Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath - Softcover

Ginzburg, Carlo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140158588 ISBN 13: 9780140158588

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1992

Synopsis

Ecstasies is the culmination of Ginzburg's longstanding fascination with popular myths that are shared across different cultures and eras. Here he follows the accounts given by those accused of witchcraft centuries ago, gradually weaving them together into a startling pattern, revealing evidence of a hidden shamanistic culture that flourished across Europe for millenia. Photographs and maps.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

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.

About the Author:

Carlo Ginzburg is professor emeritus at Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy, and the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of many books, including The Cheese and the Worms, The Night Battles, and Myths, Emblems, and Clues.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0140158588
• ISBN 13: 9780140158588
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352