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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This book contains the first comprehensive examination of popular familiar belief in early modern Britain. It provides an in-depth analysis of the correlation between early modern British magic and tribal shamanism, examines the experiential dimension of popular magic and witchcraft in early modern Britain, and explores the links between British fairy beliefs and witch beliefs. In the hundreds of confessions relating to witchcraft and sorcery trials in early modern Britain there are detailed descriptions of intimate working relationships between popular magical practitioners and familiar spirits of either human or animal form. Until recently historians often dismissed these descriptions as elaborate fictions created by judicial interrogators eager to find evidence of stereotypical pacts with the Devil. Although this paradigm is now routinely questioned, and most historians acknowledge that there was a folkloric component to familiar lore in the period, these beliefs, and the experiences reportedly associated with them, remain substantially unexplored. This book examines the folkloric roots of familiar lore from historical, anthropological and comparative religious perspectives. It argues that beliefs about witches' familiars were rooted in beliefs surrounding the use of fairy familiars by beneficent magical practitioners or cunning folk', and corroborates this through a comparative analysis of familiar beliefs found in traditional Native American and Siberian shamanism. The author explores the experiential dimension of familiar lore by drawing parallels between early modern familiar encounters and visionary mysticism as it appears in both tribal shamanism and medieval European contemplative traditions. These perspectives challenge the reductionist view of popular magic in early modern Britain often presented by historians. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

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Zustand: New. 2006. Paperback. Contains an examination of popular familiar belief in early modern Britain. This book provides an analysis of the correlation between early modern British magic and tribal shamanism, examines the experiential dimension of popular magic and witchcraft in early modern Britain, and explores the links between British fairy beliefs and witch beliefs. Num Pages: 317 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HRLK; HRQX2; HRQX5; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Zustand: New. The confessions of Isobel Gowdie are widely recognised as the most extraordinary on record in Britain. Using historical, psychological, and anthropological perspectives this book sets out to separate the voice of Isobel Gowdie from that of her interrogators, and to determine the experiences and beliefs which may have generated her confessions. Num Pages: 604 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JD; HRLK; HRQX5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 174 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1072. . 2010. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Zustand: New. pp. 316.

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Zustand: New. 2005. Hardcover. Contains the examination of popular familiar belief in early modern Britain. This book provides an analysis of the correlation between early modern British magic and tribal shamanism, examines the experiential dimension of popular magic and witchcraft in early modern Britain, and explores the links between British fairy beliefs and witch beliefs. Num Pages: 317 pages, illus. BIC Classification: VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Zustand: New. Contains an examination of popular familiar belief in early modern Britain. This book provides an analysis of the correlation between early modern British magic and tribal shamanism, examines the experiential dimension of popular magic and witchcraft in ear.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Contains an examination of popular familiar belief in early modern Britain. This book provides an analysis of the correlation between early modern British magic and tribal shamanism, examines the experiential dimension of popular magic and witchcraft in early modern Britain, and explores the links between British fairy beliefs and witch beliefs.…

Zustand: New. The confessions of Isobel Gowdie are widely recognised as the most extraordinary on record in Britain. Using historical, psychological, and anthropological perspectives this book sets out to separate the voice of Isobel Gowdie from that of her interrogators.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. new title edition. 317 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Zustand: New. Contains the examination of popular familiar belief in early modern Britain. This book provides an analysis of the correlation between early modern British magic and tribal shamanism, examines the experiential dimension of popular magic and witchcraft in ea.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The confessions of Isobel Gowdie are widely recognised as the most extraordinary on record in Britain. Their descriptive power and vivid imagery have attracted considerable interest on both academic and popular levels. Among historians, the confessions are celebrated for providing a unique insight into the way fairy beliefs and witch beliefs interacted in the early modern mind; more controversially, they are also cited as evidence for the existence of Shamanistic visionary traditions, of pre-Christian origin, in Scotland in this period. On a popular level the confessions of Isobel Gowdie have, above any other British witch-trial records, influenced the formation of the ritual traditions of Wicca. The author's discovery of the original trial records (currently being authenticated by the National Archives of Scotland), deemed lost for nearly 200 years, provides a starting point for an interdisciplinary look at the confessions and the woman behind them. Using historical, psychological, comparative religious and anthropological perspectives this book sets out to separate the voice of Isobel Gowdie from that of her interrogators, and to determine the experiences and beliefs which may have generated her confessions. The book explores: How far did those accused of witchcraft self-consciously practice harmful magic Did they really believe themselves to have made a Pact with an envisioned Devil Did they ever participate in ecstatic cult rituals The author argues that close analysis of Isobel's testimony supports the view that in seventeenth-century Britain popular spirituality was shaped by a deep interaction between Christian teachings and shamanistic visionary traditions, of pre-Christian origin. These findings confirm the value of witchcraft confessions as unique windows into the complexities of the early modern religious imagination.…