Cunning-folk and familiar spirits
Subtitle: shamanistic visionary traditions in early modern British witchcraft and magic
By: by Emma Wilby.
Publisher: Sussex Academic Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Brighton; Portland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Witchcraft -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.; Witchcraft -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.; Magic -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.; Magic -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A harsh and enchanted world; title: Cunning-folk and witches; title: The magical use of spirits; title: Human and spirit : the meeting; title: Human and spirit : the working relationship; title: Renunciation and pact; title: Demon and fairy : the interface; title: The shaman's calling; title: Spirit worlds and high gods; title: Phantasticks and phantasms; title: Psychosis or spirituality?; title: The unrecognised mystics; title: Greedigut and the Angel Gabriel; title: The freedom of magic.