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The Devil's Dominion: Magic and Religion in Early New England Book

Showing that there were significant affinities between religious faith and magical practices, this study of the use of folk magic by early New Englanders reveals that even church members sometimes turned to magic to divine the future, heal the sick, and protect against harm or inflict it.Read More

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    Early New Englanders used magical techniques to divine the future, to heal the sick, to protect against harm and to inflict harm. Protestant ministers of the time claimed that religious faith and magical practice were incompatible, and yet, as Richard Godbeer shows, there were significant affinities between the two that enabled layfolk to switch from one to the other without any immediate sense of wrongdoing. Godbeer argues that the different perspectives on witchcraft engendered by magical tradition and Puritan doctrine often caused confusion and disagreement when New Englanders sought legal punishment of witches.

  • 0521466709
  • 9780521466707
  • Richard Godbeer
  • 28 January 1994
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 268
  • 1st Pbk. Ed
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