LEADER 03996nam 2200649 450 001 9910813505703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-2668-1 010 $a0-8131-5644-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000334077 035 $a(EBL)1915234 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001434850 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11814684 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001434850 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11427944 035 $a(PQKB)11684783 035 $a(OCoLC)891934178 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse44112 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915234 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11009721 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL691062 035 $a(OCoLC)900344566 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915234 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334077 100 $a20150205h20042004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLucifer ascending $ethe occult in folklore and popular culture /$fBill Ellis 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d2004. 210 4$dİ2004 215 $a1 online resource (286 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-59780-4 311 $a0-8131-2289-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Wizards vs. Muggles: A Long-Standing Debate; 2. What Were Witches Really Like?; Muth, Legend, and Fetish; Contemporary Descriptions of ""witches""; witchcraft in Rural Folklore; Burt E. Boch's Catalog of Modern Witchcraft; Folkloristic Approaches to Witchcraft Claims; How Do We Assess Witchcraft Reports?; 3. Black Books and Chain Letters; The Written word as Fetish; The Jewish Qabbalah and Anti-semitic Crusades; The Blood Libel; The Jewish Amulet Tradition as ""Satanism"" 327 $aLetters from Heaven and Chain Letters as Conjuring4. Satanic Bibles; Brauch Books and Evil Books ; Spellbinding: The Conjurer as Psuchic Cop; The Schemhamforas; Untitled; 5. Why Is a Lucky Rabbit's Foot Lucky?; The Background of the Rabbit's Foot Belief; Grauesite Fetishes; Animal Bodu Parts as Fetishes; Human Body Parts as Fetishes; Body Parts and Intercultural Space; 6. Visits to Forbidden Graveyards; Legend Tripping and its History; Living Rocks; Defying the Witch: Rites of Rebellion; The Self-healing Gravestone; The Legend-Trip-Ritual or ""Fun""?; 7. Table-Setting and Mirror-Gazing 327 $aWitchcraft and Occult PlayThe Dumb Supper; Untitled; The Witch in the Mirror; Erised Stra Chru Oy; Conclusions; 8. The @#%&! Ouija Board; Oringins of the Ouija Board; Ouija Board Groups: Cults or Communitas?; Suck the Greasu Cock of the Dark Lord; 9. The Welsh Revival: Evangelical Christianity Meets the Occult; Spiritualism and Revival; Feminism and Fire from Heaven; War by Satan upon the Womenhood of the World; Conclusions; 10. Learning from Lucifer; Notes; Sources Cited; Index 330 $aDespite their centuries-old history and traditions, witchcraft and magic are still very much a part of modern Anglo-American culture. In Lucifer Ascending, Bill Ellis looks at modern practices that are universally defined as ""occult,"" from commonplace habits such as carrying a rabbit's foot for good luck or using a Ouija board, to more esoteric traditions, such as the use of spell books. In particular, Ellis shows how the occult has been a common element in youth culture for hundreds of years.Using materials from little known publications and archives, Lucifer Ascending details the true so 606 $aSatanism 606 $aOccultism 606 $aSuperstition 615 0$aSatanism. 615 0$aOccultism. 615 0$aSuperstition. 676 $a133.4 700 $aEllis$b Bill$f1950-$01700142 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813505703321 996 $aLucifer ascending$94082911 997 $aUNINA