INTRODUCTION
 
1 THE ANCIENT WORLD
The Dawn of Witchcraft
Powerful Goddesses, Powerful Witches
Origins of Witchcraft
Magic and the Birth of Christianity
European and Northern Witchcraft
The Wheel of the Year
 
2 THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
The Rise of Christianity
The Burning Time
Witches’ Tools
New World, Old Horrors
Salem: A Town Possessed
The Magic Circle and Pentagram
 
3 THE MODERN WORLD
The Survival of Witchcraft
The Birth of Wicca
Covens
Wicca Goes West
Witchcraft Now and in the Future
What Witches Believe
 
GLOSSARY
INDEX
PICTURE CREDITS

Michael Streeter is a British writer and TV researcher with over 30 years‘ experience in national newspaper journalism. A former editor for the Scottish Daily Express, he has written and researched books and documentaries on subjects as diverse as the weather, medieval crime, and the occult.