Ecstasies
Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath
Carlo Ginzburg
Published: 1991
Pages: 339
Weaving early accounts of witchcraft-trial records, ecclesiastical tracts, folklore, and popular iconography-into new and startling patterns, Carlo Ginzburg presents in Ecstasies compelling evidence of a hidden shamanistic culture that flourished across Europe and in England for thousands of years.