The Book of Witches is not an 'exhaustive treatise on witches and witchcraft' but rather 'a picture from which a general impression may be gained'. Oliver Madox Hueffer shows where witches have comes from and why, 'what she was and is, .. how necessary she is and must be to the happiness of mankind, and how great the responsibility of those who, disbelieving in her themselves, seek to infect others with their scepticism'.
Divided into 16 chapters, Hueffer explores a variety of subjects within witchcraft, from witches' attributes to representations of witches in England, Rome and Greece, as well as persecutions of witches, philtres, charms and potions, and modern witches in the 19th century.
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- ISBN10 144635850X
- ISBN13 9781446358504
- Publish Date 31 August 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint David & Charles
- Edition Digital Original ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 226
- Language English