Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath

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Pantheon Books, 1991 - History - 339 pages
Weaving early accounts of witchcraft-trial records, ecclesiastical tracts, folklore, and popular iconography-into new and startling patterns, Carlo Ginzburg presents in Ecstasies compelling evidence of a hidden shamanistic culture that flourished across Europe and in England for thousands of years.

Contents

Introduction
1
Lepers Jews Muslims 333333
63
Jews Heretics Witches
81
Following the Goddess
89
Anomalies
122
To Combat in Ecstasy
153
Disguised as Animals
182
Eurasian Conjectures
207
Bones and Skin
226
Conclusion
296
Index
315

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