Witchcraft: Out of the Shadows by Leo Ruickbie

Witchcraft: Out of the Shadows by Leo Ruickbie

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Summary

Today witchcraft is on everyone's lips, on television, in film and in literature, but few know, or are even able to guess at, its shadowy history. This in-depth investigation discovers how the ideas we have about witchcraft took shape thousands of years ago in the myths and religions of the ancient world.

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Witchcraft: Out of the Shadows by Leo Ruickbie

This history of witchcraft traces its origins from ancient Greece to the present day and its development into the modern religion of Wicca. The author explores the ideas we have about witchcraft and how today it has been transformed into one of the most radical and fastest growing religions.
Leo Ruickbie is the founder and director of WICA, the Witchcraft Information Centre & Archive (www.WitchcraftInfo.info), an educational and research-oriented website specializing in Witchcraft and Wicca. He has been actively engaged in research into Witchcraft and Wicca since 1994. His MA dissertation on 'The Re-Enchantment of the World' earned him a distinction from one of the UK's top-rated research departments at Lancaster University. He is currently working on a doctorate at King's College, London, in the sociology of modern Witchcraft with a special emphasis on the theory of re-enchantment.
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ISBN 13 9780709092001
ISBN 10 0709092008
Title Witchcraft: Out of the Shadows
Author Leo Ruickbie
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The Crowood Press Ltd
Year published 2011-03-01
Number of pages 272
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