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The Witch
- A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
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Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in Europe's history.
The witch came to prominence - and often a painful death - in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald Hutton traces witchcraft from the ancient world to the early modern state. This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest and deepest possible perspective and traces the major historiographical developments of witchcraft. Hutton, a renowned expert on ancient, medieval, and modern paganism and witchcraft beliefs, combines Anglo-American and continental scholarly approaches to examine attitudes on witchcraft and the treatment of suspected witches across the world, including in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Australia, and North and South America, and from ancient pagan times to current interpretations. His fresh anthropological and ethnographical approach focuses on cultural inheritance and change while considering shamanism, folk religion, the range of witch trials, and how the fear of witchcraft might be eradicated.
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- Matthew T Shank
- 09-21-18
Meticulously researched, dry but great.
The author of this book did their homework. The Witch is thoroughly researched and takes pains to make sure it is as clear and deliberate as possible in its approach to the history of witchcraft. This can lead to the text being a little dull at times. The entire beginning of the book is simply defining terminology, which was hard to get through, but demonstrated the seriousness with which the subject was approached. Though sometimes the writing can be a little dry, the sheer amount of information and detail that is gone into this book made the attention it demands worth it. The book covers many of the now common tropes of witches, searching through history to find their origins. It also covers regional customs and beliefs and the roles they played in shaping the conception of a witch, as well as actual accounts of witch trials throughout history. Occasionally the author will go on detailed but interesting tangents about other magical beliefs that only vaguely relate to witchcraft, for example exploring shamanism in Siberia and Faerie lore in the British Isles. The book is not for a casual listener, but for anyone interested in the history of magic or witches, this book is both information dense and non-biased in it's approach. I highly recommend it.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-13-17
A little bit dry, but worth the time.
I think a hard copy of this book might have been preferable since it would make a great reference source.
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- isisxwear
- 12-10-19
Malicous witchcraft through the ages
This was an enjoyable book. It makes a reasoned and deep analysis of the causality of the European witch trials of the early modern era. It helped to explain quite a few issues that I have always wondered about. I was familiar with the theory, now debunked, of witchcraft as a continuous secret pagan religion surviving from ancient times (a origin story still popular with Wiccans and followers of Starhawk). According to that theory victims of the witch trials may have been practitioners of a secret and ancient pagan religion that had been passed down witch to witch, usually by a family member. Most common articles you see today of the history of early modern witch trails regard the accused as being totally innocent of practicing witchcraft, instead serving as scape goats for their communities to rid themselves of anti-social marginalized individuals. This view disregards the role of service magicians that exist in every culture regardless of religion, who would have in fact been using magical practices. Those men or women in medieval Europe would have been Christians, though their magical practice may have had some pagan roots in it. In the modern push to disregard the religious views of people of the past, this subtlety has been lost. The idea of the witch as belonging to a satanic cult as a creation of the 15th century is very interesting, especially as that conspiracy seems to have outlived the Christian belief of witches as a threat and gained a new, secular belief. The author does a wonderful job of tying the various ideas of “witch“ together, including the modern western reclaiming of the term in neopagan groups, though the focus of the book is on the specific definition as a malicious magical worker. This is a true testament to the mutability of religious tradition and creativity of the human mind.
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- Adam O. Ahman
- 08-24-21
Boring AF but You'll Learn A Ton
The writing and performance were incredibly boring. Both author and narrator seemed to strive for peak academic sophistication. If you can make it through this book, you'll learn a lot. Personally, it was worth listening to once, but I don't think I'll ever do it again. (Tip: binge it on a long drive so you have no choice but to keep listening.)
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- Lourens
- 06-28-19
Lovely journey
I loved the historical journey through time and space with abundant contextualization to form a broad and finer understanding of witchcraft and magical. The tone of language is a pleasure to listen to. The narration is perfect to convey the author’s language - I could not stop listening.
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- Catherine Cameron
- 03-03-22
A man discusses the entirely male perspective of the derogatory term
It’s difficult to find historical witch references that aren’t told with hatred, spite, fear, or religious taint. This is full of all of those things. I tried to give it my time and keep an open mind, but this, this is hatred.
