Noidat ja Noituus

Mysteries of the Unknown

by Time-Life Books

Contents:

From Goddess to Flying Hag

The Witch's Garden

The Horror of the Witch Hunt

Tools of the Torturer's Trade

A Condemned Man's Testament

Witchcraft Today

Ceremonies and Celebrations

Genres: Paranormal, Nonfiction, Witchcraft, Occult, Mythology, Reference, Witches

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[J.H. Moncrieff · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was surprised to discover a great portion of this book was about the witch trials. While I knew something about them, I had no idea how widespread and horrific they were, and how the hatred of witches and heretics turned to a hatred of women. The book details how civilizations went from worshipping the goddess and venerating women to turning them into the enemy with the advent of the church.

Pretty terrifying.

As a writer, this was an excellent reference book, but also interesting and tragic in its own right.

[P.S. Winn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who knew there was so much to know about witches and the craft they undertake? Grab this amazing book. Great for the semi-curious to the hard core readers. As always, I can't say enough about the wonderful people at Time Life books who bring the stories to life in wonderful ways.

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this one a lot more than Phantom Encounters. The historical accounts are more fact-based rather than anecdotal and the modern accounts had more photos from the 1980s of witches LARPing while wearing blue-blockers. Apparently, there is no charm that provides strong eye-protection from the She-Goddess's caressing rays.

Bonus points for the Barry Moser wood-engraved illustrations of the implements of torture.

[Hallie Huffman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Took only a few hours. A nice fast read.

[Rick Vickers · Rating 3 out of 5]

What was here was well written and interesting, but the book sort of feel apart in the last 30 pages or so.

[Amber · Rating 2 out of 5]

Before Scott Cunningham was available at the bookstore and Wicca was popular, I used this to learn more about witchcraft.

Mind you, I don't encourage that use of it! *grin*

[Vanessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still reading but so far very interesting regarding the history part of it

[Savannah Foley]

A very interesting look at the history of witchcraft from ancient times to modern day.