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Permalink Reply by helela on March 7, 2012 at 5:37pm

"Witchcraft" An excellent chapter from the book Women, Church and State written by Matilda Joslyn Gage, 1893. This is an excellent document on how the woman was treated as a witch during the persecution of Witches

http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/wcs/wcs07.htm

Permalink Reply by helela on March 7, 2012 at 5:39pm

THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

by Manly P. Hall

[1928, copyright not renewed]

http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/sta/index.htm

Permalink Reply by helela on March 7, 2012 at 5:55pm

THE MAGIC OF THE HORSE-SHOE

WITH OTHER FOLK-LORE NOTES

BY

ROBERT MEANS LAWRENCE, M.D.

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY

THE RIVERSIDE PRESS, CAMBRIDGE

1898

http://www.sacred-texts.com/etc/mhs/mhs00.htm

Permalink Reply by helela on March 7, 2012 at 6:00pm

The Evil Eye

by Frederick Thomas Elworthy

[1895]

http://www.sacred-texts.com/evil/tee/index.htm

Permalink Reply by helela on March 7, 2012 at 6:04pm

Sun Lore of All Ages

by William Tyler Olcott

[1914]

http://www.sacred-texts.com/astro/slaa/index.htm

Permalink Reply by helela on March 7, 2012 at 6:08pm

The Golden Bough

by Sir James George Frazer

[1922]

http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/frazer/index.htm

Permalink Reply by helela on March 7, 2012 at 6:09pm

FOLK-LORE OF WOMEN

AS
ILLUSTRATED BY LEGENDARY
AND TRADITIONARY TALES
FOLK-RHYMES, PROVERBIAL
SAYINGS, SUPERSTITIONS, ETC.

BY
T. F. THISELTON-DYER, M.A. OXON
AUTHOR OF "OLD ENGLISH SOCIAL LIFE, ETC., ETC."

CHICAGO
A.C. McCLURG & CO.
LONDON: ELLIOT STOCK
1906

http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/fow/fow00.htm

Permalink Reply by helela on March 7, 2012 at 6:21pm

THE WITCH-PERSECUTIONS

From TRANSLATIONS AND REPRINTS FROM THE ORIGINAL SOURCES OF EUROPEAN HISTORY. VOL. III. No. 4.

Edited by George L. Burr.

[1896]

http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/twp/index.htm

Permalink Reply by helela on March 7, 2012 at 6:27pm

The Sorceress (La Sorcière)

by Jules Michelet

tr. by Afred Richard Allinson

[1939]

But the greatest revolution the Sorceress brought about, the chief movement of all in contradiction, in direct contradiction to the spirit of the Middle Ages, is what we might well call a rehabilitation of the belly and its digestive functions. They boldly proclaimed the doctrine that "nothing is impure and nothing unclean." From that moment the study of physical science was enfranchised, its shackles loosed, and true medicine became a possibility.--

http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/sor/index.htm

Permalink Reply by helela on March 7, 2012 at 6:33pm

ARADIA

or the Gospel of the Witches

by Charles G. Leland

[1899]

This classic of neo-Paganism is one of the few books which purports to be an actual sacred text of traditional witchcraft, in particular that of the Tuscan region of Italy. Charles Leland was an American expatriate journalist, folklorist, and author. He based this book on material which he received from a woman named Maddelena, who had assisted him in collecting regional Italian folklore. On New Years day, 1897 she handed over to him a document in her own handwriting, the Vangel, which is the core of this book. Maddelena then reportedly went missing, and never contacted Leland again.

The authenticity of Aradia has always been in question. Ronald Hutton, in his scholarly study of the roots of neo-Paganism, The Triumph of the Moon (Oxford University Press, 1999), presents three divergent theories about Aradia: first, that is a genuine text of an underground Italian Goddess religion, second, that Maddelena wrote it based on her family tradition, or third, that Charles Leland forged it based on his extensive knowledge of folklore. Each of these theories has pros and cons: it may be that the second and third are closest to the truth.

Whatever the source of this material, it has had a profound impact on the emergence of neo-Paganism, and is required reading for anyone interested in the subject.

This version of the etext, originally scanned early in 2001, was proofread a second time in July of 2002 and upgraded to current coding standards of sacred-texts.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/aradia/index.htm

Permalink Reply by helela on March 7, 2012 at 6:40pm

Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition

by Charles Godfrey Leland

[1892]

http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/err/index.htm

Permalink Reply by helela on March 7, 2012 at 6:42pm

Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling

by Charles Godfrey Leland

[1891]

The Gypsies, who call themselves Rom or Romany, are a nomadic culture which originated in India during the Middle Ages. They migrated widely, particularly to Europe, where they worked as farm laborers, metalworkers, scrapdealers, and horsetraders. They also made a living as entertainers, fortune tellers, and grifters. Persecuted by the Nazis, and discriminated against to this day, the Rom have a long tradition of magic and shamanism. As Leland points out, these practices have parallels with those of other traditional pagan cultures around the world.

This book discusses spells, incantations and talismans used within Rom culture, as well as the more practical magic they use in their interaction with the Gorgios--the non-Gypsies. It is this latter topic which provides some of the most interesting and instructional reading. Leland gives some generalized methods of fortune-telling which any prospective psychic would do well to study; as well as the details of the 'Great Secret', a magic trick in which all of your money disappears...

Gypsy life has a romantic appeal, and Leland, who popularized Gypsy lore in this and other books played no small part in this image-making. However, Leland makes it abudantly clear that life on the road was hard. The Rom people are to be admired for their survival skills in a hostile world, and for the longevity and persistance of their culture.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/gsft/index.htm

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