Embracing the Darkness: A Cultural History of Witchcraft

by John Callow

As dusk fell on a misty evening in 1521, Martin Luther - hiding from his enemies at Wartburg Castle - found himself seemingly tormented by demons hurling walnuts at his bedroom window. In a fit of rage, the great reformer threw at the Devil the inkwell from which he was preparing his colossal translation of the Bible. A belief - like Luther's - in the supernatural, and in black magic, has been central to European cultural life for 3000 years. From...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845114698
• ISBN13: 9781845114695
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.0"