Callow John (University Of Suffolk Uk)
Callow John (University Of Suffolk Uk) - Embracing The Darkness A Cultural History Of Witchcraft - Hardcover
Callow John (University Of Suffolk Uk) - Embracing The Darkness A Cultural History Of Witchcraft - Hardcover
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Description: As dusk fell on a misty evening in 1521, Martin Luther - hiding from his enemies at Wartburg Castle - found himself seemingly tormented by demons hurling walnuts at his bedroom window. In a fit of rage the great reformer threw at the Devil the inkwell from which he was preparing his colossal translation of the Bible. A belief - like Luther's - in the supernatural and in black magic has been central to European cultural life for 3000 years. From the Salem witch trials to the macabre novels of Dennis Wheatley; from the sadistic persecution of eccentric village women to the seductive sorceresses of TV's Charmed; and from Derek Jarman's punk film Jubilee to Ken Russell's The Devils John Callow brings the twilight world of the witch mage and necromancer to vivid and fascinating life. He takes us into a shadowy landscape where in an age before modern drugs the onset of sudden illness was readily explained by malevolent spellcasting. And where dark winding country lanes could terrify by night as the hoot of an owl or shriek of a fox became the desolate cries of unseen spirits. Witchcraft has profoundly shaped the western imagination and endures in the forms of modern - day Wicca and paganism. Embracing the Darkness is an enthralling account of this fascinating aspect of the western cultural experience.
Title: Embracing The Darkness A Cultural History Of Witchcraft
Author(s): Callow John (University Of Suffolk Uk)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781845114695
Pages: 288 Pages, 43 Bw In 32pp Plates
Publication Date: 1/30/2018
Category: Witchcraft & Wicca
Description: As dusk fell on a misty evening in 1521, Martin Luther - hiding from his enemies at Wartburg Castle - found himself seemingly tormented by demons hurling walnuts at his bedroom window. In a fit of rage the great reformer threw at the Devil the inkwell from which he was preparing his colossal translation of the Bible. A belief - like Luther's - in the supernatural and in black magic has been central to European cultural life for 3000 years. From the Salem witch trials to the macabre novels of Dennis Wheatley; from the sadistic persecution of eccentric village women to the seductive sorceresses of TV's Charmed; and from Derek Jarman's punk film Jubilee to Ken Russell's The Devils John Callow brings the twilight world of the witch mage and necromancer to vivid and fascinating life. He takes us into a shadowy landscape where in an age before modern drugs the onset of sudden illness was readily explained by malevolent spellcasting. And where dark winding country lanes could terrify by night as the hoot of an owl or shriek of a fox became the desolate cries of unseen spirits. Witchcraft has profoundly shaped the western imagination and endures in the forms of modern - day Wicca and paganism. Embracing the Darkness is an enthralling account of this fascinating aspect of the western cultural experience.
Title: Embracing The Darkness A Cultural History Of Witchcraft
Author(s): Callow John (University Of Suffolk Uk)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781845114695
Pages: 288 Pages, 43 Bw In 32pp Plates
Publication Date: 1/30/2018
Category: Witchcraft & Wicca
