by Colin Wilson
How? I have no idea—any more than I know why a ‘charm’ from the Bible should enable Fred Martin to cure warts. The answer may lie in the writings of W. B. Yeats, with his suggestions about the connection between symbols and the unconcious, or in the psychology of jung. As to myself, I am content to regard the ‘symbolic’ magic as an unsolved mystery. What continues to fascinate me is the mind itself, and our increasingly clear recognition that, like the earth, it contains immense and violent forces beneath the solid-looking crust. Science is an attempt to harness the forces of nature; magic is an attempt to harness the forces of the mind. The history of witchcraft could yet prove to be one of the most important pages in the story of human evolution.
INDEX
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Abbé Guiborg 22
Abramelin the Mage 136,138
Accolon of Gaul 53
Adolf, Prince-Bishop Philip 86
African witchcraft 14-15,63
Afterword 154-156
Agrippa, Cornelius 65
Albigenses 26
Alchemy 89-90
Amahuaca indians 19
Angèle de la Barthe 56
Anne of Denmark 23-24
Anthony, St 46
Apuleius, Lucius 43
Aradia 28
Arc, Joan of 30,89
Artison, Robin 76
Arthur, King 50-53
Aschhausen, Bishop von 86
Auldeame witches 97-98
Avalon, Isle of 50,53
Avebury 19,31,34
Baker, Professor Robin 34
Bamberg trials 86
Baphomet 55
Barrett, Francis 47
Barthe, Angèle de la 56
Bavent, Madeleine 109-110
Baybars 55
Beelzebub 138
Berwick witches 22-25
Birth of spiritualism 126-127
Bishop, Bridget 118,120
Bishop of Evreux 110-112; of Nantes 90; of Ossory 74,76
Black magic 37-40,64
Black mass 110,122,124
Blavatsky, Madame 128-129,132
Blond, Adam le 74
Bogomils 26
Bosse, Marie 121-122
Bothwell, Earl of 23
Boulle, Fr Thomas 110
Bourgot, Pierre 68-69
Bourne, Lois 154-156
Brazil, Witchcraft in 25,63,150-153
Breadhead, Janet 98
Bredin, Mark 11
Brigue, Jehanne de 58-59
Brittany, Jean V, Duke of 90-92
Brodie, Margaret 98
Brody, Sam 149
Buirmann, Franz 84-88
Burroughs, George 118,120
Byles, William 78-80
Calendar, Lunar 32-34,64
Callawaya Indians 18-19
Calvin John 78
Canidia 43
Cardinal Wolsey 94-96
Carnac 31
Carrier, Martha 120
Cathars 26,47,78,109
Cavendish, Richard 53
Chambre Ardente affair 121-124
Chelmsford witch trials 78-81
Christianity 44,45
Church of Satan 146
Circe 42
Clarke, Elizabeth 113-114
Coming of the Witches 35-36
Cordova-Rios, Manuel 19
Cornelius Agrippa 65
Cornwall, Duke of 51
Corey, Giles 118
Cory, Martha 118
Count Raymond of Toulouse 26
Covens 141-142
Cromwell, Thomas 96
Cross, Colin 144
Crowley, Aleister 67,135-140,142,144,149
Crusade, First 54
Crusaders 47
Cult, Dianic 28-31,89
Darcy, Judge Bryan 80
David, Fr 109-112
De la Reynie, Nicholas 121,124
Delany, Martin 14,22
Deshayes, Catherine 122
Destruction of the Templars 54-55
Devil, The 44-47
Dianic cult 28-31,89
Dominic, St 26
Dowsers 34,129
Druids 142
Duncan, Gilly 22
Dunning, John 102,104
Duke of Brittany (Jean V) 90-92; of Cornwall 51
Dupreyat, Father Andre 20,81
Earliest witches 42-43
Eisler, Robert 68
Endor, Witch of 40
Erichtho the Witch 48-49
Excalibur 53
Familiars 80
Farson, Negley 14,22
Ferron, Geoffrey do 90
Fertility rituals 101
Fetich 14
