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Cunning Folk
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Author : Owen Davies
language : en
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date : 2003
Cunning Folk written by Owen Davies and has been published by Burns & Oates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued services to the community, cunning-folk were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers. Mostly unsensational in their approach, cunning-folk helped people with everyday problems: how to find lost objects; how to escape from bad luck or a suspected spell; and how to attract a lover or keep the love of a husband or wife. While cunning-folk sometimes fell foul of the authorities, both church and state often turned a blind eye to their existence and practices, distinguishing what they did from the rare and sensational cases of malevolent witchcraft. In a world of uncertainty, before insurance and modern science, cunning-folk played an important role that has previously been ignored.
Popular Magic Cunning Folk In English History
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Author : Owen Davies
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2007-06-01
Popular Magic Cunning Folk In English History written by Owen Davies and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-01 with History categories.
Cunning-folk were local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued service to the community. They were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers. Mostly unsensational in their approach, cunning-folk helped people with everyday problems: how to find lost objects; how to escape from bad luck or a suspected spell; and how to attract a lover or keep the love of a husband or wife. While cunning-folk sometimes fell foul of the authorities, both church and state often turned a blind eye to their existence and practices, distinguishing what they did from the rare and sensational cases of malvolent witchcraft. In a world of uncertainty, before insurance and modern science, cunning-folk played an important role that has previously been ignored.
Cunning Folk
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Author : Adam Nevill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-10-31
Cunning Folk written by Adam Nevill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-31 with categories.
A compelling folk horror story of deadly rivalry and the oldest magic from the four times winner of The August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel. No home is heaven with hell next door. Money's tight and their new home is a fixer-upper. Deep in rural South West England, with an ancient wood at the foot of the garden, Tom and his family are miles from anywhere and anyone familiar. His wife, Fiona, was never convinced that buying the money-pit at auction was a good idea. Not least because the previous owner committed suicide. Though no one can explain why. Within days of crossing the threshold, when hostilities break out with the elderly couple next door, Tom's dreams of future contentment are threatened by an escalating tit-for-tat campaign of petty damage and disruption. Increasingly isolated and tormented, Tom risks losing his home, everyone dear to him and his mind. Because, surely, only the mad would suspect that the oddballs across the hedgerow command unearthly powers. A malicious magic even older than the eerie wood and the strange barrow therein. A hallowed realm from where, he suspects, his neighbours draw a hideous power. "Nevill has crafted some of the tensest scariest horror this reviewer has read in years" SFX "Adam Nevill excels at making nightmares real" Guardian
Cunning Folk
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Author : Tabitha Stanmore
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2024-05-02
Cunning Folk written by Tabitha Stanmore and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-02 with History categories.
‘A brilliant book, written with wit and vigour’ MALCOLM GASKILL ‘Absolutely fascinating’ IAN MORTIMER Historian Tabitha Stanmore transports us to a time when magic was used day-to-day as a way to navigate life's challenges and to solve problems of both trivial and deadly importance. It’s 1600 and you’ve lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they’ve been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you’re facing trial. Maybe you’re looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, your first port of call might have been cunning folk: practitioners of ‘service magic’. Neither feared (like witches), nor venerated (like saints), they were essential to everyday life, a ubiquitous presence in a time when the supernatural was surprisingly mundane and a cherished everyday resource. We meet lovelorn widows, dissolute nobles, selfless healers and renegade monks. We listen in on Queen Elizabeth I’s astrology readings and track treasure hunters trying to unearth buried gold without upsetting the fairies that guard it. Much like us, premodern people lived in bewildering times, buffeted by forces beyond their control; and as Stanmore reveals, their faith in magic has much to teach us about how we accommodate ourselves to the irrational in our allegedly enlightened lives today. Charming in every sense of the word, Cunning Folk is at once an immersive reconstruction of a bygone world and a thought-provoking commentary on the beauty and bafflement of being human.
Cunning Folk And Familiar Spirits
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Author : Emma Wilby
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2005
Cunning Folk And Familiar Spirits written by Emma Wilby and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Contains the examination of popular familiar belief in early modern Britain. This book provides an analysis of the correlation between early modern British magic and tribal shamanism, examines the experiential dimension of popular magic and witchcraft in early modern Britain, and explores the links between British fairy beliefs and witch beliefs.
Cunning Folk
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Author : Adam L. G. Nevill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Cunning Folk written by Adam L. G. Nevill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Magic categories.
After Tom and his family move into a money-pit home in rural southwest England, hostilities break out with the elderly couple next door, and he begins to suspect that the oddballs across the hedgerow command unearthly, malicious powers.
The Cunning Man S Handbook
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Author : Jim Baker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-07-11
The Cunning Man S Handbook written by Jim Baker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-11 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
"The desire to understand magic in any specific cultural context is an intellectual puzzle not only for scholars but believers." - Jim Baker
White Magic
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Author : Karen O'Brien
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-01-01
White Magic written by Karen O'Brien and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Charms categories.
A Grimoire For Modern Cunning Folk
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Author : Peter Paddon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-05-01
A Grimoire For Modern Cunning Folk written by Peter Paddon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-01 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
A practical manual of Traditional non-Wiccan Witchcraft. While there are a lot of texts that cover advanced and academic subjects of interest to traditional Crafters, all of the introductory books tend to focus on Wicca... until now. In this Book Peter Paddon - Magister of Briar Rose and host of the popular Crooked Path podcast - covers his particular path of Witchcraft from scratch. He goes over the basics of his personal Path, along with examples of alternatives from other traditions, covering philosophy, lore and practical techniques. The Crooked Path is a way of Crafting based on experiencing the Mysteries of Ancestors and the Sacred Landscape first-hand, and Peter guides the seeker through the basics with competence and humor.
The Lancashire Witches
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Author : Robert Poole
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2002
The Lancashire Witches written by Robert Poole and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
A study of England's biggest and best-known witch trial, which took place in 1612 when ten witches from the forest of Pendle were hanged at Lancaster. A little-known second trial occured in 1633-4, when up to nineteen witches were sentenced to death.