An abundance of witches; the great Scottish witch-hunt.0752433296 An abundance Abundance See also Fertility. Amalthea’s horn horn of Zeus’s nurse-goat which became a cornucopia. [Gk. Myth.: Walsh Classical, 19] cornucopia conical receptacle which symbolizes abundance. [Rom. Myth. of witches; the great Scottish witch-hunt. Maxwell-Stuart, P.G. Tempus Publishing 2005 254 pages $30.00 Paperback BF1581 Since 1651, Scotland had been occupied by a foreign army, and civil and political life continued to descend de·scend v. de·scend·ed, de·scend·ing, de·scends v.intr. 1. To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down. 2. into turmoil, explains Maxwell-Stuart (history, U. of St. Andrews U.), when the greatest spurt spurt Vox populi A surge or abrupt ↑ in the size or speed of a thing. See Fat spurt, Growth spurt. of witch-hunting in the country began in 1658. Drawing on primary sources, he details the prosecutions and executions over the next four years, and describes the immediate and long-term effects. A specialist in the history of the occult, he began his account of Scottish witchcraft witchcraft, a form of sorcery, or the magical manipulation of nature for self-aggrandizement, or for the benefit or harm of a client. This manipulation often involves the use of spirit-helpers, or familiars. in Satan's Conspiracy: Magic and Witchcraft in Sixteenth-Century Scotland. Distributed in the US by Trafalgar-Square Publishing. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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