The Witch-cult In Western Europe

About this eBook

Author

Murray, Margaret Alice, 1863-1963

Title

The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology

Credits

Produced by Michael Ciesielski, Irma Špehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis

Subject

Witchcraft -- Great Britain

Category

Text

eBook-No.

20411

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20411

Release Date

January 22, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WITCH-CULT IN WESTERN EUROPE
2. 2.A Study in Anthropology — BY — MARGARET ALICE MURRAY
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.INTRODUCTION — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.I. CONTINUITY OF THE RELIGION — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.II. THE GOD — 1. As God — 2. As a Human Being. (a) Man — (b) Woman — 3. Identification — 4. As an Animal — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.III. ADMISSION CEREMONIES — 1. General — 2. The Introduction — 3. The Renunciation and Vows — 4. The Covenant — 5. The Baptism — 6. The Mark — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.IV. THE ASSEMBLIES — 1. Sabbath — 2. The Esbat — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.V. THE RITES — 1. General — 2. Homage — 3. The Dances — 4. The Music — 5. The Feast — 6. Candles — 7. The Sacrament — 8. Sacrifices — 9. Magic Words — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.VI. THE RITES ( continued ) — Witches' Rain-making and Fertility Rites — 1. General — 2. Rain-making — 3. Fertility — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.VII. THE ORGANIZATION — 1. The Officer — 2. The Covens — 3. Duties — 4. Discipline — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.VIII. FAMILIARS AND TRANSFORMATIONS — 1. The Divining Familiar — 2. The Domestic Familiar — 3. Methods of obtaining Familiars — 4. Transformations into Animals — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.APPENDIX I — FAIRIES AND WITCHES — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.APPENDIX II — TRIAL OF SILVAIN NEVILLON AND GENTIEN LE CLERC AT ORLEANS, 1614-15
16. 16.APPENDIX III — A. NAMES OF WITCHES IN COVENS — B. NAMES OF WITCHES
17. 17.APPENDIX IV — JOAN OF ARC AND GILLES DE RAIS — 1. Joan of Arc — 2. Gilles de Rais — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.APPENDIX V — FLYING OINTMENTS
19. 19.BIBLIOGRAPHY — ADDENDUM
20. 20.INDEX
21. 21.TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES — Fixed issues

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