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Imagining the Witches' Sabbath: Visions of Darkness Since 1900(Elements in Magic)

Imagining the Witches' Sabbath: Visions of Darkness Since 1900(Elements in Magic)


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Of all the dark visions to haunt the cultural imagination, few have proven so pervasive as the witches' Sabbath or Sabbat – an idea born in the fifteenth century. The Sabbath, however, did not remain there, and this Element explores some of the ways in which the witches' Sabbath has been reimagined since 1900. It considers how early twentieth-century scholars, most notably Margaret Murray and Montague Summers, took it as evidence of a real witches' religion, and how later historians like Carlo Ginzburg drew upon it in their search for ancient shamanisms. It examines how occultists such as Gerald Gardner, Austin Osman Spare and Andrew Chumbley integrated sabbaths as key elements of their own new religions. Finally, it outlines the role of the Sabbath in literature, film and television, where it has continued to terrify and titillate. This Element thus expands upon an oft-overlooked area in the cultural history of witchcraft.

Table of Contents:
Introduction; 1. The scholars' Sabbath; 2. The Sabbath reborn; 3. Literary Sabbaths, cinematic Sabbaths; Conclusions; References.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781009627443
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
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  • Series Title: Elements in Magic
  • Weight: 344 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1009627449
  • Publisher Date: 06 Aug 2026
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 92
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  • Sub Title: Visions of Darkness Since 1900


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