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Chilling real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America, compiled by the New York Times best-selling author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane and The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs.
From a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court documents from the Salem witch trials of 1692, to newspaper coverage of a woman stoned to death on the streets of Philadelphia while the Continental Congress met, The Penguin Book of Witches is a treasury of historical accounts of accused witches that sheds light on the reality behind the legends. Bringing to life stories like that of Eunice Cole, tried for attacking a teenage girl with a rock and buried with a stake through her heart; Jane Jacobs, a Bostonian so often accused of witchcraft that she took her tormentors to court on charges of slander; and Increase Mather, an exorcism-performing minister famed for his knowledge of witches, this volume provides a unique tour through the darkest history of English and North American witchcraft.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century, following the Bible. It is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. In 1855, three years after it was published, it was called "the most popular novel of our day." A thrilling and important piece of American literature!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Narration
- By Linda on 04-14-16
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The Ruin of All Witches
- Life and Death in the New World
- By: Malcolm Gaskill
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In Springfield, Massachusetts in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails, property vanishes, and people suffer convulsions as if possessed by demons. A woman is seen wading through the swamp like a lost soul. Disturbing dreams and visions proliferate. Children sicken and die. As tensions rise, rumours spread of witches and heretics and the community becomes tangled in a web of distrust, resentment and denunciation.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Book club made me do it
- By Amazon Customer on 12-04-22
By: Malcolm Gaskill
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The Salem Witch Hunt
- A Captivating Guide to the Hunt and Trials of People Accused of Witchcraft in Colonial Massachusetts
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Edwin Andrews
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 94
Decades after witch-hunting had begun to die down in Europe, North America was about to witness its bloodiest witch hunt in history. The Massachusetts of 1692 was a very different one to the state we know today. Populated by colonists, many of them a generation or less from life in an England bathed in religious turmoil, Massachusetts was not the safe haven that the fleeing Puritans had hoped it would be. Persecuted for their faith in Europe, the Puritans had pictured a kind of utopia founded on biblical principles.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love the the book but......
- By Regan Gibson on 11-21-20
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Light from Old Times
- Or, Protestant Facts and Men
- By: J. C. Ryle
- Narrated by: Ulf Bjorklund
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
The 19th century was an age that witnessed great progress in many areas of exploration and learning. However, according to J. C. Ryle, it was an age of great ignorance too. What particularly distressed Ryle was the scant knowledge of the English Reformation evident amongst his contemporaries. In this lay a grave danger: one of the reasons so many congregations drift from their evangelical foundations is their sheer ignorance of Christian history, and their lack of understanding of the major doctrinal controversies and why they matter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Church History
- By Wes H. on 08-06-18
By: J. C. Ryle
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Foxe's Book of Martyrs
- By: John Foxe
- Narrated by: Robin Lawson
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Originally published in the 16th century, this is the classic history of the lives, sufferings, and deaths of the early Christian martyrs. As interesting as fiction, it is written with both passion and tenderness, telling the dramatic story of some of the most thrilling periods in Christian history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Truely a Great Book
- By Steve on 10-03-06
By: John Foxe
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The Crucible
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach, Richard Dreyfuss, Ed Begley Jr., and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town. In a searing portrait of a community engulfed by panic—with ruthless prosecutors, and neighbors eager to testify against neighbor—The Crucible famously mirrors the anti-Communist hysteria that held the United States in its grip in the 1950’s.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Abridged Version
- By Michael G. Stoffel on 05-07-12
By: Arthur Miller
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American Witches
- A Broomstick Tour through Four Centuries
- By: Susan Fair
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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On a tour through history that's both whimsical and startling, we'll encounter 17th-century children flying around inside their New England home "like geese". We'll meet a father-son team of pious Puritans who embarked on a mission that involved undressing ladies and overseeing hangings. And on the eve of the Civil War, we'll accompany a reporter as he dons a dress and goes searching for witches in New York City's most dangerous neighborhoods.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Christan witch book
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By: Susan Fair
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Waverley
- By: Sir Walter Scott
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
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Waverley by Sir Walter Scott is an enthralling tale of love, war and divided loyalties. Taking place during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, the novel tells the story of proud English officer Edward Waverley. After being posted to Dundee, Edward eventually befriends chieftain of the Highland Clan Mac-Ivor and falls in love with his beautiful sister Flora. He then renounces his former loyalties in order actively to support Scotland in open rebellion against the Union with England. The book depicts stunning, romantic panoramas of the Highlands.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Loved it
- By Tad Davis on 04-12-18
By: Sir Walter Scott
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Measure for Measure
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson
- Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
Renowned Shakespearean actors John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson lead a full-cast performance of this beloved Shakespeare play. Dealing with issues of mercy, justice, and truth, and their relationship to pride and humility, this is Shakespeare at his most complex and rewarding.
