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E-grāmata: Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times

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  • Formāts: 352 pages
  • Izdošanas datums: 07-Oct-2019
  • Izdevniecība: Yale University Press
  • Valoda: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9780300249453
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  • Izdevniecība: Yale University Press
  • Valoda: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9780300249453

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The definitive history of how witchcraft and black magic have survived, through the modern era and into the present day

Cursed Britain unveils the enduring power of witchcraft, curses and black magic in modern times. Few topics are so secretive or controversial. Yet, whether in the 1800s or the early 2000s, when disasters struck or personal misfortunes mounted, many Britons found themselves believing in things they had previously dismissed dark supernatural forces.

Historian Thomas Waters here explores the lives of cursed or bewitched people, along with the witches and witch-busters who helped and harmed them. Waters takes us on a fascinating journey from Scottish islands to the folklore-rich West Country, from the immense territories of the British Empire to metropolitan London. We learn why magic caters to deep-seated human needs but see how it can also be abused, and discover how witchcraft survives by evolving and changing. Along the way, we examine an array of remarkable beliefs and rituals, from traditional folk magic to diverse spiritualities originating in Africa and Asia.

This is a tale of cynical quacks and sincere magical healers, depressed people and furious vigilantes, innocent victims and rogues who claimed to possess evil abilities. Their spellbinding stories raise important questions about the states role in regulating radical spiritualities, the fragility of secularism and the true nature of magic.

 

Recenzijas

The amount of material Waters has unearthed is impressive, especially given the deliberate invisibility of witchcrafts practitioners. His book is a salutary reminder that the modern world is not immune to superstition Robert Leigh-Pemberton, Daily Telegraph

[ The book] is admirably wide-ranging, none the less, offering a survey of magic from the beginning of the 19th century until the present day, clearly demonstrating its ubiquity, its importance, and its persistence William Whyte, Church Times

Waters hasproduced a magnificent history of 19th and 20th-century British witchcraft.Simon Young, Times Higher Education

 

"Waters will certainly get his readers thinking."Ceri Houlbrook, The Canadian Journal of History

There are many histories of witchcraft and magic, but this one is distinguished by its impressive scholarship, compelling narratives and good writing.Fortean Times



 

A timely account of the ebb and flow of belief in the black arts in modern times. It's fascinating, well-researched and utterly compelling.Michelle Paver, author of Wakenhyrst

This is one of those pioneering studies which immediately establishes a mastery of its field. It is broad, adventurous, subtle, painstaking and in places perhaps controversial: at once a glittering debut and a monument of scholarship.Ronald Hutton, author of The Witch

Built around numerous intriguing case studies, Cursed Britain charts the continued fear of witchcraft and harmful magic in Britain and beyond over the last two centuries. Authoritative and engaging, Waters book explores and explains why we should seek to understand the magical beliefs of our recent ancestors, and also requires us to reflect on the continued belief in malign forces.Owen Davies, author of A Supernatural War

An important and timely investigation into how malevolent magic and counter magic has survived, adapted, declined, and revived in the modern age. This is also a very human history of fear, power, influence and imagination. Fascinating. Karl Bell, author of The Magical Imagination

One Black magic in modern times
1(8)
Two Blood the witch, swim the wizard: 1800-30
9(29)
1804: William Ettrick's evil year
Wizardry at Wickham Skeith
Magic in Monmouthshire
Brutal beliefs
Milder means
Evil traditions
Indulgent magistrates
Shy demonologists
Critics muster
Three Tough superstitions: 1830-60
38(35)
Outrage in Oxfordshire: the case of the `Little Tew ghost'
Cursing, Irish and otherwise
The drive against `popular superstition
A resilient creed
Progress for the few, witchcraft for the many
Conjurors and constables, magistrates and magic
Spellbound or mesmerised?
Four Secret beliefs: 1860-1900
73(33)
Investigating witchcraft with thefolklorists
Witch hares in the Western Isles
Regional witchcraft
Witch villages and cursing wells
Who were the witches?
Women and witchcraft
Five Healing black magic: the unwitchers of late Victorian Britain
106(33)
An Aberdeenshire Warlock
Cunning-folk
From cards to curses: fortune-telling
Roma go `dukkerin'
Unwitching as mental health care
Why unwitching worked
Six Occultists study dark arts: 1850s-1900
139(17)
From crisis of faith to occult revival
Spiritualism and evil magnetism
Theosophy and Indian witches
Black magic and the Golden Dawn
Christian Science: a new witchcraft
Baphomet and paganism
Strident Christians revive demonology
Seven Gone native: witchcraft in the British Empire and beyond
156(31)
Baptist meets witch
Superstition and imperialism
The occult in the outback
Maoris and makutu: witchcraft in New Zealand
Slavery and sorcery: obeah in the Caribbean
Beyond colonial power: witchcraft and witch-hunting in India
The curse of a continent? Witchcraft in Africa
Bringing magic back
Eight Witchcraft's decline: 1900-60s
187(34)
Under psychic attack: How Violet Firth became Dion Fortune
Witchcraft's decline: 1900-1930s
A twentieth-century white witch: the late career of Mother Heme
The war against quackery
The last conjurors in Wales-Witchcraft's collapse: 1940s-1960s
Why did witchcraft decline?
Roma doing less dukkerin, but still cursing
Pagan witch cults and a magic murder
Wicca
Nine Multicultural magic: 1970-2015
221(40)
The evolution of enchantment: John Lundy's curse
Old stories and alternative lifestyles: witchcraft in the countryside
Voodoo London: magic in the urban environment
Out of Africa? Witchcraft and child abuse
The deliverance ministry: a new demonology
The occult online
Ten Conclusion: witchcraft's decline and return
261(5)
Endnotes 266(60)
Select bibliography 326(8)
List of maps and illustrations 334(2)
Acknowledgements 336(1)
Index 337
Thomas Waters is lecturer in history at Imperial College London and a specialist in the modern history of witchcraft and magic.