Ice and flame of Witches. Popular history of witchcraft. Summers M.

Augustes Montague Summers [Augustus Montague Summers] (1880-1948)-English writer, Roman Catholic priest. This outstanding researcher of occultism was convinced that in his modern society the practice of black magic was no less common than in the Middle Ages or in any other era. Moreover, he believed that all witchcraft in essence is uniformly regardless of the geographical position.

Summers wrote several authoritative witchcraft books, demonology and vampirism. In the book proposed by our readers, written easily and simply, in all an accessible language, the author used all his huge experience to provide us with convincing evidence that witchcraft is not just a historical issue, but a certain factor in the current policy, as well as public life and progress of mankind. Here is a comprehensive guide to the practice of witchcraft from the moment of its origin and up to our era. The author considers in great detail the practice of Witches arts and their historical development in the context of the statute of George II of 1736 on the removal of witchcraft from the criminal field and the jurisdiction of civil courts.

“My goal was to show that the craft and practice of witchcraft are the same everywhere And at all times, ”writes Summers,“ whether in some kind of lost in the wilderness of the English village, in a quiet city with a cathedral, in the stuffy outback of Jamaica or in Africa not still touched by civilization. ”

in this The author pays the main attention to his homeland, England and English witchcraft of the first half of the 20th century. He fascinatingly talks about Witches and Sabbaths, about black masses and spells of spells both out of childish mischief and in order to achieve serious goals in the country's socio-political life.