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History of Magic, Witchcraft and Occultism (Abacus Books)

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This book is somewhat biased against paganism and witchcraft, nevertheless a fairly good basic study of the occult and it's related fields. It would seem that ANY book that doesn't totally condone witchcraft or expresses some criticism of 'wicca',(they're not exactly the same thing, for those that know the history),is railed at and highly condemned by the glut of severely biased wiccans and pagans that peruse these webpages and spam them and try to make them their own to the point that it is difficult to get a fair and impartial review on amazon. This is highly unfortunate for those that care to know what the book basically consists of.

To Whom It May Concern, This book was very well written. I think it could have gone in depth more but other than that I reecomend it highly to those who want to learn about Paganism. Sincerely Theresa

Although the book is about Witchcraft, Magic and the Occult, as one browses through it one should immediately notice it acts more as a reference guide rather than any formal history. Crow gives capsulated accounts of, not just the title words, but any type of secret society, paranormal experience to ancient wonders and ancient history like cave men and apes and evolution. Why this has anything to do with the title is beyond me to answer. Very little references to go by with seemingly overall irrelevant information, or the information is generalized to the point of irrelevancy. There are so many books on withcraft, magic and occultism among the other subjects mentioned on the book that I would hardly reccomend this to anyone - not even as a beginner or starter book.

(...) (This book) does not enlighten one about pagens, quite the opposite, it paints pagans and witches as evil and criminals.

The only way I would recommend this book is as a sourse for the propaganda that is fed to the media and what causes christians to get so upset about the pagan religion. Know the enemy, so to speak. If you know garbage it is they are reading and beieveing, you'll know better how to explain to them how their info is not correct.

Blessings.