Maria Chavez

Maaike Meijer

The first volume (1950–1969) of this magnum opus appeared posthumously in 2019

Daniel Eltringham

Warnhinweis: Achtung

Witchcraft - A Very Short Introduction Bom Dia Books Maria ChavezWitchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all, and everyone knows what a witch is or do they? From childhood most of us develop a sense of the mysterious, malign person, usually an old woman. Historically, too, we recognize witch hunting as a feature of pre modern societies. But why do witches still feature so heavily in our cultures and consciousness? From Halloween to superstitions, and literary references such as Faust and even Harry Potter,