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Connie Goodwin should be spending her summer doing research for her Ph. D. dissertation in American History. But when her mother asks her to handle the sale of Connie's grandmother's abandoned home near Salem, she's compelled to help. While exploring the dusty bookshelves, Connie discovers an ancient key containing a brittle piece of paper on which is written two words: Deliverance Dane. And Connie begins to do some research... (Bestseller)
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Harry Potter wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. He wants to dream about Cho Chang, his crush (and maybe do more than dream). He wants to find out about the mysterious event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for a hundred years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. Unfortunately for Harry Potter,...
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Weiser Books, an imprint of Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC
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2019.
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"A cohesive and complete system of witchcraft based on traditional sources, assembling and integrating key components from the past and present. Also offers practical instructions and a clear five-step process of empowerment for anyone who wants to walk the path of witchcraft"-- Provided by publisher.
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Harry is in his fifth year at Hogwarts as the adventures continue. There is a door at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror? Harry has a lot on his mind for this, his fifth year at Hogwarts: a defense against the dark arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey; a big surprise on the Gryffindor Quidditch team; and the looming terror...
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Burdened with the dark, dangerous, and seemingly impossible task of locating and destroying Voldermort's remaining Horcruxes, Harry, feeling alone and uncertain about his future, struggles to find the inner strength he needs to follow the path set out before him.
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Oxford University Press
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2010
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English
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Throughout history, to the present day, witchcraft raises questions about the distinction between reality and fantasy, faith and proof. This book explores witchcraft, both as a contemporary phenomenon and a historical subject. It looks at witch-beliefs and accusations around the world, from pre-history to the present.
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Citadel Press
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©2004
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English
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The "Father of American Wicca" presents a guide to the solitary practice of Wicca through every season of life. Topics include using dreamwork, tarot cards, crystal balls, astrology, and other means of divination; maintaining ethics without the guidance of a coven; and developing the power to heal and to ward off negativity.
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"For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort. Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts . . . he's...
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Weiser Books
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2023.
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"The 'witch wound' is a collective, intergenerational, psychic wound that has scarred people, mostly women, for centuries. The roots of this wound run deep, going back to the historical witch hunts, the 'Burning Times,' when tens of thousands of innocent individuals were accused of practicing malicious magic and executed in the most inhumane ways. In this book, the author guides modern witches (as well as pagans, energy workers, occultists, and other...
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Carol Pub. Group
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1998
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MAGICK POTIONS
How to Prepare and Use Homemade Oils, Aphrodisiacs, Brews, and Much More
Wiccan expert Gerina Dunwich reveals the secrets, history, and art of potioncraft. Today's modern witch will find magick, legend, and lore, and step-by-step instructions on how to prepare and use potions, teas, infusions, philtres, and oils for nearly every purpose imaginable. Illustrated throughout, this indispensable resource compiles the magickal methods,...
13) Six women of Salem: the untold story of the accused and their accusers in the Salem Witch Trials
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Da Capo Press
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c2013
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English
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"What was it like to be there and, if you were lucky, to live through it? In a compelling combination of narrative and groundbreaking historical research, Salem Witch Trial scholar Marilynne K. Roach vividly brings the terrifying times to life while skillfully illuminating the lives of the accused, the accusers, and the afflicted."--Back cover.
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Oxford University Press
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[2014]
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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...
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Llewellyn Publications
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2002
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English
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One of modern Wicca's most recommended books, this comprehensive resource features a step-by-step course in Witchcraft, with information on rituals, beliefs, history, and lore, as well as instruction in spellwork, divination, herbalism, healing, channeling, dreamwork, sabbats, esbats, covens, and solitary practice.
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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[2023]
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English
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"An intimate, illustrated collection of spells and stories to infuse our lives with ritual, history, and magic from the visionary artist and infamous witch Bri Luna, founder and creative director of "The Hoodwitch.""-- Provided by publisher.
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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An illustrated guide from the HausWitch store and brand founder explains how to create a beautiful, healing living space using earth magic, meditation, herbalism, self-awareness, tarot, astrology, feminist spirituality, and interior decoration.
19) Witch trials
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Gareth Stevens Publishing
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2014.
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From a modern perspective, it seems incredible that people were once executed for practicing witchcraft. Yet, in medieval Europe and colonial America, more than 12,000 lost their lives this way. The proof of witchery was often as scanty as a physical deformity or as outrageous as the water test: If the tied-up suspect floated in water, they were guilty; if they sunk, they were innocent!