The Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Witchcraft and Dark Shamanism in Seventeenth-Century Scotland
10 best books like The Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Witchcraft and Dark Shamanism in Seventeenth-Century Scotland (Emma Wilby): Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas, The Female Man, The Yacoubian Building, The Loser, Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History, Summer Will Show, Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath, A Deed Without a Name: Unearthing the Legacy of Traditional Witchcraft, Mastering Witchcraft: A Practical Guide for Witches, Warlocks & Covens, Traditional Witchcraft: A Cornish Book of Ways
Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas
| Author | Machado de Assis |
| ISBN | 0850515025 |
a sick chicken and the voluptuousness of misery
we read an author and wonder 'how is it possible that this genius is not known?'... yes, only a species as cretinous as ours could ignore machado. along with carpentier and mutis, he takes the top 'what the fuck' spot.
here are three reasons...
| Author | Joanna Russ |
| ISBN | 0807063134 |
I've seen people argue, both here and elsewhere, that this book is outdated and no longer topical.
I'm really confused what rose-colored glasses they're wearing, because as far as I can tell, the majority of this book is still far too true. I've been in these places far, far too often to write...
| Author | Alaa Al Aswany |
| ISBN | 0060878134 |
This controversial bestselling novel in the Arab world reveals the political corruption, sexual repression, religious extremism, and modern hopes of Egypt today.
All manner of flawed and fragile humanity reside in the Yacoubian Building, a once-elegant temple of Art Deco splendor now...
| Author | Thomas Bernhard |
| ISBN | 1400077540 |
Thomas Bernhard was one of the most original writers of the twentieth century. His formal innovation ranks with Beckett and Kafka, his outrageously cantankerous voice recalls Dostoevsky, but his gift for lacerating, lyrical, provocative prose is incomparably his own.
One of Bernhard's most...
Cunning-folk were local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued service to the community. They were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers. Mostly unsensational in their approach, cunning-folk helped people with...
| Author | Sylvia Townsend Warner |
| ISBN | 0140161767 |
Sophia Willoughby, a young Englishwoman from an aristocratic family and a person of strong opinions and even stronger will, has packed her cheating husband off to Paris. He can have his tawdry mistress. She intends to devote herself to the serious business of raising her two children in proper Tory...
Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath
| Author | Carlo Ginzburg |
| ISBN | 0226296938 |
What we have tried to analyze here is not one narrative among many, but the matrix of all possible narratives.
So concludes this Triumph of the Weird. What a Borgesian proclamation! My head spins with the density and erudition displayed in this ethnohistory of an idea, the Sabbath. This was...
A Deed Without a Name: Unearthing the Legacy of Traditional Witchcraft
| Author | Lee Morgan |
| ISBN | 1780995490 |
The field of witchcraft studies is continually over-turning new information and research about traditional witchcraft practices and their meanings. A Deed Without a Name seeks to weave together some of this cutting-edge research with insider information and practical know-how. Utilising her...
Mastering Witchcraft: A Practical Guide for Witches, Warlocks & Covens
| Author | Paul Huson |
| ISBN | 0399504427 |
An enduring classic since its publication in 1970, "Mastering Witchcraft" is one of the best how-to manuals for those wishing to practice traditional European Witchcraft as a craft rather than a New Age religion. Starting from first principles, Huson instructs the novice step by step in the arts of...
Traditional Witchcraft: A Cornish Book of Ways
| Author | Gemma Gary |
| ISBN | 0956104304 |
Traditional Witchcraft - A Cornish Book of Ways is a 21st century version of traditional Cornish witchcraft, of the kind recorded by Hunt, Bottrell and others. This is no neo-pagan or modern wiccan manual, but rather a deep drawing up into modern times of some of the ancient practices of lore and magic...
