Witches

by Erica Jong

Book Overview

Best-selling author Erica Jong turns her attention to the fantastical and factual world of witchcraft, exploring the figure of the witch both as historical reality and as archetype. On page after page... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810917653
• ISBN13: 9780810917651
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: ABRAMS
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.2" x 12.3"

Customer Reviews

incredible artwork

love this book. touches on witch stereotypes with super artistic representations. Includes worth while leads into medicinal plants with psychedelic uses along with some reconstructed recent versions of ceremonial witchcraft. I had this book in the 1980's and it widen my view a little bit regarding plants and beliefs. At the time it was sort of a graphic bridge to other books-before the internet. Illustrations are quality art and contain erotic themes many that are dramatizations based on fear. However there are a few illustrations that are explicit that are not fictional but unfortunately show historical accounts of misogyny.

Very adorable

I am a wiccan, i loved this book. it's not about wicca, but about WITCHES, there is a difference, no matter how much some wiccans want to to belive otherwise. this is a beautiful book. It can't be read like she is trying to prove andything, because she is not. She has beautiful artwork and beautful writing, thouroghly reccomended to wiccans, witches and lovers of either.

This book changed my life

Ok, ok, anti-feminists will moan, and wiccan purists will argue that this book is not the most accurate one on the market when it comes to the Old Religion... But well, for a non-pagan , Erica Jong has delivered one of the most beautiful and moving books about Witches that I've ever read. Ladies, this book will speak to your soul, reconnect you with the dreams and nightmares of your childhood, the dark powers that creep in the shadows, the heroines of the past, the goddess spirit that flows within you. It will transport you somewhere else. Whether you are a witch, a feminist or just someone who has not lost his/her ability to dream, to explore archetypes and find the Truth behind them, you MUST buy this book.

Spiritually Uplifiting

When I first bought this book, I bought it for the artwork. It wasn't until I began reading it that I found its words to touch my soul like no Silver Ravenwolf book ever did or could. I think the problem with a lot of the reviewers posting negative comments is that they are either men or are focusing to much on the "Wiccan" aspect of witchcraft. We have to remember that not EVERY witch is a Wiccan. Some may have viewpoints that do not correlate to the Rede many of you follow so zealously. Also, realize that this book is not meant to be a teaching tool but is an emotional essay on the female history of Witchcraft; this is a beautiful book.

Spiritually Uplifiting

When I first bought this book, I bought it for the artwork. It wasn't until I began reading it that I found it's words to touch my soul like no Silver Ravenwolf book ever could. I think the problem with a lot of the reviewers posting negative comments on this book is that they are either men or are focusing to much on the "Wiccan Aspect" of religion. We have to rememember that not EVERY witch is a Wiccan. Some may have viewpoints that are nowhere near the rede many of you follow so religiously. I realize that this book is not meant to be a teaching tool, as many of you should also realize. But, as an emotional essay on the female history of Witchcraft, this is a beautiful book.

Beautiful pics,Not for anyone who gets offended by text

Like I said, this books text might and will offend some people! Overall, i'd say this book isn't about wicca, but the witch trials. It goes in a large depth of detail, shows a few spells, the witches"tools", and soo much more!It has a lot of info you won't find in any other book! e.g.:the witch is put in your mind as someone evil, you know her, you've grown up with her, you've ate her apple, you've nibbled at her gingerbread house!It tells you famous wiccans, and it's really hard to describe this book! I highly recommend it to anyone!