorcery • starhawk • Sybil Leek • the 10 Queens of Avalon • the Berwick Witches • The Burning Times • the Chaldean Magi • the Chambre d’Argent Affair • The Golden Dawn • the Golem of Prague • The Great Witch Trials • the Muggletonians • the Pendle • the Witch of Berkeley • the Witch of Brandon • the Witch Queen of New Orleans • Urban Grandier • W.B. Yeats • white witch • Wicca • wicca book • wicca books • witch book • witch books • witch books for beginners • Witchcraft • Witchcraft Act of 1735 • witchcraft book • witch-hunts
• ISBN-10: 1-57859-814-1 / 1578598141
• ISBN-13: 978-1-57859-814-4 / 9781578598144