{"product_id":"9781578597604","title":"The Witches Almanac","description":"Author: Charles Christian\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781578597604\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Visible Ink Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Aug 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReal Witches. Real Lives. Real Magic. Real History. Take a magical tour through the lives and times of 359 of the most important sorcerers and witches throughout history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor millennia there's been a fascination and a fear of people possibly wielding magical powers and a stigma surrounding practitioners of ancient rituals and practices. Yet, in the last 70 years, witchcraft, as well as Wicca, have gone from taboo beliefs pursued by a handful of eccentrics and misfits to major global, spiritual movements. Meet the troublemakers and rebels who pushed for change in \u003ci\u003eThe Witches Almanac: Sorcerers, Witches, and Magic from Ancient Rome to the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e. You'll be introduced to the history, persecutions, conjurings, and magic of some of history's most consequential witches, sorcerers, wizards, and mavericks, including ... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCirce, Medea, Hermes Trismegistus, the Chaldean Magi, and other Ancient Roman and Classical Greek witches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMerlin, Morgana le Fey, Nimue, the 10 Queens of Avalon, and sorcery and witchcraft in the Arthurian legends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSan Cipriano, the obscure 4th century bishop whose influence today still plays an important role in folk magic and Hoodoo practices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBaba Yaga, Joan of Arc, Gilles de Rais, Alice Kyteller, Lord Soulis, Michael Scott, the Golem of Prague, and medieval witchcraft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKing Henry VI, Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII, Catherine de Medici, John Dee, Queen Elizabeth, and witchcraft in the British royal court\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Isobel Gowdie, illusive Scottish witch whose voluntary confessions provided the template for traditional witchcraft beliefs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIsaac Newton, Friar Roger Bacon, Nicholas Flamel, Paracelsus, Cornelius Agrippa, Robert Boyle, and other alchemists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Burning Times of the late 16th to early 18th centuries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Berwick witch trial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Salem witch trial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAleister Crowley, W. B. Yeats, MacGregor Mathers, Eliphas Levi, the Golden Dawn, Thelema and ritual magic, and the rise of esoteric movements of the 19th and early 20th centuries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJack Parsons, described as the \"Jet-Propelled Antichrist\" whose life of sex, rockets, and magic ended prematurely in a mysterious explosion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGerald Gardner, Old Dorothy Clutterbuck, Alex Sanders, Robert Cochrane, Raymond Buckland, Lady Sheba, Marjorie Cameron, and others in the modern Wicca and witchcraft movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd much more!!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll get a deeper understanding of the obscure history of witches with this enchanting and bewitching tome! \u003ci\u003eThe Witches Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e brings you their rich histories and extraordinary biographies, plus it includes a helpful bibliography, an extensive index, and numerous photos, adding to its usefulness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46830048116894,"sku":"ADS-9781578597604","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781578597604.jpg?v=1778559163","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781578597604","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}