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A wide-ranging exploration of witchcraft, featuring documents, interviews, spells, rituals, eyewitness accounts.
Witchcraft is known to the initiated as the Old Religion. If the word witch conjures up images of a Halloween hag on a broomstick, you will be surprised to meet the many real witches, both ancient and current, presented here by Hans Holzer. An expert in the subject who has documented and participated in many forms of witchcraft over the years, Holzer explores its myriad forms and factions, taking readers inside secret rituals and ceremonies, recording spells and incantations and offering personal testimony from practitioners of all kinds. Using the unprecedented access and trust he has developed over many years, Holzer sheds light on the craft as no one before has done, creating a rich and vibrant chronicle of witchcraft: a subject of never-ending fascination, awe and mystery.
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Professor Hans Holzer, the bestselling author of Ghosts, explores the myriad aspects and factions of witchcraft, taking you inside the covens and cults where the ancient rituals are practiced. Experience the secrets of the craft, learn spells and incantations, and read interviews and personal testimony from the foremost practitioners. Holzer not only provides the reader with the history of witchcraft, he puts it in context and sheds light on the subject as never before. Hundreds of photographs from the authors own collection illuminate the subject and bring the rituals and rites of “the Craft” to life.
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Professor Hans Holzer, the bestselling author of Ghosts, explores the myriad forms and factions of witchcraft, taking you inside the covens and cults where the ancient rituals are practiced. This compilation of Holzer's decades of first-hand research, which occurred mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, provides a unique insider's overview of the topic.
Experience the secrets of the craft, learn spells and incantations, and read interviews and personal testimony from the foremost practitioners. Holzer not only provides the reader with the history of witchcraft, he documents the lives and practices of actual witches pursuing the world's oldest religion. Hundreds of photographs from the author's own collection illuminate the subject and bring the rituals and rites of "the Craft" to life.
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A history of witchcraft plus deeply personal accounts of a famed researcher/expert's interviews with leading practitioners, Witches is an essential compendium from the late Professor Hans Holzer. Professor Hans Holzer draws on his own first-hand research from the 1960s and 1970s in Witches, a companion to his bestselling Ghosts. Including many photographs from the author's collection, this entertaining and eye-opening volume explores the myriad forms and factions of witchcraft, taking readers inside the covens and cults where the ancient rituals are practiced.
Experience the secrets of the craft, learn spells and incantations, and read interviews and personal testimony from the foremost practitioners. Holzer not only provides the reader with the history of witchcraft, he documents the lives and practices of actual witches pursuing the world's oldest religion. Hundreds of photographs from the author's own collection illuminate the subject and bring the rituals and rites of "the Craft" to life.
About the Author
Professor Hans Holzer, Ph.D., is the author of 120 books, including The Truth About Witchcraft, The New Pagans, Hans Holzer's Travel Guide to Haunted Houses, and Witches. He died in 2009.