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- Kat
- 03-27-21
Excellent
Well researched and presented. A great historical read for everyone that cannot be recommended enough
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- Logan
- 10-29-20
complex but don't let that scare you away
excellent, in-depth book that offers a huge scope without compromising the details of more specific situations. was well performed by the reader
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- Rebecca
- 11-12-17
Dull narrator
looked forward to listening to this as witchcraft was covered on my degree course but I couldn't listen to the narrator, he made it all sound so very dull....I'm afraid I had to give up. It's a shame the author couldn't have narrated. A disappointment as I'm sure I would have found it really interesting.
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- Ms. N. J. Andrews
- 02-02-18
Not engaging
It's not that this is bad as such, it's just misrepresented. This is, for the most part, a history of the study of OTHER studies on witchcraft, rather than itself an original study. So, so many citations and quotations and references that it stopped being engaging (although you have to respect the author's study of said studies). Just too dry for me.
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- simon r.
- 07-05-18
Brilliantly challenges previous ideas.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it really put to bed alot of unproven theory's which I had inadvertently picked up from new age sources. Great to be informed by such a brilliant mind.
The nuration and tone of voice was perfect for the subject matter and really gave a tricky subject at points great staying power.
I Higly recommend this to anyone with an interest in anything like witchcraft and or neo paganism.
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- Angela Baikie
- 04-08-18
Enjoyed this
Enjoyed this but had to listen in small snippets as it contained so much information and research. That said it is an easy listen as written in plain English.
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- J. Wexler
- 03-27-18
Dry littany of facts
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
This could have been fascinating. Cearly an author with a breadth of research material at their disposal, but a dry listing of facts. I.e. among the Ibu they do x, among ojibway they do Y. On and on and on. No attempt at flow or to even pique interest in the reader.
Which scene did you most enjoy?
There are no "scenes"
You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?
Useable for research into specific cultural details.
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- nine8nine
- 10-22-20
A scholarly work of immense magnitude
Huge and wide ranging subject matter, very broad and deep
Interesting, a bit turgid in sections where it becomes too academic in tone
Hutton does the voice acting? If so it's impressive, he has a lively and engaging voice.
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- Sarah Tillison
- 02-14-19
It's very difficult to get truth 1chapter.
I can't say that book was good purchase, boring at best but I didn't listen to the end.
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- Sue Power
- 01-21-18
well read great story full of lovely descriptions
I thought this was a story rather than a history of The Witch well read
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- E. Leach
- 10-10-21
Bored to death
Far too academic. Long winded.
Fine for universities and students but not in the least entertaining.
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- Blair
- 07-26-18
Boring and not what it seemed
This book is so dry and touches on the most boring and useless parts of this dynamic and fascinating history. Even worse you can’t return it so please read this before buying it like I did and wasted my money. The book is like a light guide to things anyone who has the vaguest interest in the witch trials liked but only in very small areas and a very certain time. It’s just not worth the waste of money and time. The reader is not interesting and even as someone who is a history nerd he fills the stories with useless citations and explanations on why he uses certain words that aren’t needed. The book has no flow and is frankly annoying. I am so mad I gave this person money.
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Horrible narrator
- By Karen M on 04-29-21
By: Ronald Hutton
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Magic
- A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present
- By: Chris Gosden
- Narrated by: Clarke Peters
- Length: 19 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing on decades of research around the world - touching on the first known horoscope, a statue ordered into exile, and the mystical power of tattoos - Gosden shows what magic can offer us today and how we might use it to rethink our relationship with the world. Magic is an original, singular, and sweeping work of scholarship, and its revelations will leave a spell on the listener.
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Outstanding Readable Survey of Recent Scholarship
- By Earth Lover on 09-06-21
By: Chris Gosden
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A Storm of Witchcraft
- The Salem Trials and the American Experience
- By: Emerson W. Baker
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Beginning in January 1692, Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts witnessed the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft in early America. Villagers - mainly young women - suffered from unseen torments that caused them to writhe, shriek, and contort their bodies, complaining of pins stuck into their flesh and of being haunted by specters. Believing that they suffered from assaults by an invisible spirit, the community began a hunt to track down those responsible for the demonic work.
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Wow....riveting and tragic
- By TeamDowager on 10-23-15
By: Emerson W. Baker
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A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult
- By: DK
- Narrated by: Susie Riddell
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult charts the extraordinary narrative of one of the most interesting and often controversial subjects in the world - from ancient animal worship and shamanism, through alchemy and divination to modern Wicca and the resurgence of the occult in 21st-century literature, cinema, and television.
