Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Witches, Demons, Sorcerers and Their Present Day Counterparts [Hardcover]

Rossell Hope Robbins (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 252 pages
• Publisher: Book Sales (June 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0706403959
• ISBN-13: 978-0706403954
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #526,393 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Add This to Your Witches Library, January 13, 2002

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Syrinx Nailo (Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Witches, Demons, Sorcerers and Their Present Day Counterparts (Hardcover)

This piece is very informative and gives a graphic representation through illustration & word into the world of Witches, Demons and Sorcerers and their Present Day Counterparts. Not intended for the "Fluffy Bunnies" or the "Charmed Wanna-bes".
Although not as complete as it could be, and biased somewhat as the sources it is drawn from are not all "Witch, Demonoligist, Sorcerer-& their viewpoint related", this is still hands down one I would recommend to any "must have" list.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars from a former student of Professor Robbins, July 8, 2006

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Elizabeth A Triano "lizziewriter" (In Transition, NY (watch this space)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Witches, Demons, Sorcerers and Their Present Day Counterparts (Hardcover)

I had the good fortune to take several courses with Professor Robbins in his later years at Albany State (The University at Albany) in Albany, NY. By that time (around 1982), he was more jovial than rigorous, and would do things like bring a jug of wine to class, and tell stories about chasing Sybil Leek (and her messy bird) out of one town or another. His work is scholarly and authoritative, but I thought I should post that witchy wannabes might like to know that he was hardly pro-witch. He was a scholar, and seemed mostly to disdain the supernatural. It would seem to me that a good companion to this volume, if one is interested in RHR's viewpoint, would be _Witchcraft: An Introduction to the Literature of Witchcraft_ (Paperback), although I don't know anything about the title except that it appears here on amazon as a Robbins search item. I do of course have an autographed copy of this book!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Add This to Your Witches Library (Cont'd), January 13, 2002

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Syrinx Nailo (Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Witches, Demons, Sorcerers and Their Present Day Counterparts (Hardcover)

I recommend this book as a companion to the 1529 book The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology. New York: Bonanza Books, 1959; Tyler, Philip.