MONTAGUE SUMMERS: WITCHCRAFT & DEMONOLOGY ~ HC w/ D/J 1992 ** MAGICK ** OCCULT

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MONTAGUE SUMMERS.
THE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY.
NJ: Castle Books.
FACSIMILE REPRINT EDITION.
1992 [First UK 1926; First US 1956].
353 pages with Index. Large octavo (9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inch) hardcover with d/j, maroon boards, gilt titling to spine.
Light rubbing to d/j, spine very slightly cocked,
NEAR FINE CONDITION IN NEAR FINE D/J.
Summers was a Catholic priest (converted from Anglicanism) and he wrote on these subjects most definitely from a ‘pro ecclesia’ standpoint; but he was a superior scholar, and he dredged up some most interesting material. Summer's thesis is that the witchcraft phenomenon was and, in his time in the early 20th century, remained a very real and a very dangerous heresy. As can be seen from the title of Chapter VI, he even dragged the then modern and ongoing craze for spiritualism into the same arena. A fascinating, challenging, and worthwhile read.
CONTENTS:
I.) THE WITCH: HERETIC AND ANARCHIST. • II.) THE WORSHIP OF THE WITCH. • III.) DEMONS AND FAMILIARS. • IV.) THE SABBAT. • V.) THE WITCH IN HOLY WRIT. • VI.) DIABOLIC POSSESSION AND MODERN SPIRITISM. • VII.) THE WITCH IN DRAMATIC LITERATURE.
BIBLIOGRAPHY. • INDEX.
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A CLEAR AND WELL-BOUND REPRINT OF THIS IMPORTANT EARLY-20TH-CENTURY WORK IN WITCHCRAFT SCHOLARSHIP.