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Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath

by Carlo Ginzburg · 1989

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Weaving early accounts of witchcraft—trial records, ecclesiastical tracts, folklore, and popular iconography—into new and startling patterns, Carlo Ginzburg presents inEcstasiescompelling evidence of a hidden shamanistic culture that flourished across Europe and in England for thousands of years.

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medium · 368 pages

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