Do Witches Exist?

by Patricia D Netzley

Examines the myths and legends surrounding witches, covering such topics as common characteristics attributed to witches, why certain people were accused of witchcraft, modern witches, and possible explanations for witch hysteria through history.

80 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2015

Reviews

[K · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spoiler, the answer is yes, yes they do.

A delightfully concise and well packaged book about witchcraft. It touched on the history of witches and modern day witch craft .

It was a delight to see a witchcraft book grounded in science. I thought it handled the topic of religion and different forms of practice eloquently .

Seems like a good beginner book or even just a refresher course on the history of witchcraft and its place in the world. As well as witches and magic in general.

[Paula · Rating 3 out of 5]

This title of the “Do They Exist?” series focuses on witches. The format remains basically constant throughout the series. The first chapter addresses witches and magic, with the remaining three chapters discussing people’s belief in witches, historical artifacts of witchcraft and spells and other possible explanations for magic and witchcraft. The text is well researched and clearly written but tedious. A few illustrations, fact boxes and quotes and anecdotes break up the largely textbook layout. The various authors address the topics without personal bias and clearly respect all points of view. But like all titles relating to the paranormal, readers wanting definite answers will be disappointed. Back matter includes source notes, bibliography, websites and index. Though the topics are highly popular, the series titles are too text-heavy to be considered good browsing books. Proficient junior high and high school readers with a keen interest in the topics will find these titles informative and adequate resources for research. Order if needed.