Witchcraft Confessions and Accusations.

Witchcraft Confessions and Accusations.

Historians as well as anthropologists have contributed to this volume of studies on aspects of witchcraft in a variety of cultures and periods from Tudor England to twentieth-century Africa and New Guinea. Contributors include: Mary Douglas, Norman Cohn, Peter Brown, Keith Thomas, Alan Macfarlane, A...

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Main Author: Douglas, Mary
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Subjects:
Witchcraft > Congresses.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Parapsychology > General.
Witchcraft
Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; WITCHCRAFT CONFESSIONS AND ACCUSATIONS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Preface; Introduction: Thirty Years after Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic; Part I The Context of Witchcraft in Europe; 1 The Myth of Satan and his Human Servants; 2 Sorcery, Demons, and the Rise of Christianity from Late Antiquity into the Middle Ages; 3 The Relevance of Social Anthropology to the Historical Study of English Witchcraft; 4 Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart Essex; Maps; The county of Essex, showing sample villages; Part II Cleansing and Confession of Witches.
  • 5 Chikanga: An African Diviner with an International ReputationChikanga and surrounding area; The site of Chikanga; 6 Instant Millennium: The Sociology of African Witch-cleansing Cults; 7 Witchcraft, Economics, and the Continuity of Belief; 8 Child-witches; Part III Idioms of Power; 9 Spiritual Power in Central America: The Naguals of Chiapas; 10 Legitimate and Illegitimate Aggression in a West African State; 11 Factions and Exclusions in Two South American Village Systems; 12 Prestige, Influence, and Sorcery: A New Guinea Example; Part IV Alternative Interpretations of Misfortune.
  • 13 The Situation of Death: An Aspect of Anuak Philosophy14 A Structural Approach to Witchcraft and Spirit-possession; 15 The Evil Eye in the Middle East; 16 A Boundary to Accusations; Eastern Region of Nigeria: differential concern with witchcraft; 17 Were-animals and the Introverted Witch; 18 Towards More Open Theoretical Interpretations; Notes on Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index.

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