Greatest Book on Witchcraft Ever Written (Grapevine edition)

This collection includes some of the greatest books about witchcraft ever written. 1. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. 2. The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology 3. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft 4. The Discovery of Witches 5. Salem Witchcraft Volumes I and II Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds: The reader can find some solace in the knowledge that Charles Mackay can provide historical parallels for practically every neurosis of our time whenever they are struck by campaigns fads cults and fashions. This book which is given a modern perspective by Professor Norman Stones amusing new Introduction covers a variety of topics including the South Sea Bubble Witch Mania Alchemy the Crusades Fortune-telling Haunted Houses and even Tulipomania. The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology Because there is so much information already available on the issue the author has chosen to focus exclusively on the cult in Great Britain rather than attempting to review all of European Witchcraft. Yet since the cult seems to have been the same throughout Western Europe she turned to French and Flemish sources to gain a fuller grasp of the ritual and ideas. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft - At the request of his son-in-law J. G. Lockhart who worked for a publishing company Sir Walter Scott penned Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft while suffering from health issues following a stroke. As the book was well-received Scott received the 600 pounds he sorely needed. Scott was nearly bankrupted in 1826 when the Ballantyne publishing company where he was a partner failed (despite his popularity as an author). Because of the advancements in modern science letters were written when educated society thought itself to be in enlightened times. Yet letters showed that people from all socioeconomic groups continued to believe in things like ghosts witches warlocks fairies elves diabolicism the occult and even werewolves. The Discovery of Witches - Presented to the Judges of Assize for the County of Norfolk and now published The Discovery of Witches By witch-finder Matthew Hopkins for the benefit of everyone KINGDOME. M. DC. XLVII by Matthew Hopkins (1647). English witch-hunter Matthew Hopkins who lived from approximately 1620 to 12 August 1647 saw his career take off during the English Civil War. Notwithstanding the fact that Parliament has never granted the position of Witchfinder General he asserted to possess it. Most of his witch hunts occurred in East Anglia. Salem Witchcraft Volumes I and II - Charles Wentworth Upham is the author of Salem Witchcraft Volumes I and II. Good Press is the publisher. Every genre is represented in the broad selection of books that Good Press produces. We publish the works that need to be read ranging from well-known classics and literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten—or as of yet undiscovered—gems of world literature.