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5 out of 5 stars
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wonderful production
- By KSK5 on 01-26-19
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Six Women of Salem
- The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials
- By: Marilynne K. Roach
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 17 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 181
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Story4 out of 5 stars 159
Six Women of Salem is the first work to use the lives of a select number of representative women as a microcosm to illuminate the larger crisis of the Salem witch trials. By the end of the trials, beyond the 20 who were executed and the five who perished in prison, 207 individuals had been accused, 74 had been "afflicted", 32 had officially accused their fellow neighbors, and 255 ordinary people had been inexorably drawn into that ruinous and murderous vortex, and this doesn't include the religious, judicial, and governmental leaders.
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4 out of 5 stars
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- By DangerousBlossom on 12-15-18
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The Devils of Loudun
- A True Story of Demonic Possession
- By: Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 94
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4 out of 5 stars 81
In 1632, an entire convent in the small French village of Loudun was apparently possessed by the devil. After a sensational and celebrated trial, the convent's charismatic priest Urban Grandier - accused of spiritually and sexually seducing the nuns in his charge - was convicted of being in league with Satan. Then he was burned at the stake for witchcraft. A remarkable true story of religious and sexual obsession, The Devils of Loudun is considered by many to be Brave New World author Aldous Huxley's nonfiction masterpiece.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Strange book strange tale
- By Grant on 09-08-20
By: Aldous Huxley
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Heidi
- By: Johanna Spyri
- Narrated by: Marnie MacAdam
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 210
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 216
Heidi is sent to live with her embittered grandfather high in the Swiss Alps. Heidi's innocent joy of life and genuine concern and love for all living things become the old man's salvation. From the goat - herder Peter and his family to the sickly girl Clara and her desperate father, Heidi's special charm enriches everyone she meets. Unselfish to the core, Heidi's goodness overcomes all obstacles - even those seemingly insurmountable.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Auditory quality not acceptable
- By D. A. Smith on 07-28-13
By: Johanna Spyri
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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
- By: Charles MacKay
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 27 hrs and 1 min
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 115
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Story4 out of 5 stars 102
Why do otherwise intelligent individuals form seething masses of idiocy when they engage in collective action? We may think that the Great Crash of 1929, junk bonds of the '80s, and over-valued high-tech stocks of the '90s are peculiarly 20th century aberrations, but Mackay's classic - first published in 1841 - shows that the madness and confusion of crowds knows no limits, and has no temporal bounds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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People don't change
- By J. on 07-05-16
By: Charles MacKay
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God's Traitors
- Terror & Faith in Elizabethan England
- By: Jessie Childs
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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For many Catholics, the Elizabethan "Golden Age" was an alien concept. Following the criminalization of their religion by Elizabeth I, nearly 200 Catholics were executed, and many more wasted away in prison during her reign. Torture was used more than at any other time in England's history. While some bowed to the pressure of the government and new church, publicly conforming to acts of Protestant worship, others did not - and quickly found themselves living in a state of siege.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well-researched, well-written
- By Charles on 03-23-15
By: Jessie Childs
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The Underground Railroad Records
- Narrating the Hardships, Hairbreadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom
- By: William Still, Ta-Nehisi Coates - introduction, Quincy T. Mills - editor
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free, JD Jackson, Sullivan Jones, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 112
As a conductor for the Underground Railroad - the covert resistance network created to aid and protect slaves seeking freedom - William Still helped as many as 800 people escape enslavement. He also meticulously collected the letters, biographical sketches, arrival memos, and ransom notes of the escapees. The Underground Railroad Records is an archive of primary documents that trace the narrative arc of the greatest, most successful campaign of civil disobedience in American history.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This Book is Abridged by Two Thirds!
