A HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT: Sorcerers, Heretics & Pagans

Beginning with magic in the ancient world, Russell explores the definition of witchcraft in its many diverse forms, from the worship of the Greek goddess of magic, Hecate, and the witch crazes of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries to the development of modern witchcraft by Aleister Crowley and Gerald Gardner in the early 20th century. Illustrated in color.