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An illustration of Witches' Sabbath by Martin van Maële, from the 1911 edition of the book La Sorcière, by Jules Michelet. A Witches' Sabbath is a purported gathering of those believed to practice witchcraft and other rituals. The phrase became especially popular in the 20th century.
The osculum infame illustrated in Francesco Maria Guazzo's Compendium maleficarum of 1608 Sixteenth-century Swiss depiction of the Witches' Sabbath from the chronicles of Johann Jakob Wick. Note witch performing the osculum infame, not upon Satan himself (enthroned above), but upon one of his attendant demons who has lowered his trunk hose for ...
Articles related to the Witches' Sabbath and its depictions. It is a purported gathering of those believed to practice witchcraft and other rituals. The phrase became especially popular in the 20th century.
Witches' Sabbath (1798), by Francisco Goya. Akelarre is a Basque term meaning Witches' Sabbath (a gathering of those practicing witchcraft). Akerra means male goat in the Basque language. Witches' sabbaths were envisioned as presided over by a goat. The word has been loaned to Castilian Spanish (which uses the spelling Aquelarre).
Preparation for the Witches' Sabbath by David Teniers the Younger. Note on the left an older witch reading from a grimoire while anointing the buttocks of a young witch about to fly to the sabbath upon an inverted besom with a candle upon its twigs A Witches' Sabbath by Frans Francken the Younger. Note on extreme right pots of magic ointment ...
An esbat / ˈ ɛ s b æ t / is a coven meeting or ritual at a time other than one of the Sabbats [1] within Wicca and other Wiccan-influenced forms of contemporary Paganism.. Esbats can span a wide range of purposes from coven business meetings and initiation ceremonies [2] to social gatherings, times of merriment, and opportunities to commune with the divine. [3]
Much of witchcraft revolves around rituals and ceremonies focused on the changing of the seasons, says Mar. It's a far cry from Harry Potter casting an obliviate spell, or Samantha Stevens ...
She came up with the idea of recreating a Witches' Sabbath, using published sources from Robert Graves, Margaret Murray and Gerald Gardner, a ritual was composed that has served as the basis of NROOGD practice ever since. After repeat performances of this rite yielded results on a number of occasions, a decision was made to create a group ...