show how perceptions of witchcraft shifted from a general belief in harmful magic practiced by individuals to a conspiratorial and organized threat that led to the witch hunts that shook northern Europe and went on to influence conceptions of diabolical witchcraft for centuries to come
Chapter 10: The Trickster
and then disappeared from the history of philosophy—until the 1945 discovery
the Planetary Magic of the Sābians of ancient Harrān
Knowing Demons, Knowing Spirits in the Early Modern Period (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) Hardcover Edition show how perceptions of witchcraftMichelle Brock, Richard Raiswell and David R. Winter, editors. Knowing Demons, Knowing Spirits in the Early Modern Period, Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. Hardcover edition. 317 pages. Condition: As New Description from the publisher: This book explores the manifold ways of knowingand knowing about preternatural beings such as demons, angels, fairies, and other spirits that inhabited and were believed to