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How to Succeed in Witchcraft is an LGBT fantasy young adult novel written by Aislinn Brophy and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers in August 2023. [2] The book follows Shay Johnson, a junior [ 2 ] at T.K. Anderson Magician Magnet School, in South Florida.
The book contains 143 pages and is divided into the following four chapters, which each contain sub-chapters. Contents: (illustrated by Alicia Austin [8]) Chapter One: Wellspring of the Universe (pg.6) Scourges from the North (pg.28) Chapter Two: Daring the Sea-gods' Realm (pg.36) Predators from the Primal World (pg.60)
The Formicarius, written 1436–1438 by Johannes Nider during the Council of Florence and first printed in 1475, is the second book ever printed to discuss witchcraft (the first book being Alphonso de Spina's Fortalitium Fidei [1]). Nider dealt specifically with witchcraft in the fifth section of the book.
The Spiral Dance: a Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess is a book about Neopagan beliefs and practices written by Starhawk. It was first published in 1979, with a second edition in 1989 and a third edition in 1999. It is a classic book on Wicca, modern witchcraft, spiritual feminism, the Goddess movement, and ecofeminism.
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft Addressed to J. G. Lockhart, Esq. (1830) was a study of witchcraft and the supernatural by Sir Walter Scott. A lifelong student of folklore, Scott was able to draw on a wide-ranging collection of primary and secondary sources.
They published a book titled The Witch's Bible, which generated outrage within the Wiccan community. [10] Many critics referred to it as a "witchcrap book". [10] Many of the central teachings featured in the book, such as its emphasis upon the existence of an asexual monotheistic deity, were completely contradictory to mainstream Wiccan belief ...
A far-right pastor hosted a book burning event, encouraging parishioners to toss books like “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” into a fire.
Wilby opens her book with a transcript from the trial of the cunning woman Bessie Dunlop, which took place in Edinburgh in 1576, in the midst of the Early Modern witch trials. Dunlop had been accused of "Sorcery, Witchcraft and Incantation, with Invocation of spirits of the devil", found guilty, and executed through strangulation. [5]