: Magic, Witchcraft, and Curing . John Middleton.

Witchcraft and Magic in Ireland

Witchcraft and magic in Europe. Volume 3: The Middle Ages

universities outside Germany like Montpellier, Basle, and Cambridge. The activities of Simone Simoni (1532-1602) at Geneva, Heidelberg and Leipzig are instructive in this respect, as was shown long ago by Frank Ludwig (Neues Archiv fiir siichsische Geschichte und Altertumskunde, 1909, 30: 209-90). Equally, while Paracelsus' own view of the body militated against any commitment to anatomical stu...

Magic and Witchcraft Implications for Democratization and Poverty-Alleviating Aid in Africa

The belief in occult forces is still deeply rooted in many African societies, regardless of education, religion, and social class of the people concerned. According to many Africans its incidence is even increasing due to social stress and strain caused (among others) by the process of modernization. Most often magic and witchcraft accusations work to the disadvantage of the poor and deprived, ...

Health Week at Middleton

Middleton's Health Week, organised by the combined efforts of Mr. Victor C. Wilde, Chairman of the Health Committee, and Major S. T. Beggs, Medical Officer of Health, appears to have been the model of what such a week should be. The centre of the Committee's activities was the exhibition held in the Co-operative Hall-?an exhibition which should be of great practical help. There were shown, for ...

Historical Dictionary of Witchcraft