- By Chris on 06-24-20
By: William Still, and others
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The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave - Related by Herself
- By: Mary Prince
- Narrated by: Katie Haigh
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
"This is the story of Mary Prince", who was sold into slavery at the age of 12 for £38 sterling. It is the first account of the life of a black woman ever to be published in the United Kingdom, and it was published at a time when slavery was still legal in the British Colonies. "The history of Mary Prince" is firsthand testimony of the brutalities of enslavement. Its tone is direct and authentic, which makes this vivid story go straight to the heart.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Whitewashed
- By Giavanna on 03-09-20
By: Mary Prince
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I forced myself to chapter 5
- By Mary E. on 11-01-21
By: Michael Newton
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Lolly Willowes
- Or the Loving Huntsman
- By: Sylvia Townsend Warner
- Narrated by: Sarah Nichols
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4 out of 5 stars 28
In Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner tells of an aging spinster's struggle to break away from her controlling family - a classic story that she treats with cool feminist intelligence, while adding a dimension of the supernatural and strange. Warner is one of the outstanding and indispensable mavericks of 20th-century literature, a writer to set beside Djuna Barnes and Jane Bowles, with a subversive genius that anticipates the fantastic flights of such contemporaries as Angela Carter and Jeanette Winterson.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Authenticity
- By junorena on 06-27-24
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Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women
- By: Silvia Federici
- Narrated by: J. Lee Craig
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story5 out of 5 stars 36
We are witnessing a new surge of interpersonal and institutional violence against women, including new witch hunts. This surge of violence has occurred alongside an expansion of capitalist social relations. In this new work that revisits some of the main themes of Caliban and the Witch, Silvia Federici examines the root causes of these developments and outlines the consequences for the women affected and their communities.
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5 out of 5 stars
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We want Caliban!
- By Ac on 09-17-21
By: Silvia Federici
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The Witch's Way
- A Guide to Modern-Day Spellcraft, Nature Magick, and Divination
- By: Shawn Robbins, Leanna Greenaway
- Narrated by: Jeannie Sheneman
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story3 out of 5 stars 3
This follow-up to the wildly successful Wiccapedia, written by the two authors of that book, gives listeners a broader knowledge of Wicca, nature magick, and spellcraft today.
By: Shawn Robbins, and others
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A Storm of Witchcraft
- The Salem Trials and the American Experience
- By: Emerson W. Baker
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 256
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 224
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 223
Beginning in January 1692, Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts witnessed the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft in early America. Villagers - mainly young women - suffered from unseen torments that caused them to writhe, shriek, and contort their bodies, complaining of pins stuck into their flesh and of being haunted by specters. Believing that they suffered from assaults by an invisible spirit, the community began a hunt to track down those responsible for the demonic work.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow....riveting and tragic
- By TeamDowager on 10-23-15
By: Emerson W. Baker
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Fairycraft
- Following the Path of Fairy Witchcraft
- By: Morgan Daimler
- Narrated by: Rebecca Mitchell
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story5 out of 5 stars 33
An in-depth manual for practicing fairy witchcraft, including theology, fairy lore, rituals, holidays, and magical practices. This book aims to pick up where Pagan Portals: Fairy Witchcraft leaves off and teach interested people the comprehensive practice of this system of honoring the fair folk and liminal gods by blending the old fairy faith with modern paganism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Informative, Good for beginners.
- By K. Buster on 02-20-23
By: Morgan Daimler
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- Sheryl Rufo
- 03-17-24
Nothing
She read documents but didn’t bother to explain what the old language used meant. I had no idea about half of what she read meant. It was very boring and confusing.
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- PJz
- 10-14-20
Soooo boring
I hate leaving bad reviews and I so wanted to love this book. Accounts of witchcraft and trials can be fascinating, however not here. I couldn't finish it. I tried. These are the actual accounts, and many of us do not realize just how ridiculous they really were. I smiled at her and she gave a sour face. There's a mean cat in my barn. She turned into a dog with a human face. Hours of that. I guess where ridiculousness is concerened this is an overabundance and a short synopsis would've sufficed. For those looking for the actual trial transcripts and complaints this is the place. However, people forgot how tedious trial transcript can be.
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