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Witches, Demons, and Fertility Magic

by Arne Runeberg, 1947

Analysis Of Their Significance And Mutual Relations In West European Folk Religion. (Societas Scientiarum Fennica Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum XIV 4). An interesting study in four parts: I: The Historical Development of Western European Witchcraft, II: Western European Witchcraft Compared With Non-European Parallel Phenomena, Part III Witches and Other Demoniacal Beings in West-European Folk Beleif, Part IV Witchcraft and Popular Magic, Part V. Seasonal Festivals and Witches' Sabbaths. Appendix. Pyschoanalytic Interpretation of European Bronze Age Religion. Magick, Ritual, Fertility rites, sex, sexual magic, Esoteric, Ceremonial Magic, Tarot, Geomancy, Divination, Alchemy, Hermetics, Metaphysics, etc.

First edition. Large 8 vo. 273 pp. Original printed wrappers have been bound in marbled boards with beautiful leather spine. This is an extremely rare book, privately leather bound. Gilt titles and raised bands to spine. Former owner’s name on title page. Overall a very good copy. There is eveidence of old moisture stains to lower right margins of last several pages. This does not affect the text at all and there are no wrinkles or ripples.

SOLD for $400.00
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