THE PHILOSOPHY OF WITCHCRAFT
Book Details + Condition: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. (London, Calcutta, Sydney). First Edition, 1924. By Ian Ferguson. Small octavo. 220pp.+ 2pp of advertisements. Original black cloth with gilt title (etc.) to spine. An oddly sympathetic study for its time, which largely foreshadowed the modern view of witchcraft as the survival of a pre- or non-Christian spiritual belief system. Chapters include:
- The Origins of the Witch
- Early Christianity and the Witch
- Magic and Medicine
- Folk-lore - The Refuge of Dreams
- The Triumph of Theology
- The Significance of Spiritual Discipline
- The Depreciation of Spiritual Values
In very good condition (seemingly near-new), with firm binding; slight lean; toning to text block and endpapers; interior is clean and free of markings. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.
