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Discover real tales of sorcery and magic drawn from authentic old records. This collection gathers legends, hauntings, and encounters with spirits from across centuries, offering a window into how belief shaped daily life and culture.
From dramatic accounts of healers and their familiar spirits to prophecies, omens, and the curious arts of divination, the book presents vivid scenes grounded in historical sources. It frames these stories with commentary that invites readers to weigh the evidence and explore the borders between science, superstition, and faith.
- Accounts of physicians and their familiars, and how these relationships influenced medicine and mystery.
- Descriptions of visions, omens, and prophetic messages that shaped careers and events.
- Details on old beliefs, magical practices, and the social contexts that kept them alive.
- A historical lens that connects personal experiences to broader cultural traditions.
Ideal for readers who enjoy folklore, historical mystery, and the uncanny, this edition invites curiosity about how people once explained the unseen.
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Thomas Wright is a family therapist, teacher, and writer with more than two decades of experienceworking with individuals and families. He holds a degree in theology from Southern MethodistUniversity and is on the faculty of the Alfred Adler Graduate School of Minnesota. Tom is a clinical member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. He shares iscounseling practice with his wife Judy. They are the parents of three grown children and reside inMinneapolis, MN.
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