A Treasury Of Witchcraft
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
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Long before the modern occult revival swept through popular culture, Harry E. Wedeck assembled one of the most comprehensive and authoritative sourcebooks on the dark arts ever compiled — A Treasury of Witchcraft stands as an indispensable chronicle of humanity's enduring fascination with the supernatural. Drawing on an extraordinary range of historical, literary, and anthropological sources, the work presents the rituals, spells, invocations, and lore of witchcraft from ancient civilisations through to the early modern period, illuminating the shadowy world of sorcerers, covens, and diabolical pacts with scholarly precision and vivid detail. Wedeck, a Lecturer in Classics at Brooklyn College, brings a classicist's rigour and a storyteller's instinct to this rich tapestry of forbidden knowledge, grounding each entry in its cultural and historical context while allowing the raw power of the original sources to speak for themselves. The result is a work that functions simultaneously as a reference compendium and a deeply absorbing cultural history — one that argues, implicitly but powerfully, that witchcraft is not mere superstition but a mirror held up to the deepest fears and desires of every age. Whether you approach it as a scholar, a curious reader, or a seeker of the uncanny, this treasury will leave you questioning where history ends and mystery begins.
Author: Harry E. Wedeck
Format: Paperback
Genre: Religion
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Long before the modern occult revival swept through popular culture, Harry E. Wedeck assembled one of the most comprehensive and authoritative sourcebooks on the dark arts ever compiled — A Treasury of Witchcraft stands as an indispensable chronicle of humanity's enduring fascination with the supernatural. Drawing on an extraordinary range of historical, literary, and anthropological sources, the work presents the rituals, spells, invocations, and lore of witchcraft from ancient civilisations through to the early modern period, illuminating the shadowy world of sorcerers, covens, and diabolical pacts with scholarly precision and vivid detail. Wedeck, a Lecturer in Classics at Brooklyn College, brings a classicist's rigour and a storyteller's instinct to this rich tapestry of forbidden knowledge, grounding each entry in its cultural and historical context while allowing the raw power of the original sources to speak for themselves. The result is a work that functions simultaneously as a reference compendium and a deeply absorbing cultural history — one that argues, implicitly but powerfully, that witchcraft is not mere superstition but a mirror held up to the deepest fears and desires of every age. Whether you approach it as a scholar, a curious reader, or a seeker of the uncanny, this treasury will leave you questioning where history ends and mystery begins.