Автор: Gussow Adam Название: Beyond the Crossroads ISBN: 1469633663 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781469633664 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5135.00 р. Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление.
Описание: The devil is the most charismatic and important figure in the blues tradition. He's not just the music's namesake (""the devil's music""), but a shadowy presence who haunts an imagined Mississippi crossroads where, it is claimed, Delta bluesman Robert Johnson traded away his soul in exchange for extraordinary prowess on the guitar. Yet, as scholar and musician Adam Gussow argues, there is much more to the story of the devil and the blues than these cliched understandings.In this groundbreaking study, Gussow takes the full measure of the devil's presence. Working from original transcriptions of more than 125 recordings released during the past ninety years, Gussow explores the varied uses to which black southern blues people have put this trouble-sowing, love-wrecking, but also empowering figure. The book culminates with a bold reinterpretation of Johnson's music and a provocative investigation of the way in which the citizens of Clarksdale, Mississippi, managed to rebrand a commercial hub as ""the crossroads"" in 1999, claiming Johnson and the devil as their own.
Автор: Sinistrari of Ameno Название: Demoniality: Incubi and Succubi: A Book of Demonology ISBN: 1946774626 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781946774620 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1083.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This 17th century treatise on demonology, written by the respected theologian, Catholic priest, and exorcist, Rev. Father Sinistrari, examines a particular class of spirits known as the incubus and succubus. These minor demons crave sex and often attack their victims while they sleep. Though incubus and succubus are considered less dangerous than possessing demons, they can be relentless in pursuit of their desire and grow violent when resisted.
Demoniality advances novel theories about occult biology, claiming demons can reanimate corpses to have sex and impregnate victims with demonic seed to produce offspring who are "tall, hardy, bold and wicked." An expert on witchcraft and sexual sin, Rev. Father Sinistrari included sections on related phenomena, including: bestiality, necrophilia, demonic pacts, witchcraft, witches' marks, devil worship and magical beings such as fauns, centaurs and elves.
Father Sinistrari was a learned Franciscan Friar who used deductive reasoning to examine the characteristics of the spirit world. For example, do demons have mass? He concludes they do, but determines they are porous-allowing for their supernatural feats of passing through objects and appearing from nowhere. He also classified the demonic spirits by their actions, explaining that some seek out corrupt pacts with witches or wizards, while others are parasitic and indiscriminately attack the innocent.
As a primer on demonic behavior, Demonality is extremely detailed. Father Sinistrari was schooled in the sciences of the time, including herbalism, alchemy, elements, humors and the symptoms of witchcraft-even serving as an advisor to the notorious Inquisition. Because of this, he focuses on diagnoses and remedies to expel the pests, using his alchemical knowledge to devise herbal formulas for countering a demon's specific elemental nature. These elaborate herbal recipes are similar to the elixirs found in a magician's grimoire or a witch's book of shadows.
The title of the book is a play on the word bestiality, which conveys Father Sinistrari's belief that copulating with demons is, similarly, a sinful act and a crime. But while incubus and succubus are spirits doing evil deeds, Father Sinistrari is not dismissive of their salvation. He advances the theological argument that these minor demons have souls, and can be saved from damnation. He distinguishes them from the more vulgar type that tend to possess humans in terrifying displays. As proof, he shows how this latter class of demon greatly fears religious relics, while incubus and succubus do not object when in their presence: clear evidence, according to Sinistrari, that they are not damned, but are likely in limbo.
As a prominent exorcist of his time, Father Sinistrari encountered victims of demonic activity on a regular basis. Many of the afflicted were, ironically, nuns and priests in the service of God or people under their care. In one story, a young maiden of noble birth is romantically pursued by a spirit that, out of frustration with her chastity, finally attacks her. Another story involves a nun who disappeared to her cell where two voices are heard along with groaning and the creaking of her bed. A rival nun drilled a hole through the partition to see an attractive young man lying with her sister who mysteriously disappeared when the two were confronted.
References to demonic attack were carved into stone four thousand years ago long before Jesus Christ, the greatest exorcist of them all, walked the earth. As Christianity took hold, encounters with these entities were often laid out in moral terms. Father Sinistrari took a different approach: applying reason to understand this curious phenomenon along with theology, history and science. The result is this interesting treatise.
Автор: G?bor Klaniczay; ?va P?cs Название: Witchcraft and Demonology in Hungary and Transylvania ISBN: 3319547550 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319547558 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The social background of witchcraft accusations in early modern Debrecen and Bihar County; Ildikу Sz. Kristуf.- Witchcraft, greed and revenge: The prosecutor activity of Gyцrgy Igyбrtу and the witch trials of Kolozsvбr in the 1580s; Lбszlу Pakу.- Healers in Hungarian witch trials; Gбbor Klaniczay.- Divinatio diabolica and magical medicine. Healers, seers and diviners in early modern Nagybбnya; Judit Kis-Halas.- Shamanism or witchcraft? The tбltos before the tribunals; Йva Pуcs.- The decriminalization of magic and the fight against superstitions in Hungary and Transylvania 1740-1848; Pйter Tуth G.- Demonology and Catholic Enlightenment in eighteenth-century Hungary; Dбniel Bбrth.- Talking through witchcraft - on the bewitchment discourse of a village community; Бgnes Hesz.- Index
Автор: Scott Название: Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft ISBN: 1108025870 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108025874 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5386.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is best known for his poetry and for novels such as Ivanhoe and Rob Roy, but he also had a lifelong interest in witchcraft and the occult. This volume is a fascinating collection of letters exploring rational explanations for occult phenomena and examining their origins.