Fian, John 23-25
First Crusade 54
First witch trial 56-57
Flade, Dietrich 84
Flying ointment 69,72,102-104
Folk Lore Society 141,142
Fortune, Dion 67,133
Fox sisters 126-127,152
Francis, Elizabeth 78-80
Freud 101
Frithelstick Priory 30
Fynee, William 80
Gandillon, Pierre & Perrenette 69
Gardner, 141-144,155
Garnier, Gilles 69
Gaufridi, Father Louis 108
Geiss 86-88
Geller, Uri 11,12,14,155
Genghis Khan 55
Geoffrey of Monmouth 51-53
Giant’s Dance 51
Gilles de Rais 30,89-92
Givry, Grillot de 28
Glastonbury 50,53
Golden Dawn 131-133
Good, Sarah 118
Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall 51-53
Gospel of the Witches 28
Gowdie, Isobel 97-101
Grandier, Urbain 108
Grenier, Jean 72-73
Grimble, Sir Arthur 18
Grimm, Jacob 35-36
Grosse, Maurice 106
Guibourg, Abbé 122
Guinevere, Queen 50,53
Gwenddolau 51
Gypsies 28
Gypsy Lore Society 28
Hamnett, Nina 140
Harrison, Michael 30
Haussibut 58
Hawkins, Professor Gerald 34
Hodson, Geoffrey 16
Hoffmann, Albert 104
Holy Grail 53
Holy Land 54-55
Holzer, Hans 148
Hope Robbins, Rossell 22,59,61,97,108,109,112,114,116,129
Hopkins, Matthew 84,113-115,116,121
Howe, Ellie 131
Hunting magic 38
Hurkos, Peter 12
Huxley, Aldous 104,106-108
Igrain 51-53
Illuminati 112
Indians, Amahuaca 19; Callawaya 18-19
Isle of Avalon 50,53
Italian witchcraft 28
James I of England
23-24 Janet, Pierre 108
Jenane de Ruilly 58-59
Jehanne de Brigue 58-59
Joan of Arc 30,89 Johannes Junius 59
Johnston, Charles 128
Jung 133,155,156
Junius, Johannes 59
Kabbalah 67,131-133,140
Kardec, Allan 152
Kelly, Gerald 137; Rose 137
Kempe, Ursula 80-81
Kenyon, Theda 141,142
King Arthur 50-53; Philip IV of France 55; Orien 53; Vortigern 51
King, Francis 65
Knights Templar 54-55
Kordeiv, Serge 144
Kramer, Heinrich 61-62
Kyteler, Dame Alice 74-76
Lady of the Lake 53
Lamb, F. Bruce 19
Lancre, Pierre de 72
Landrede, Richard de 74,76
LaVey, Anton Szandor 146-149
La Vigoreux 122
Left hand path 20,37-40,43
Leland, Charles 28,35
Lepère, La 122
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Lemnos, Theoris 42
Lethbridge, Tom 64,144,156
Lilly, William 96
Linden, Johan 84
Lissner, Ivar 20
Loher, Hermann 84
Loudun, Nuns of 106-108,116
Louvier nuns 109-112
Lucifer 44
Lunar calendar 32-34,64
Luther, Martin 47,78
Lycanthropy 68,72
Macarthy, Senator Joseph 26
Maclean, Euphemia 23
Maddelena 28
Magic & magicians 63-67
Magic, Black 37,40,64; Hunting 38
Malleus Maleficarium 61-62,78
Manichees 109
Manning, Matthew 12
Mansfield, Jayne 146-149
Marshack, Alexander 32-33
Martin, Fred 11,14,156
Mass, Black 110, 112,122,124
Mathers, MacGregor 132,135-138,142,144
Mentot, Philibert 68-69
Merlin 50-53
Messing, Wolf 65-67,140
Michell, John 19
Miller, Arthur 116
Molay, Jacques de 54-55
Monmouth, Geoffrey of 51-53
Montespan, Mme de 122
Morgan le Fay 50-53
Morgause 53
Moses de Leon 67
Mother Shipton 93-96
Murray, Margaret 28-30,32,35,89,97,98,141,155
Myrddin 51
Nantes, Bishop of 90-92
Napier, Barbara 23
Nature deva 16-18
Neal, James H. 14,20,81
Necromancy 40
Nostradamus 93
Nuns, of Loudun 106108,116; Louvier 109-112
Nurse, Rebecca 118,120
Obeah 120
Obsession 106
Oillets, Mme de 122
Ointment, Flying 69,72,102-104
