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A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics & Pagans

by Jeffrey B. Russell Author and Brooks Alexander Author

This book, now in it’s third edition, presents a concise history of the world of witchcraft from times of antiquity to today. From the wide range of practices under the label, the book explores the fluid and intruding belief system that has elicited many reactions from institutions of the world throughout history.Through the history, the reader will be take back to times of Ancient Greece and the subsequent iterations of witchcraft throughout western Europe. In the third edition of this book, the author further examines examples, many living, of different forms of neopaganism and witchcraft in the modern age. It cites the awareness and rise of these forms of belief through the increased use of social media and electronics via the COVID-19 pandemic, through different vehicles.