Witch, Warlock, and Magician (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Historical Account of Magic and Witchcraft in England and ScotlandBy W. H. Davenport Adams
Length12h 58m
About this audiobook
Witch, Warlock, and Magician is a late-Victorian survey of magic, demonology, and witchcraft, chiefly in Britain, moving from learned occult traditions to popular superstition and the terrible machinery of persecution. Adams writes in an antiquarian yet accessible manner, combining historical anecdote, moral reflection, and documentary summary. Set within nineteenth-century rationalist reassessments of the witch trials, the book treats credulity itself as a historical force, while preserving the strange imaginative power of the legends it recounts. W. H. Davenport Adams was a prolific Victorian man of letters, editor, compiler, and popular historian whose works often translated large fields of knowledge for the educated general reader. His interest in biography, travel, religion, and cultural history equipped him to approach witchcraft not merely as sensational folklore but as a subject shaped by theology, law, literature, and social fear. The book reflects his era's confidence in progress, tempered by fascination with the irrational survivals of the past. This volume is recommended to readers interested in witchcraft studies, Victorian historiography, and the cultural memory of persecution. Though modern scholarship has revised many nineteenth-century assumptions, Adams remains valuable for his narrative command, breadth of reference, and insight into how the Victorians understood magic as both delusion and enduring myth.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length12 hrs 58 mins
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Publish dateMay 31, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Preface
3Introduction. Progress of Alchemy in Europe
4BOOK I. THE ENGLISH MAGICIANS
5Chapter I. Roger Bacon: The True and the Legendary
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6Chapter II. The Story of Dr. John Dee
7Chapter III. Dr. Dee’s Diary
8Chapter IV. Magic and Imposture—A Couple of Knaves
9Chapter V. The Last of the English Magicians: William Lilly
10Chapter VI. English Rosicrucians
11BOOK II. WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT
12Chapter I. Early History of Witchcraft in England
13Chapter II. Witchcraft in England in the 17th Century
14Chapter III. The Decline of Witchcraft in England
15Chapter IV. The Witches of Scotland
16Chapter V. The Literature of Witchcraft
17Memorable Quotes
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