Old religion 31,89,98,112,141
Ornstein & Sperry 11
Osborne, Sarah 118
Outlawe, William 74,76
Palud, Madeleine de la 108
Papuan sorcerers 22
Paracelsus 65,67
Parise, Felicia 12-13
Parris, Revd. Samuel 116-120
Payens, Hugues de 54
Pencard, Francois (Bishop of Evreux) 110-112
Peuckert, Professor Erich-Wili 102-104
Peyotl cactus 72
Philip IV of France 55
Phips, Sir William 120
Picard, Fr. Mathurin 110-112
Playfair, Guy 25,106,120,150,153
Poer, Sir John le 74
Poltergeists 106-108,120,126-127,153
Porpoise caller 18
Possession 106-108,110,120
Poulaillon, Madame de 122
Powys, John Cowper 149
Prelati, Francois 90-92
Primitive sorcery 32-34
Prince-Bishop Philip Adolf 86
Putman, Ann 118-120
Queen Guinevere 50,53
Rais, Gilles de 30,89-92
Raymond of Toulouse, Count 26
Regardie, Israel 133,140
Religion, Old 31,89,98,112,141
Reynie, Nicholas de la 121,124
Ridfort, Gerard de 54
Rituals, Fertility 101
Robbins, Rossell Hope 22,59,61,88,97,108,109,112,114,116,129
Roulet, Jacques 72
Sade, Marquis de 89,148,149
St Anthony 46
St Clair, David 120,149,150-153
St Dominic 26
Saladin 54
Salem, Witches of 84,116-120,121
Salmon, Ross 18-19
Salve, Witches’ 102-104
Samaetha 42
Sampson, Agnes 23-24
Scarlet Woman 138
Schuler, Johann 86-88
Schultes, Richard 104
Scot, Reginald 80
Seaton, David 22
Sevigné, Mme de 122
‘Shabti’ figures 64
Shaman 18-20,22,25,28,32-34,35,37,40,63,127,132
Shaw, Bernard 149
Shipton, Mother 93-96
Shreeves, Donald 81
Sille, de 90
Sinclair, Upton 64
Skinner, Stephen 64-65,72
Slippery Hills 16,31
Smyth, Frank 142
Snake attacks 20-22
Society, Folk Lore 141,142; Gypsy Lore 28
Sorcerers, Papuan 22
Sorcery, Primitive 32
Sperry & Ornstein 11
Split-brain research 11-13
Spiritism 152
Spiritualism 126-127,152
Sprengel, Fraulein 131
Sprenger, Jacob 61-62
Stella Matutina 133
Stonehenge 19,31,34,51
Strappado 88
Stubbe, Peter 73
Stumpf, Peter 73
Summers, Revd. Montague 8,10,24,25,30,31, 61,97,109,113,120,126
Symonds, John 140
Talismans 64-65
Templars, Destruction of 54-55
Theoris of Lemnos 42
Thiliaire, M del 72
Thom, Professor Alexander 34
Thorlowe, Grace 80-81
Tintagel Castle 51
Tituba 116-120
Tolkien 37,53
Trevor-Roper 22,127
Trial(s),Bamberg 86; Chelmsford witch 78-81; First Witch 56-57 Trompin, Katherine 73
Umbanda 152-153
Urien, King 53
Uther Pendragon 51
Valle, Richard de 74
Van Der Post, Laurens 16,31
Vallière,Louise de la 122
Verdung, Michel 68
Vigoreux, La 122
Viviane 53
Voisin, La 122
Voodoo 120,152
Vortigern, King 51
Waldenses 26
Walpurgis Night 35,146
Walton, Charles 38
Warlock, Peter 65
Wart charmer 11
Waterhouse, Agnes 80
Webb, Professor Geoffrey 30
Weinstein, Marion 155-156
Weishaupt, Adam 112
Wells, H. G. 8,10,14,31
Werewolves 68-73
Wescott, Dr Wynn 131,133
Westcar Papyrus 38
Wier, John 47
Wilkinson, Oliver 140
Williams, Abigail 180
Williamson, Cecil 142
Wilson, Monique 142
Witchcraft, African 14,63; in Brazil 25,63, 150-153; in Germany 84-88; Italian 28
Witch trials, Bamberg 86; Chelmsford 78-81; First 56-57; in Germany 84-88; in Prussia 88
Witches, Auldearne 97-98; Coming of 35-36; Earliest 42-43; Gospel of 28; Salem 84,116-120,121; Salve 102-104
Wolsey, Cardinal 94-96
Yeats, W. B. 132,156
Yvelin, Dr 112