title: The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca
author:  Rosemary Ellen Guiley 
description: This new edition retains the balanced tone and thorough research of the previous two (The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft, 1989 and 1999). In more than 480 entries, paranormal expert Guiley covers both historical witchcraft, such as the Salem witches,Santa Fe witches, and Stamford witches of the seventeenth century, and contemporary issues and concerns. Topics such as different types of witchcraft, fairies, folk magic, the occult, pagan practices, voodoo or vodun, spells, demons, charms, and magic circles are clearly defined. Descriptions of beliefs, and rituals connected to witchcraft, and biographies of individuals, both historical and fictional, living and dead (for example, Aleister Crowley, Morgan le Fay, Margaret Alice Murray, and Starhawk), are included. In addition to updates of contemporary biographies, this edition contains newWicca-related material, as indicated by the addition of the word Wicca to the title. Short lists of further reading,a number of themupdated,follow many of the entries. The lengthy bibliography has been expanded and updated as well.Offering abroader perspective than many arcane resources on this popular subject, thisvolume is suited to casual readers and researchers. --Susan Awe
zlib_text: **Table of Contents**
  
    
  
    *  _ACKNOWLEDGMENTS_
    * _CHAPTER 1_
    * _CHAPTER 2_
    * _CHAPTER 3_
    * _CHAPTER 4_
    * _CHAPTER 5_
    * _CHAPTER 6_
    * _CHAPTER 7_
    * _CHAPTER 8_
    * _CHAPTER 9_
    * _CHAPTER 10_
    * _CHAPTER 11_
    * _CHAPTER 12_
    * _CHAPTER 13_
    * _CHAPTER 14_
    * _CHAPTER 15_
    * _CHAPTER 16_
    * _CHAPTER 17_
    * _CHAPTER 18_
    * _CHAPTER 19_
    * _CHAPTER 20_
  
  **Witchling**
  
   **Yasmine Galenorn**
  
    
    
  
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