Illustrations
Symbolic magical design showing the Seven-pointed Star of the Seven Planets
Fire Magic: bringing in the Yule log on Christmas Eve
Symbolic magical design showing, in the centre, a symbol of the powers of the Moon
The Bewitchments of Love and Hate
The Magician evoking a spirit. Note Seal of Solomon design on front of altar
The Upright Pentagram, the Blazing Star of White Magic, drawn in the form of the Endless Knot
The Maypole as it used to be in old-time London. Note upright-and-circle symbolism
The dance of the witches’ Sabbat
A group of Etruscan dieties from a mirror back depicting the carefree rites of ancient times
Morris Dancers as shown in an old stained-glass window
The God Pan, as drawn by Charles Godfrey Leland
The Hobby-horse and the “dragon with snapping jaws”
Dusio, a mischievous nature spirit, a kind of cheerful hobgoblin
Three seventeenth-century witches and their familiars. From an old woodcut
Some of the names given to witches’ familiars, according to Matthew Hopkins, Witch-Finder General
CREDITS
Author’s own drawings: 1, 2, 4, 8; from Observations on Popular Antiquities by John Brand (Chatto and Windus, London, 1877): 3, 9, 12, 13, 15; from Our Woodland Trees by Francis George Heath (Sampson Low & Co., London, 1878): 5 (artist L. Evans); from Le Satanisme et la Magie by Jules Bois (Leon Chailley, Paris, 1895): 6, 7, 10 (artist Henri de Malvost); from Etruscan Roman Remains by Charles Godfrey Leland (Fisher Unwin, London, 1892): 11, 14, 16; from The Book of Days (W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh, 1869): 17; from The Discovery of Witches by Matthew Hopkins (London, 1647): 18.