Worlds of fear and wonder living with the supernatural, past and present
"From medieval saints to early modern witches, Spiritualism to contemporary horror and Christianity, the supernatural is a constant of Western experience. Malcolm Gaskill explores this persistence, arguing that we can understand the beliefs of our ancestors by recognizing that the supernatural has a...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2026.
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| 353 | |a index |b index | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Alchemy -- Flying Nuns -- Puritans -- Catholics -- The Witch -- The Devil's Bath -- Kepler's Mother -- Matthew Hopkins -- Emotions on the Frontier -- Murder Most Foul -- Vampires -- A Supernatural War -- Death of an Airman -- Hellish Nell -- Witch Pardons -- Charity Refused -- Shetland Ghosts -- Dead of Night -- Afterword. | |
| 520 | |a "From medieval saints to early modern witches, Spiritualism to contemporary horror and Christianity, the supernatural is a constant of Western experience. Malcolm Gaskill explores this persistence, arguing that we can understand the beliefs of our ancestors by recognizing that the supernatural has always made emotional, if not intellectual, sense."-- Provided by publisher. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Emotions |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Occultism |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Spiritualism |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Supernatural (Theology) |x History. | |
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