Mike TheBiker
Paul at Innerbookshop thinks its reprinted with changed title -
so looks like you have it there??
Mogg
wrote:
> I recently purchased Wilby's book AND _Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in
> English History_ by Owen Davies ISBN 9781847250360, which is probably
> why you can't find it on amazon.
>
> > Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:29:42 +0100
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Cunning Folk
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Try
> >
> > www.innerbookshop.com
> >
> >
> > ask for paul or alex -
> > also v good for Indian books
> >
> > Mogg
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Nagasiva Yronwode wrote:
> > > On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:22:40 -0500, Fiacre O'Duinn
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Daniel Harms <[log in to unmask]> wrote: While we're on the
> topic, does
> > >>
> > > anyone know where I can purchase Owen
> > >
> > >> Davies' work on the topic? Amazon can't seem to find it anywhere, and
> > >> there are no used copies I can locate.
> > >> The book can be purchased from the publisher, Hambledon and
> London Ltd.
> > >> http://www.hambleton.co.uk/system/index.html
> > >>
> > >
> > > this is an old post, and the URL is no longer valid, so i figured
> i would
> > > post the data
> > > on the book itself to the thread and what i understand is the
> revision on
> > > the URL to purchase it from the publisher, as well as to get it used:
> > >
> > > BOOK DATA:
> > >
> > > Title: Cunning-Folk: Popular Magic in English History
> > >
> > > Author: Owen Davies
> > >
> > > Bio: OWEN DAVIES is Lecturer in History at the University of
> Hertfordshire
> > > and the author of A People Bewitched (1999).
> > >
> > > Publisher: Hambledon & London (May 16, 2003); HC
> > >
> > > ISBN-10: 1852852976
> > >
> > > ISBN-13: 978-1852852979.
> > >
> > > Summary: Local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but
> valued
> > > services to the community, cunning-folk were far more
> representative of
> > > magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and
> necro-mancers.
> > > Mostly unsensational in their approach, cunning-folk helped people
> with
> > > everyday problems: how to find lost objects; how to escape from
> bad luck or
> > > a suspected spell; and how to attract a lover or keep the love of
> a husband
> > > or wife.
> > >
> > > While cunning-folk sometimes fell foul of the authorities, both
> church and
> > > state often turned a blind eye to their existence and practices,
> > > distinguishing what they did from the rare and sensational cases of
> > > malevolent witchcraft. In a world of uncertainty, before insurance and
> > > modern science, cunning-folk played an important role that has
> previously
> > > been ignored.
> > >
> > > New
> > > http://www.hambledon.co.uk/52976.htm
> > > (accessed 9/9/08)
> > >
> > > Used
> > >
> http://www.amazon.com/Cunning-Folk-Popular-Magic-English-History/dp/1852852976
> > > (accessed 9/9/08)
> > >
> > > also note:
> > > 'Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary
> Traditions in
> > > Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic' by Emma Wilby. Nov
> 2005, Sussex
> > > Academic Press
> > >
> http://www.amazon.com/Cunning-Folk-Familiar-Spirits-Shamanistic/dp/1845190785/ref=ed_oe_h
> > > (accessed 9/9/08)
> > >
> > > nagasiva yronwode
> > > ([log in to unmask])
> > > Director, YIPPIE -- www.yronwode.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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