An authoritative and concise history of witchcraft from the ancient world up to the present day.
Brooks Alexander Book order (chronological)






From rocking in chairs, to singing lullabies, to driving nowhere underneath the moonlight, this is a story to remind parents of the precious magic made in the late hours of the night with their little night owls.
New History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics and Pagans
- 216 pages
- 8 hours of reading
An illustrated history of witchcraft. It includes an analysis of the importance of the Internet and films in the dissemination of witchcraft, and the potential tensions as a movement that was originally a closed, secretive cult becomes an open, recognized public religion.
The Prince of Darkness
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
While recounting how past generations have personified evil, Jeffrey Burton Russell deepens our understanding of the ways in which people have dealt with the enduring problem of radical evil.
The Devil
- 276 pages
- 10 hours of reading
This lively and learned book traces the history of the concept of evil and its personification as the Devil from ancient times to the period of the New Testament and across cultures and...
Satan
- 258 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Satan is both a revealing study of the compelling figure of the Devil and an imaginative and persuasive inquiry into the forces that shape a concept and ensure its survival.
Lucifer
- 356 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Drawing on an impressive array of sources from popular religion, art, literature, and drama, as well as from scholastic philosophy, mystical theology, homiletics, and hagiography, Russell provides a detailed treatment of Christian diabology in the Middle Ages.
