The Cunning Man’s Handbook
- Book ID:
- 8129
- Title:
- The Cunning Man's Handbook
- Subtitle:
- The Practice of English Folk Magic 1550-1900
- Author:
- 'Baker, Jim '
- ISBN number:
- 978-1-905297-68-9
- Publisher name:
- Avalonia
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition number:
- First
- Book type:
- Paperback
- First edition date:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 555
- Dewey decimal number:
- 133.4309 BAK
- Dust jacket:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Photographs:
- No
- Illustrations:
- No
- Bibliography:
- No
- Height (cm):
- 24.5
- Width (cm):
- 19
- Notes:
The Cunning Man's Handbook - The Practice of English Folk Magic 1550-1900
by Jim Baker, Foreword by David Rankine
The Cunning Man's Handbook is a monumental work of phenomenal scope and scholarship, a comprehensive and challenging exploration of the practices and beliefs of the Cunning Folk in Britain and America between 1550-1900, their heyday. Exploring the social and theoretical milieu of the period, the author demonstrates the essentially Christian nature of the Cunning practices, presenting an illuminating discourse on the concept of magic and its perceived methodologies.
Contents:
A Treasure Trove of Cunning, foreword by David Rankine
A Warning to the Curious, by Jim Baker
- Introduction
- Romancing the Spiritus Mundi - Practical Magic in English Culture
- Understanding the Cunning Folk
- Divination, Part I
- Divination, Part II
- Geomancy
- Dreams Natural, Demonic and Divine
- Charms I - Charms, Spells, and Curses
- Charms II - Protection, Counter-Witchery, Theft and Love
- Folk or Non-Computational Astrology
- Astrology in Magic and Theory
- Judicial Astrology
- Conjuration, Part I
- Conjuration, Part II
- Treasure Hunting
- Conclusion