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World of the Witches (Nature of Human Society Series)
World of the Witches - Nature of Human Society Series
Author: Julio Caro Baroja
The rise and decline of witchcraft around the world, as seen through the perceptive eyes of an anthropologist and historian well-acquainted with traditional Basque and Spanish folklore--which inspired this fascinating, macabre, and chilling book. Beginning with an analysis of the basic mentality of those who have believed in or practiced the mag...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226037639
ISBN-10: 0226037630
Publication Date: 11/1974
Pages: 313
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr (Tx)
Book Type: Paperback
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Translated from Spanish, this is a history of witchcraft in Europe by an outstanding anthropologist showing that witchcraft is not just an aberration but rather a recuurent expression of human dispair. Baroja sees it as a part of the whole fabric of belief.


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