witchcraft

Explores the history of witch trials, discussing the execution of people in medieval Europe and colonial America for practicing witchcraft.

Cassie moves from California to New England to live with her mom and grandmother, where she discovers she is one in a long line of witches and is initiated into a coven at her school.

Illuminates the "witch hunts" of Salem Village, Massachusetts, from the opportunistic Putnam clan, who fanned the crisis to satisfy personal vendettas and greed, to four-year-old "witch" Dorcas Good, chained to a dank prison wall in darkness till she went mad.

A historical dictionary of witchcraft in the Western world. Covers the witch-hunts in Western Europe during the late medieval and early modern periods and the ongoing belief in witchcraft in the modern world. Provides some entries for comparative purposes that examine elements of magic found in other parts of the world.

An extensive study of ancient books of magic and the magical practices preserved in the few surviving grimoires Includes spells, talisman formulations, and secret magical alphabets reproduced from the author's private collection of grimoires, with instructions for their use.

Provides actual documents from the Salem Witch Trials, including transcripts of the examinations of suspected witches, eyewitness accounts, and the testimony of those who were accussed of satanic acts.

Thrilled to land a summer job on a major production of "Macbeth", sixteen-year-old Kinny soon finds everything going dangerously wrong especially after she acquires a seemingly ordinary old mirror from a junk shop.

Bethany and the other members of her coven try to use the power of Wicca to solve the mystery of her boyfriend's death in a car accident.

Draws upon archival research to present a daily account ofthe Salem witch scare and trials from January 1692 to January 1697.

Discusses witchcraft and community life in early New England including biographies and careers of the "witches".