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(More customer reviews)Reminiscent of Barbara Walker's classic Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Weiser has created a field guide relating specifically to witches and all things witchy. Far from an exhaustive compilation of known facts about the supernatural in myth and fact, this is more of a who's who in sorcery and magic. The text is academic but fun to read and easily digested by even the most casual observer but at no times pandering. Each entry, whether a famous magician (e.g. Crowley, Merlin, Agrippa), tool of the trade (broom, cauldron, candle), or deity is presented in a succinct synopsis that has been meticulously researched by the author. Inside these pages you will learn a great deal about the phenomenon of witchcraft: who witches really are, where they come from, and what they do generally. You will not learn how to do these things, and you will not be able to conjure up flying monkeys with this book, but you will walk away with a much better understanding of fact versus superstition and myth that has always surrounded witches. I say with all certainty that Judika Illes knows her stuff. Her examination of deities, magical heroes, and villains from all corners of the the world is a wonderful brochure to the worlds of magic that lie inside us all and simultaneously just outside our front doors, for every civilization has its magical traditions. The format of the book is a series of 1 to 2 page entries on each item or entity examined and contains just enough distilled facts to give you a rudimentary understanding of what you might find in the world around you and whet your appetite to do your own research on any that interest you. Judika has done her homework. As a lifelong student of metaphysics I can recommend this book with certainty. It belongs on your shelf for quick reference to magic both common and obscure. I only wish she had included a reference to eye of newt.
--Dusty White, author of The Easiest Way to Learn the Tarot--EVER!!
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Witches peek from greeting cards and advertisements, and they dig twisted roots from the ground. Witches dance beneath the stars and lurk around cauldrons. Witches heal, witches scare, witches creep, and witches teach!A compendium of witches through the ages, from earliest prehistory to some of the most significant modern practitioners, The Weiser Field Guide to Witches explores who and what is a witch. From such famed historical legends as Aleister Crowley, Marie Laveau and Elizabeth Bathory to the popular literary and cinematic figures Harry Potter and The Wicked Witch of the West, Illes offers a complete range of the history of witches. Included also are the sacred--Isis, Hekate, Aradia--and the profane--the Salem Witch trials and The Burning Times. The Weiser Field Guide to Witches is appropriate for readers of all ages and serves as an excellent and entertaining introduction for those fascinated by the topic.
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