Ecstasies

Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath

Carlo Ginzburg

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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.

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