The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Complete A-Z for the Entire Magical World - Judika Illes 2005

The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Complete A-Z for the Entire Magical World - Judika Illes 2005

Elements of Witchcraft

The Roots of Witchcraft: The Magical World

Physical Evidence of Magical Thought

Shamanic Vision

The Fruitful Earth: “The Fertility Cult”

Animals

Caprimulgids: Nightjars, Nighthawks, and Frogmouths

Corvids: Crows, Ravens, and Jackdaws

Ferrets (Polecats) and Weasels

Frogs and Toads

Nahual, Nahualli, Naualli, Nagual

People Who Transform Willingly into Animals

Animals Who Transform Willingly Into People

Victims of Transformation

Wolves and Werewolves

Books of Magic and Witchcraft

The Witches’ Almanac

Books of Shadows

Aradia or The Gospel of the Witches

The Black Pullet or The Hen with the Golden Eggs

The Book of Pow-Wows or The Long Lost Friend

The Book of San Cipriano and Santa Justina

The Grand Grimoire or The Red Dragon

The Great Albert

The Grimoire of Honorius the Great

The Key of Solomon or Clavicula Salomonis

The Lemegeton or The Lesser Key of Solomon

The Little Albert or Les Secrets Merveilleux de la Magie Naturelle et Cabalistique du Petit Albert

The Magus by Francis Barrett

The Munich Manual of Demonic Magic

Mystery of the Long Lost 8th, 9th and 10th Books of Moses

The Picatrix or the Ghayat al-Hakim (“The Aim of the Wise” or “The Goal of the Wise”)

The Sacred Book of Abramelin the Mage

The Secret of Secrets or True Black Magic

The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses

The True Grimoire or Grimorium Verum

The World’s Greatest Magician Black Herman’s Secrets of Magic, Mystery, and Legerdemain

Library of the Lost

Alexandria’s Library

The Etruscan Library

Mayan, Aztec, and Mixtec Codices

Missing Grimoires

The Sibylline Books

Witch-Hunt Books

Amanita Muscaria or Fly Agaric

Enchanter’s Nightshade

Saint John’s Wort

Wolf ’s Claw or Club Moss

Calendar of Revelry and Sacred Days

The Anthestheria

Cross Quarter Days

Dias de Los Muertos/Mexican Days of the Dead

Feast of St Lucy or Santa Lucia

February Feasts of Purification and New Life

The Dionysia/The Festival of St Trifon

The Feast Day of St Agatha (February 5th)

The Festival of Juno Sospita

Festivals of the Dead

The Egyptian Feast of the Dead

The Festival of Mania

Halloween Trees

Midsummer’s Eve or St John’s Eve

Witch-hunters’ Sabbats

Sabbats of Modern Wicca

The Three Spirit Nights

Twelve Nights of Christmas

The Black Widow

The Books of Magic

Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts

Ibis the Invincible

Mandrake the Magician

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

The Scarlet Witch

Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose

Wendy the Good Little Witch

Zatanna, The Magician

Zatara, The Magician

Circle, Ring or Round Dance

Dance of the Seven Veils

Dances of Death

Danse Macabre or The Dance of Death

Perchtentanz or Perchta’s Dance

Snake, Serpentine or Spiral Dances

Treguenda or Danza Alla Strega

Literature: Novels and Plays

Manga and Anime

Visual Arts: Paintings, Postcards, and Woodcuts

Dictionary of Witchcraft: A Magical Vocabulary

The Divine Witch: Goddesses and Gods

The Many-Breasted Artemis of Ephesus

Befana la Strega (Befana the Witch)/Befana la Vecchia (Befana the Aged)

Ochossi, Oxossi

Proserpina (Persephone)

La Santisima Muerte

Sibillia, Sibilla

Tante Arie (“Aunt Arie”)

The White Women

Ergot, The Corn Mother, and The Rye Wolf

Mysteries of Corn

Among Earth’s many Corn Mothers

Birth-spirit Fairies: The Fates

Dones d’Aigua

E Bukura e Dheut

Vila, Wila, Veles, Veela, Víly

Fairy Magicians

The Fairy Witch

The Sicilian Fairy Cult

Witchcraft Trials Involving Fairies

Fairy-Tale Witches and Mother Goose

African-American Conjure Tales

Grimms’ Fairy Tales

The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs

Fitcher’s Bird (sometimes called Fowler’s Fowl)

Hansel and Gretel

Jorinda and Joringel

The Old Woman in the Forest

Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales

The Little Mermaid

Jewish Fairy Tales

Russian Fairy Tales

Prince Danila Govorila

Vasilisa the Wise (Also called Vasilisa the Beautiful or Vasilisa the Brave)

Witch-cats and Similar Transformation Tales

Homemade Anisette Infusion

Boszorkányhab (Witch’s Froth)

