Overview
Here is a world of mysterious forces and strange incantations, magical names and numbers, talismans and charms. This world, with its rites and superstitions is as old as the BIBLE and as current as today's newspapers.Presented for both entertainment and enlightenment, some of the beliefs and rituals documented here will often seem silly to the modern reader. But at other times, they are nakedly horrifying. Included are a diabolical cast of characters such as the Hungarian noblewoman who murdered dozens of serving girls in order to bathe in their blood, and a judge who sentenced 900 people to death for witchcraft after having obtained evidence for their crimes through excruciating torture.
The reader will learn the difference between amulets, talismans and charms, and how each has been used by different cultures throughout history. There is even a chapter on modern magic and witchcraft as practiced in the United States and around the world today.
Whether one wishes to broaden their knowledge of black magic and the spiritual world, or merely has a passing fancy in matters of the occult.THE COMPLETE BOOK OF MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT will appeal to any reader's supernatural interests.