Автор: Walter Scott Название: Demonology and Witchcraft ISBN: 1473334772 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781473334779 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4412.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book contains a series of letters written by Sir Walter Scott and addressed to J. G. Lockhart. The letters pertain to demonology and witchcraft, with Scott outlining and explaining his extensive knowledge of the subject. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in the occult, and it is not to be missed by collectors of Scott's seminal work. Contents include: "Origin of the General Opinions respecting Demonology among Mankind", "The Belief in the Immortality of the soul is the main Inducement to credit its occasional re-appearance", "The Philosophical Objections to the Apparition of an Abstract Spirit little Understood by the Vulgar and Ignorant", etc. Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) was a Scottish playwright, historical novelist, and poet. Other notable works by this author include: Ivanhoe (1819), Rob Roy (1817), and Old Mortality (1916). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.
Автор: Conway, Moncure Daniel Название: Demonology and devil-lore 2 ISBN: 9492355167 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789492355164 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 6069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Guiley Rosemary Ellen Название: The Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology ISBN: 0816073155 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780816073153 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4821.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The conflict between good and evil can be found in every culture, mythical tradition, and religion throughout history. In some traditions demons are believed to be the direct opposite of angels, working against the forces of good. This title explores this dark aspect of folklore and religion and the role that demons play in the modern world.
Автор: Grodzins Название: American Heretic ISBN: 1469622947 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781469622941 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 8732.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Theodore Parker (1810-1860) was a powerful preacher who rejected the authority of the Bible and of Jesus, a brilliant scholar who became a popular agitator for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights, and a political theorist who defined democracy as ""government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people""--words that inspired Abraham Lincoln. Parker had more influence than anyone except Ralph Waldo Emerson in shaping Transcendentalism in America.In American Heretic, Dean Grodzins offers a compelling account of the remarkable first phase of Parker's career, when this complex man--charismatic yet awkward, brave yet insecure--rose from poverty and obscurity to fame and notoriety as a Transcendentalist prophet. Grodzins reveals hitherto hidden facets of Parker's life, including his love for a woman who was not his wife, and presents fresh perspectives on Transcendentalism. Grodzins explores Transcendentalism's religious roots, shows the profound religious and political issues at stake in the ""Transcendentalist controversy,"" and offers new insights into Parker's Transcendentalist colleagues, including Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Bronson Alcott. He traces, too, the intellectual origins of Parker's epochal definition of democracy as government of, by, and for the people.The manuscript of this book was awarded the Allan Nevins Prize by the Society of American Historians.
Автор: Gussow, Adam Название: Beyond the crossroads ISBN: 1469633655 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781469633657 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 12415.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The devil is the most charismatic and important figure in the blues tradition. He's not just the music's namesake (""the devil's music""), but a shadowy presence who haunts an imagined Mississippi crossroads where, it is claimed, Delta bluesman Robert Johnson traded away his soul in exchange for extraordinary prowess on the guitar. Yet, as scholar and musician Adam Gussow argues, there is much more to the story of the devil and the blues than these cliched understandings.
In this groundbreaking study, Gussow takes the full measure of the devil's presence. Working from original transcriptions of more than 125 recordings released during the past ninety years, Gussow explores the varied uses to which black southern blues people have put this trouble-sowing, love-wrecking, but also empowering figure. The book culminates with a bold reinterpretation of Johnson's music and a provocative investigation of the way in which the citizens of Clarksdale, Mississippi, managed to rebrand a commercial hub as ""the crossroads"" in 1999, claiming Johnson and the devil as their own.
Название: Demonology and Witch-Hunting in Early Modern Europe ISBN: 0367440520 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367440527 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6123.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Demonology - the intellectual study of demons and their powers - contributed to the prosecution of thousands of witches. With recent scholarship having abandoned the link between the two fields, this volume reconnects our understandings of demonology and witch-hunting.
Автор: Diana Webb Название: Patrons and Defenders: Saints in the Italian City-state ISBN: 1350183571 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350183575 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 5067.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Cult of the Saints played a vital role in the political life of Italian city states in the Middle Ages. The saints were a unifying force for a city, and brought prestige and power to its rulers, therefore the Cult of the Saints was bound up with the civic agenda, and worship was politically charged. Laymen - able men of affairs, orthodox and "kirchentreu", increasingly assumed responsibility for ensuring that "celestial guarantees" were obtained for a city's well-being, despite the traditionally powerful influence of the church. This book is therefore not a hagiography, but an intensely political study of an age in which religious experience was seen as part of everyday life, and in which it seemed natural to medieval politicians to involve the saints in politics.
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