Bean Divination

Cakes and Ale, Cakes and Wine

Cakes for The Queen of Heaven

Days of The Dead (Dias De Los Muertos)

Mexican Sugar Skulls

Festival of Diana

Fox Spirit Tofu (Inari Sushi)

Halloween Specialties

Fortune-teller’s Crowdie

Mash of Nine Sorts

Witch’s Butter

Witches’ Salt

Bûche de Noël

Speculaas Poppen

Witch’s supper

Beltane Carline

Caillagh Ny Gueshag/ Caillagh Ny Groamach

Cailleach Bhéara

Cailleach Bheur

Cailleach Bolus

Cailleach Corca Duibhne

Cailleach Oidhche

Cailleach Uragaig

The Devil’s Grandmother

The Horned One and The Devil

Ashmodai, Asmodeus

Boch de Biterna/Boch de Biterne

Eshu-Elegbara/Exu

Herne the Hunter

Robin Goodfellow

Western Alchemy

Chinese Alchemy

Charms and Incantations

Commanding and Compelling

Ritual Possession

The Runes of the Elder Futhark

Spirit Working/Spirit Summoning

Magical Professions

Wayland the Smith

Places: A witch’s Travel Guide

The Grove of Aricia

Siquijor Island

Blokula, Blockula, Blakulla or Blokulla

Monte della Sibilla, The Sibyl’s Mountain in Norcia

Old Woman’s Mountain

Witches’ Caves of Zugarramurdi

Museums of Witchcraft

Tools of Witchcraft

Flying Ointments

Mortar and Pestle

Pentacle (Pentagram)

Witchcraft Hall of Fame

Abei no Seimei (c.921—1005 CE)

Agrippa von Nettesheim, Henricus Cornelius (September 14, 1486—1535)

Albertus Magnus (c.1193— November 15, 1280)

Bardon, Franz (December 1, 1909—July 10, 1958)

Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna (August 12, 1831—May 8, 1891)

Buckland, Raymond (August 31, 1934—)

Budapest, Z. (January 30, 1940—)

Cagliostro, Count Alessandro di (June 2, 1743—August 6, 1795)

Crowley, Aleister (October 12, 1875—December 1, 1947)

Cunningham, Scott (June 27, 1956—March 28, 1993)

David-Neel, Alexandra (October 28, 1868—September 8, 1969)

Dee, Dr John (July 13, 1527—March 26, 1609)

Dye, Aunt Caroline

Caroline Dyer Blues. Endor, The Witch of

Faust, Dr Johannes

Ficino, Marsilio (October 19, 1433—October 1, 1499)

Flamel, Nicholas (c.1330—?)

Fortune, Dion (December 6, 1890—January 8, 1946)

Gardner, Gerald Brosseau (June 13, 1884—February 12, 1964)

Hanussen, Erik Jan (June 2, 1889—March 25, 1933)

Hermes Trismegistus

Jesus (c.1—33)

Joan of Arc (January 6, 1412—May 30, 1431)

John, Dr (c.1801—August 23, 1885)

Kelley, Edward (August 1, 1555—1597)

Kingsford, Anna Bonus (September 16, 1846—February 22, 1888)

Leek, Sybil (February 22, 1922—October 26, 1982)

Lenormand, Marie (May 27, 1772—June 25, 1843)

Levi, Eliphas (c.1810—October 12, 1875)

Lilly, William (May 1, 1602—June 9, 1681)

Mathers, Moina (February 28, 1865—July 25, 1928)

Mathers, Samuel L. MacGregor (January 8, 1854—November 20, 1918)

Murray, Margaret (July 13, 1863—1963)

Nostradamus, Michel De (December 14, 1503— July 2, 1566)

Paracelsus (1493—September 1541)

Pickingill, “Old George” (1816—1909)

Pythagoras (c.569 BCE—c.475 BCE)

Randolph, Paschal Beverly (October 8, 1825—July 29, 1875)

Rucker, “Black” Herman (1892—April 1934)

Sanders, Alex (1926—April 30, 1988)

Scot, Sir Michael (c.1214—c.1291)

Sendivogius, Michael (—1646)

Seton, Alexander (—1603)

Shipton, Mother (1488—1558)

Valiente, Doreen (1922—September 1, 1999)

Virgil (70—19 BCE)

Williamson, Cecil (September 18, 1909—1996)

Witchcraze! Persecution of Witches

British North American Colonies

The Goodwin Witch Trials

Salem Village Witch Trials

Women’s Mysteries

Midwife Goddesses

Midwife Persecution

Midwife Witch Trials

Spinning Goddesses

Wormwood and Garlic: Dangers and Protection

Dangers of Witchcraft

Protective Measures

Power of the Witch

Acknowledgments