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Review title: Good -- but flawed history
Product review: This is a very good book, but not a great one. The sections on Neo-Pagan Witchcraft are outstanding, but the sections on historical Witchcraft are erratic. A host of new evidence about historical Witchcraft has become available since the late '70's. This new data has overturned many of the older theories. And, unfortunately, Guiley drew upon some outdated works, such as Russell Hope Robbins' _Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology_. Therefore while the modern parts of the book are wonderful, the historical information is occasionally woefully inaccurate. (The stuff on the death toll is particularly bad.)
