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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 this is an old post, and the URL is no longer valid, so i figured i would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
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> Director, YIPPIE -- www.yronwode.org
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