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Take a magical journey through the history and practices of witchcraft and wizardry. Novice Witches and Apprentice Wizards is an exciting probe into the history of witchcraft and a directory of the tools, sacred objects, animal familiars, and classic spells associated with the craft. This book will take you through the folklore and history of each topic, all alongside beautiful illustrations. Francesca Matteoni has created a modern masterpiece thanks to her years of study and teaching on the subjects of witchcraft, religion, and magic. Her knowledge makes Novice Witches and Apprentice Wizards a must-have title for the modern witch and wizard, and those looking to further their study into the origins of witchcraft.

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license This book explores the magical and medical history of executions from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century by looking at the afterlife potency of criminal corpses, the healing activities of the executioner, and the magic of the gallows site. The use of corpses in medicine and magic has been recorded back into antiquity. The lacerated bodies of Roman gladiators were used as a source of curative blood, for instance. In early modern Europe, a great trade opened up in ancient Egyptian mummies and the fat of executed criminals, plundered as medicinal cure-alls. However, this is the first book to consider the demand for the blood of the executed, the desire for human fat, the resort to the hanged man’s hand, and the trade in hanging rope in the modern era. It ends by look at the spiritual afterlife of dead criminals.