A Popular History of Witchcraft (RLE Witchcraft)This is a comprehensive guide to the practices of witchcraft from their inception to the present day. Summers argues that all witchcraft is essentially the same, regardless of geographical location. He examines the practices of the cult in great detail, and its historical progression, within the context of the 1736 Repeal Act of George II. |
Contents
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Chapter II Of the Practice of Witchcraft of the Malice and Mischief of Witches of the Devils Mark and of the Grimoire | 47 |
Chapter III Of the Witch Covens and their Grand Masters of the Witches Journey to the Sabbat and of the Sabbat Orgy | 106 |
Chapter IV Of the Black Mass and of the Loves of the Incubi and Succubi | 160 |
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