Witches, Werewolves, and Fairies: Shapeshifters and Astral Doubles in the Middle Ages
10 best books like Witches, Werewolves, and Fairies: Shapeshifters and Astral Doubles in the Middle Ages (Claude Lecouteux): In the Dark Places of Wisdom, Visions and Longings: Medieval Women Mystics, Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint, British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881), Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth, Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History, Cunning-Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic, Gumbo Ya-Ya: A Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales, Magic in the Middle Ages, Medieval Folklore: A Guide to Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs
In the Dark Places of Wisdom
What we have here is an academic paper puffed into a book, written by one who does not respect his reader.
If one has the patience to wade through his tedious repetitions, condescensions, ax grinding, and self-congratulations, one is rewarded with the glimmer of a new idea. But that idea, recedes...
| Author | Monica Furlong |
| ISBN | 1570623147 |
The women mystics of medieval Europe represent the very first feminine voices heard in a world where women were nearly silent. As such, they are striking and unusual, strange, powerful and urgent. Monica Furlong uses key selections from among these women's own writings and writings about them by their...
Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint
| Author | R. Andrew Chesnut |
| ISBN | 0199764654 |
R. Andrew Chesnut offers a fascinating portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees over the past decade. Although condemned by mainstream churches, this folk saint's supernatural powers appeal to millions of Latin Americans and immigrants in the U.S....
1881. In a certain sense Wales may be spoken of as the cradle of fairy legend. It is not now disputed that from the Welsh were borrowed many of the first subjects of composition in the literature of all the cultivated peoples of Europe. In the ground it covers, while this volume deals especially with Wales,...
| Author | Walter Burkert |
| ISBN | 0520058755 |
What is it about animal sacrifice that makes otherwise staid European scholars and experts on go ape-shit crazy and start fantasizing about primal violence and making up strange myths of their own? I liked this book, actually, it's fun, but it's in a certain tradition, ranging from Robertson Smith...
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 | Emma Wilby |
| ISBN | 1845190793 |
In the hundreds of confessions relating to witchcraft and sorcery trials from early modern Britain we frequently find detailed descriptions of intimate working relationships between popular magical practitioners and familiar spirits of either human or animal form. Until recently historians...
| Author | Lyle Saxon |
| ISBN | 0882896458 |
my feelings toward this anthology are as complex as my feelings toward the deep south.
upon reading it, there were various chapters that inspired feelings of a nostalgic homecoming -- the voices in the tales are rich and true and sing out history in tones that are completely unique...
| Author | Richard Kieckhefer |
| ISBN | 0521785766 |
How was magic practiced in medieval times? How did it relate to the diverse beliefs and practices that characterized this fascinating period? Richard Kieckhefer surveys the growth and development of magic in medieval times. He examines its relation to religion, science, philosophy, art, literature...
| Author | Carl Lindahl |
| ISBN | 0195147723 |
Over a decade in the making, Medieval Folklore offers a wide-ranging guide to the lore of the Middle Ages--from the mundane to the supernatural. Definitive and lively articles focus on the great tales and traditions of the age and includes information on daily and nightly customs and activities; religious...
| Author | Michael Harner |
| ISBN | 0195016491 |
This is a collection of ten anthropological studies that explore the use of hallucinogens in shamanism. Michael Harner serves as the book’s editor, and does a good job of including studies that provide different sets of information to the reader.
I think I first heard about this book from...
A World Full of Gods: An Inquiry Into Polytheism
| Author | John Michael Greer |
| ISBN | 0976568101 |
In this book John Michael Greer turns his attention to the intellectual underpinnings and superstructures of the Pagan and magical movements. Pagan religions have tended to be more concerned with practice than with theory and in a system that has no dogma - no legislated doctrine - that is as it should...
Taliesin: The Last Celtic Shaman
| Author | John Matthews |
| ISBN | 0892818697 |
A new translation of the poems of sixth-century Celtic bard and shaman Taliesin that reveals the mysteries of Druidic practices.- The first collection of Taliesin's major poetry with commentary by John Matthews, author of more than 40 books on the Celts.- Reveals Druidic prophecy, methods of divination,...
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...
The Black Pullet: Science of Magical Talisman
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 1578632021 |
First surfacing in France in the 18th century, The Black Pullet is a guide to the construction and use of magical talismanic rings. With the use of these rings, people attained extraordinary powers. Perhaps the most wonderful secret revealed is the power to produce the Black Pullet, otherwise known...
Crone's Book of Magical Words
| Author | Valerie Worth |
| ISBN | 1567188257 |
Crone's Book of Magical Words (previously published as The Crone's Book of Words) by Valerie Worth is the book you've been waiting for! In its pages are over 125 spells, incantations, and charms. If you can think of a purpose for a spell, it's probably in this book. Need a spell to summon a ghost? Or perhaps...
The Call of the Horned Piper
| Author | Nigel Jackson |
| ISBN | 1898307091 |
Call of the Horned Piper
Nigel Jackson, Capal Bann
April, 1994
This is one of the best books written on the ancient craft of British Traditional Witchcraft. It is perfect for beginners giving them the mythology, symbolism and apt explanations. The book does an excellent...
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...
The Rebirth of Witchcraft
| Author | Doreen Valiente |
| ISBN | 0709083696 |
One of witchcraft's most widely known figures, Doreen Valiente was a close friend of the late Gerald Gardner, generally regarded as the founder of modern Wicca. Initiated by him in the 1950s and for a time High Priestess of his coven, Doreen helped him rewrite his seminal Book of Shadows and establish witchcraft's...
Pharmako/Gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path
| Author | Dale Pendell |
| ISBN | 1562791303 |
“Pendell’s ongoing subjects are the botanical ‘allies ’ humans have always associated with, and the ‘pharmakon,’ the drug that is both poison and cure. A poet, ethno-botanist and amateur chemist, he’s the best writer on drugs to come along since the late Terence McKenna.”—Richard...
Witchcraft: The Gay Counterculture
| Author | Arthur Evans |
| ISBN | 0915480018 |
This controversial work, published in 1978 by Fag Rag Press, investigates the historical relationship between homosexuality and paganism with a focus on old Europe and the persecution of pagans by Christians during the early formation of the Christian religion. It compares this history with present-day...