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Decent Primer on Magical Traditions
- By Albert Williams on 04-28-21
By: DK
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Witch: A Tale of Terror
- By: Charles MacKay, Sam Harris - introduction
- Narrated by: Sam Harris
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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For centuries in Europe, innocent men and women were murdered for the imaginary crime of witchcraft. This was a mass delusion and moral panic, driven by pious superstition and a deadly commitment to religious conformity. In Witch: A Tale of Terror, best-selling author Sam Harris introduces and reads from Charles Mackay's beloved book, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.
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more Sam, please
- By aspidistra on 02-25-17
By: Charles MacKay, and others
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Queens of the Wild
- Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation
- By: Ronald Hutton
- Narrated by: Gary Paul Williams
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In this riveting account, renowned scholar Ronald Hutton explores the history of deity-like figures in Christian Europe. Drawing on anthropology, archaeology, literature, and history, Hutton shows how hags, witches, the fairy queen, and the Green Man all came to be, and how they changed over the centuries. Looking closely at four main figures—Mother Earth, the Fairy Queen, the Mistress of the Night, and the Old Woman of Gaelic tradition—Hutton challenges decades of debate around the female figures who have long been thought versions of pre-Christian goddesses.
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Another informative book by Roland Hutton
- By NetChick on 09-19-22
By: Ronald Hutton
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The Triumph of the Moon
- A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
- By: Ronald Hutton
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 28 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Ronald Hutton is known for his colorful, provocative, and always exhaustively researched studies on original subjects. This work is no exception: the first full-scale scholarly study of the only religion England has ever given the world, that of modern pagan witchcraft, which has now spread from English shores across four continents. Hutton examines the nature of that religion and its development, and offers a microhistory of attitudes to paganism, witchcraft, and magic in British society since 1800.
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Horrible narrator
- By Karen M on 04-29-21
By: Ronald Hutton
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Magic
- A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present
- By: Chris Gosden
- Narrated by: Clarke Peters
- Length: 19 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Drawing on decades of research around the world - touching on the first known horoscope, a statue ordered into exile, and the mystical power of tattoos - Gosden shows what magic can offer us today and how we might use it to rethink our relationship with the world. Magic is an original, singular, and sweeping work of scholarship, and its revelations will leave a spell on the listener.
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Outstanding Readable Survey of Recent Scholarship
- By Earth Lover on 09-06-21
By: Chris Gosden
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A Storm of Witchcraft
- The Salem Trials and the American Experience
- By: Emerson W. Baker
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Beginning in January 1692, Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts witnessed the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft in early America. Villagers - mainly young women - suffered from unseen torments that caused them to writhe, shriek, and contort their bodies, complaining of pins stuck into their flesh and of being haunted by specters. Believing that they suffered from assaults by an invisible spirit, the community began a hunt to track down those responsible for the demonic work.
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Wow....riveting and tragic
- By TeamDowager on 10-23-15
By: Emerson W. Baker
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A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult
- By: DK
- Narrated by: Susie Riddell
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult charts the extraordinary narrative of one of the most interesting and often controversial subjects in the world - from ancient animal worship and shamanism, through alchemy and divination to modern Wicca and the resurgence of the occult in 21st-century literature, cinema, and television.
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Decent Primer on Magical Traditions
- By Albert Williams on 04-28-21
By: DK
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Witch: A Tale of Terror
- By: Charles MacKay, Sam Harris - introduction
- Narrated by: Sam Harris
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
For centuries in Europe, innocent men and women were murdered for the imaginary crime of witchcraft. This was a mass delusion and moral panic, driven by pious superstition and a deadly commitment to religious conformity. In Witch: A Tale of Terror, best-selling author Sam Harris introduces and reads from Charles Mackay's beloved book, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.
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more Sam, please
- By aspidistra on 02-25-17
By: Charles MacKay, and others
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Six Women of Salem
- The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials
- By: Marilynne K. Roach
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 17 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Six Women of Salem is the first work to use the lives of a select number of representative women as a microcosm to illuminate the larger crisis of the Salem witch trials. By the end of the trials, beyond the 20 who were executed and the five who perished in prison, 207 individuals had been accused, 74 had been "afflicted", 32 had officially accused their fellow neighbors, and 255 ordinary people had been inexorably drawn into that ruinous and murderous vortex, and this doesn't include the religious, judicial, and governmental leaders.
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Robotic Reader
- By DangerousBlossom on 12-15-18