Entertaining Satan : witchcraft and the culture of early New England /
Demos, John,
Entertaining Satan : witchcraft and the culture of early New England / John Putnam Demos. - Updated edition. - 1 online resource (558 pages) : illustrations, maps -
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
One: Biography -- "A desolate condition" -- "Peace with no man" -- Witches: a collective portrait -- Two: Psychology -- "A diabolical distemper" -- "Let me do what I could" -- Accusers, victims, bystanders: the innerlife dimension -- Three: Sociology -- "The mind of our town" -- "Hard thoughts and jealousies" -- Communities: the social matrix of witchcraft -- Four: History -- "From generation to generation" -- "Hearts against hearts" -- Communities: witchcraft over time -- Appendix: list of known witchcraft cases in seventeenth-century New England.
"In the first edition of the Bancroft Prize-winning Entertaining Satan, John Putnam Demos presented an entirely new perspective on American witchcraft. By investigating the surviving historical documents of over a hundred actual witchcraft cases, he vividly recreated the world of New England during the witchcraft trials and brought to light fascinating information on the role of witchcraft in early American culture. Now Demos has revisited his original work and updated it to illustrate why these early Americans' strange views on witchcraft still matter to us today. He provides a new Preface that puts forth a broader overview of witchcraft and looks at its place around the world - from ancient times right up to the present"--Publisher's description.
9780199726318 (electronic bk.) 0199726310 (electronic bk.) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (alk. paper) (alk. paper)
1600-1699
Witchcraft--History.--New England
Magic.
Superstition.
Spiritual healing.
Therapeutics, Physiological.
Alternative medicine.
Culture.
Ethnology.
Therapeutics.
Anthropology.
Social sciences.
Magic
Superstitions
Spiritual Therapies
Complementary Therapies
Culture
Anthropology, Cultural
Therapeutics
Anthropology
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment.
Social Sciences
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena.
Faith Healing
Ethnology
Magie.
Superstitions.
Guérison par la foi.
Médecines parallèles.
Culture.
Ethnologie.
Thérapeutique.
Anthropologie.
Sciences sociales.
illusion (performing art)
culture note.
ethnology.
social anthropology.
anthropology.
social sciences.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Magick Studies.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Witchcraft & Wicca.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
HISTORY--State & Local--Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)--United States
HISTORY--State & Local--New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)--United States
Manners and customs.
Witchcraft.
Parapsychology & Occult Sciences.
Social Sciences.
New England--Social life and customs--17th century.
Nouvelle-Angleterre--Mœurs et coutumes--17e siècle.
New England.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
BF1576.D42
133.430974 974/.02
Entertaining Satan : witchcraft and the culture of early New England / John Putnam Demos. - Updated edition. - 1 online resource (558 pages) : illustrations, maps -
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
One: Biography -- "A desolate condition" -- "Peace with no man" -- Witches: a collective portrait -- Two: Psychology -- "A diabolical distemper" -- "Let me do what I could" -- Accusers, victims, bystanders: the innerlife dimension -- Three: Sociology -- "The mind of our town" -- "Hard thoughts and jealousies" -- Communities: the social matrix of witchcraft -- Four: History -- "From generation to generation" -- "Hearts against hearts" -- Communities: witchcraft over time -- Appendix: list of known witchcraft cases in seventeenth-century New England.
"In the first edition of the Bancroft Prize-winning Entertaining Satan, John Putnam Demos presented an entirely new perspective on American witchcraft. By investigating the surviving historical documents of over a hundred actual witchcraft cases, he vividly recreated the world of New England during the witchcraft trials and brought to light fascinating information on the role of witchcraft in early American culture. Now Demos has revisited his original work and updated it to illustrate why these early Americans' strange views on witchcraft still matter to us today. He provides a new Preface that puts forth a broader overview of witchcraft and looks at its place around the world - from ancient times right up to the present"--Publisher's description.
9780199726318 (electronic bk.) 0199726310 (electronic bk.) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (alk. paper) (alk. paper)
1600-1699
Witchcraft--History.--New England
Magic.
Superstition.
Spiritual healing.
Therapeutics, Physiological.
Alternative medicine.
Culture.
Ethnology.
Therapeutics.
Anthropology.
Social sciences.
Magic
Superstitions
Spiritual Therapies
Complementary Therapies
Culture
Anthropology, Cultural
Therapeutics
Anthropology
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment.
Social Sciences
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena.
Faith Healing
Ethnology
Magie.
Superstitions.
Guérison par la foi.
Médecines parallèles.
Culture.
Ethnologie.
Thérapeutique.
Anthropologie.
Sciences sociales.
illusion (performing art)
culture note.
ethnology.
social anthropology.
anthropology.
social sciences.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Magick Studies.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Witchcraft & Wicca.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
HISTORY--State & Local--Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)--United States
HISTORY--State & Local--New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)--United States
Manners and customs.
Witchcraft.
Parapsychology & Occult Sciences.
Social Sciences.
New England--Social life and customs--17th century.
Nouvelle-Angleterre--Mœurs et coutumes--17e siècle.
New England.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
BF1576.D42
133.430974 974/.02