The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology
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About This Book
This is an intensive study of the witch cult in Great Britain. The author uses French and Flemish sources to obtain a clearer understanding of the ritual and beliefs, as the witch cult appears to be the same throughout western Europe. The sources from which the information used within are the judicial records and contemporary chroniclers. In the case of the chroniclers, the author studied their facts, not their opinions.
Chapters (370)
- THE WITCH-CULT IN WESTERN EUROPE
- A Study in Anthropology
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- FOOTNOTES:
- I. CONTINUITY OF THE RELIGION
- FOOTNOTES:
- II. THE GOD
- 1. As God
- 2. As a Human Being. (a) Man
- (b) Woman
- 3. Identification
- 4. As an Animal
- FOOTNOTES:
- III. ADMISSION CEREMONIES
- 1. General
- 2. The Introduction
- 3. The Renunciation and Vows
- 4. The Covenant
- 5. The Baptism
- 6. The Mark
- FOOTNOTES:
- IV. THE ASSEMBLIES
- 1. Sabbath
- 2. The Esbat
- FOOTNOTES:
- V. THE RITES
- 1. General
- 2. Homage
- 3. The Dances
- 4. The Music
- 5. The Feast
- 6. Candles
- 7. The Sacrament
- 8. Sacrifices
- 9. Magic Words
- FOOTNOTES:
- VI. THE RITES (continued)
- Witches' Rain-making and Fertility Rites 1. General
- 2. Rain-making
- 3. Fertility
- FOOTNOTES:
- VII. THE ORGANIZATION
- 1. The Officer
- 2. The Covens
- 3. Duties
- 4. Discipline
- FOOTNOTES:
- VIII. FAMILIARS AND TRANSFORMATIONS
- 1. The Divining Familiar
- 2. The Domestic Familiar
- 3. Methods of obtaining Familiars
- 4. Transformations into Animals
- FOOTNOTES:
- APPENDIX I
- FAIRIES AND WITCHES
- FOOTNOTES:
- APPENDIX II
- TRIAL OF SILVAIN NEVILLON AND GENTIEN LE CLERC AT ORLEANS, 1614-15
- APPENDIX III
- A. NAMES OF WITCHES IN COVENS
- B. NAMES OF WITCHES
- APPENDIX IV
- JOAN OF ARC AND GILLES DE RAIS
- 1. Joan of Arc
- 2. Gilles de Rais
- FOOTNOTES:
- APPENDIX V
- FLYING OINTMENTS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ADDENDUM
- INDEX
- TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
- Fixed issues
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