Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv
Embracing the Darkness
- A Cultural History of Witchcraft
Engelsk Hardback
Embracing the Darkness
- A Cultural History of Witchcraft
Engelsk Hardback

530 kr
Tilføj til kurv
Sikker betaling
6 - 8 hverdage

Om denne bog

As dusk fell on a misty evening in 1521, Martin Luther - hiding from his enemies at Wartburg Castle - found himself seemingly tormented by demons hurling walnuts at his bedroom window. In a fit of rage, the great reformer threw at the Devil the inkwell from which he was preparing his colossal translation of the Bible. A belief - like Luther''s - in the supernatural, and in black magic, has been central to European cultural life for 3000 years. From the Salem witch trials to the macabre novels of Dennis Wheatley; from the sadistic persecution of eccentric village women to the seductive sorceresses of TV''s Charmed; and from Derek Jarman''s punk film Jubilee to Ken Russell''s The Devils, John Callow brings the twilight world of the witch, mage and necromancer to vivid and fascinating life. He takes us into a shadowy landscape where, in an age before modern drugs, the onset of sudden illness was readily explained by malevolent spellcasting. And where dark, winding country lanes could terrify by night, as the hoot of an owl or shriek of a fox became the desolate cries of unseen spirits.Witchcraft has profoundly shaped the western imagination, and endures in the forms of modern-day Wicca and paganism.
Embracing the Darkness is an enthralling account of this fascinating aspect of the western cultural experience.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
288
ISBN-13:
9781845114695
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1845114698
Udg. Dato:
30 okt 2017
Længde:
29mm
Bredde:
162mm
Højde:
227mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
30 okt 2017
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge