Lucifer ascending : the occult in folklore and popular culture / / Bill Ellis

• Autore: Ellis Bill <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2004; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 133.4
• Soggetto topico: Satanism; Occultism; Superstition
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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"" ; Letters 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 ; Witchcraft 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Despite 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Lucifer ascending
• ISBN: 0-8131-2668-1; 0-8131-5644-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460425603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II