Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 1: Biblical and Pagan Societies

Witchcraft and Magic in Europe #1

by Bengt Ankarloo (Editor), Stuart Clark (Editor), Marie-Louise Thomsen

The oldest roots of the European concepts of witchcraft and magic lie in the Hebrew and other cultures of the ancient Near East and in the Celtic, Nordic and Germanic Societies of the North and West. The authors of this volume survey three crucial aspects of this earliest phase of development. These are the role of magical incantations and rituals against witchcraft in Mesopotamia in the last three millennia BC, the attitudes to witchcraft and magic in the Old Testament and in later Jewish tradition, and the beliefs and legends associated with trolldomor (witchcraft) in pre-Christian Scandanavia.

Genres: History, Occult, Nonfiction, Witchcraft, Witches, Religion, Paganism

188 pages, Paperback

First published December 13, 2001

Reviews

[Caterina]

Kaynakların içerisinde kaybolduğumu hissettiğim bir okuma süreciydi. Akademik anlamda muazzam refarenslar var fakat sürekli parantez içindeki atıflar yüzünden okuma sürecini takip etmekte zorlandım.

Bunun dışında kaliteli bir eser.

( Kişisel görüştür, genel geçerlik iddiası taşımaz.)

[Redsocks]

It was good, but more as an introduction into the practicies and magic, i wish it went more in-depth with them, but otherwise, it was great. Definitely recommend.

[Cat]

A great overview of the Babylonia and Mesopotamian culture origins of witchcraft and spells.

[Xenophon Hendrix]

Given the subject, this book was surprisingly dry reading.