Witchcraft

by Charles Williams

Paperback, 2005

Status

Available

Call number

133.409

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Publication

Apocryphile Press (2005), 316 pages

Description

"These pages must stand for what they are-a brief account of the history of that perverted way of the soul which we call magic, and with the reaction against it. No one will derive any knowledge of initiation from this boook. I have not wished to titillate or to thrill; so far as I can manage it, this is history, and accurate history." -adapted from the Preface Charles Williams was one of the finest-not to mention one of the most unusual-theologians of the twentieth century. His mysticism is palpable-the unseen world interpenetrates ours at every point, and spiritual exchange occurs all the time, unseen and largely unlooked for. His novels are legend, and as a member of the Inklings, he contributed to the mythopoetic revival in contemporary culture.… (more)

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LibraryThing member leandrod
Superb text on the precedents & history of the witch trials of end of the Dark ages & of the Reformation & Counter Reformation era. Sheds more than a little light on the current scares on parental abuse, minority discrimination.& political correctness.

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1941

Physical description

316 p.; 8.5 inches

ISBN

0976402572 / 9780976402572

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