The Book of Witches
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The contents list the origins and attributes of witches, representative English witches, and persecutions in England and Scotland among the subjects covered. The text asks why belief granted to an aeronaut should be denied to a witch, placing flight by broomstick beside achievements credited to flying machines. The discussion compares a witch curing or causing disease through charms, brews and hand movements with a modern physician prescribing and mixing drugs to cure disease.
The account of paganism says that witchcraft acquired an importance greater than before by taking the enormities of paganism upon its shoulders. The account describes the plain man beginning to regard his family witch as a more important person than he had previously believed.
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- Author
- Oliver Madox Hueffer
- Pages
- 146
- Language
- English
- Genre
- History
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