Ecstasies

Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath

by

Paperback, 368 pages

English language

Published June 14, 2004 by University Of Chicago Press.

ISBN:
9780226296937

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3 stars (1 review)

Weaving early accounts of witchcraft—trial records, ecclesiastical tracts, folklore, and popular iconography—into new and startling patterns, Carlo Ginzburg presents in Ecstasies compelling evidence of a hidden shamanistic culture that flourished across Europe and in England for thousands of years.

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reviewed Ecstasies by Carlo Ginzburg

Grasping at straws for the "universal story"

3 stars

Carlo Ginzburg: Ecstasies (2004, University Of Chicago Press) 5 stars Some good research on ecstatic ceremonies that survived from pre-Christian times into the medieval era in Italy, but then the author goes off the rails and tries to link what little we know about these celtic, pre-Christian religions to the Campbell-istic/Jungian hero's journey BS

Subjects

  • Folklore & Mythology
  • Witchcraft & Wicca
  • Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
  • General
  • Religion
  • Alternate Spirituality
  • Sabbat