The Enemy Within

A Short History of Witch-hunting

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Other Practices, Witchcraft & Wicca, New Age, History
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Author: John Demos ISBN: 9781440636912
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: October 2, 2008
Imprint: Penguin Books Language: English
Author: John Demos
ISBN: 9781440636912
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: October 2, 2008
Imprint: Penguin Books
Language: English

With the vision of a historian and the voice of a novelist, prize?winning author John Demos explores the social, cultural, and psychological roots of the scourge that is witch-hunting, both in the remote past and today. The Enemy Within chronicles the most prominent witch-hunts of the Western world?women and men who were targeted by suspicious neighbors and accused of committing horrific crimes by supernatural means?and shows how the fear of witchcraft has fueled recurrent cycles of accusation, persecution, and purging. A unique and fascinating book, it illumines the dark side of communities driven to rid themselves of perceived evil, no matter what the human cost.

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With the vision of a historian and the voice of a novelist, prize?winning author John Demos explores the social, cultural, and psychological roots of the scourge that is witch-hunting, both in the remote past and today. The Enemy Within chronicles the most prominent witch-hunts of the Western world?women and men who were targeted by suspicious neighbors and accused of committing horrific crimes by supernatural means?and shows how the fear of witchcraft has fueled recurrent cycles of accusation, persecution, and purging. A unique and fascinating book, it illumines the dark side of communities driven to rid themselves of perceived evil, no matter what the human cost.

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