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Author Stephens, Walter, 1949-

Title Demon lovers : witchcraft, sex, and the crisis of belief / Walter Stephens.

Imprint Chicago, Ill. : London : University of Chicago Press, 2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  133.43094 St45d 2002    ---  Available
Description xv, 451 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Witchcraft theory : copulation with demons as carnal knowledge -- Why women? the Malleus maleficarum -- Sexy devils : how they got bodies -- Incredible sex : confronting the difficulty of belief -- From dreams to reality : why witches fly -- Experiments with witches -- The theory of witchcraft power -- "This is my body" : witches and desecration -- Witches, infanticide, and power -- Illusion and reality, part one : crib death and stealthy cats -- Illusion and reality, part two : witches who steal penises -- Interview with the demon : from exorcism to witchcraft -- Witchcraft, body, and soul.
Subject Witchcraft and sex -- History.
Demonology -- History.
Trials (Witchcraft)
ISBN 0226772624 (pbk.)
0226772616

 
    
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