Between the Living and the Dead : : A Perspective on Witches and Seers in the Early Modern Age /

Between the Living and the Dead : : A Perspective on Witches and Seers in the Early Modern Age / / Éva Pócs.

Éva Pócs, one of the most highly respected scholars of historical anthropology, has undertaken extensive research on the history of folk beliefs connected with communication and the supernatural sphere. In this book, she examines the relics of European shamanism in early modern sources, and the tech...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
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Pócs, Éva,
Place / Publishing House:Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]
©1998
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (188 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Limitations and Potential of the Documentary Sources
  • 2. General Conditions for Communication with the Supernatural
  • 3. The Belief Figure of the Witch
  • 4. The Malefactor Witch
  • 5. The Alternative World of the Witches' Sabbat
  • 6. The Healing Witch
  • 7. The Enemies of the Witch: Seers, Magicians, and Healers
  • Afterword
  • Bibliography
  • Documentary Sources
  • Abbreviations

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