WITCHES STILL LIVE: A STUDY OF THE BLACK ART TODAY
Book Details + Condition: New York: Ives Washburn. Very scarce First Edition, 1929. Hardcover. Octavo. 379 pages. With illustrations by Siegel. Original black cloth with red titling to spine and front board, patterned endpapers, bibliography and index. The author, Theda Kenyon (1894-1997), gives an entertaining anecdotal account on the various types of witchcraft practiced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as the beliefs and customs which she believes must originate from "The Cult of the Witch". Chapters: Witchcraft, the Universal Faith; The Nature Cult; The Gospel of the Witches; The first Witch Doctrine: Transmutation; The Initiation of the Witch; Religion and Witchcraft; The Black Mass; The Sacrifice; The Sex Ritual; How to Cast a Spell; How to Combat a Spell; Witchcraft and Medicine; Love Charms; Bridal Customs; Childbirth Customs; How to Discover a Witch; The Persecution of the Witch; Witchcraft and the Law; Signs and Omens; Moon Laws; Science and Witchcraft; Famous People and Witchcraft; Modern Witchcraft Murders. In very good condition: Light rubbing and a few faint spots to cloth; spine ends and corners and edges lightly bruised; interior is clean and unmarked.
