RMMC6GGE–WITCHCRAFT The Witches' Sabbat - woodcut after the fold-out engraving in The History of the Ridiculous Extravagances of Monsieur Oufle, 1711.
RMMC86CY–WITCHCRAFT Antics of men, women and demons at the Witches Sabbat. Engravings from the 1808 edition of Bernard Picart's 'Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the World'
RMMC6K2A–WITCHCRAFT
RMMC88AA–WITCHCRAFT poppet doll
RMMC88A5–WITCHCRAFT Wiccan priestess
RMMBD20E–Witchcraft. Ritual blood and pentagram.
RMMC88A3–WITCHCRAFT Burning a witch
RMMC86BK–Mausoleum at West Wycombe, witchcraft site
RMMC86BN–Edinburgh Castle, site of many witchcraft burnings
RMMC6F56–The stone circle at Callanish, linked with local witchcraft legends.
RMMC6FMH–The stone circle at Callanish, linked with local witchcraft legends.
RMMBD1YW–Weird Tales cover. Summer 1947. Artwork of Witchcraft cult.
RMMBD20G–Witchcraft. Curse doll or witch poppet with written spell attached.
RMMBD3Y2–Weird Tales cover. March 1929. Artwork of Witchcraft cult.
RMMC87HC–Modern witch dressed and masked in the guise of the Sabbatic Goat of Witchcraft.
RMMC86CB–WITCHCRAFT Horned Goat Hardwood bookend with head of the Sabbatic goat, grinning
RMMC6FD2–WITCHCRAFT - Abomination of Witches. Hand-coloured engraving by Jasper. 18th century
RMMC86BP–Doon Hill, a famous prehistoric site, once used for witchcraft burnings
RMMC86BM–Top of the church tower, with its bulbous golden finial, at West Wycombe. Witchcraft site
RMMC6JYD–WITCHCRAFT - SUDBURY Medieval house at Sudbury, one of the centres for the late medieval witchcraft hunts
RMMC6JYT–WITCHCRAFT - Houses in Bottesford, one of the English witchcraft villages in the 17th century
RMMC8843–Witchcraft - Invocation of spirits as part of the ritual of the Sabbatic Goat proposed by the magician Eliphas Levi.
RMMC6FBW–WITCHCRAFT - The Witch of Eye - mezzotint from the Mercurii edition of 'The Familiar Astrologer', c. 1835
RMMC6P87–Witchcraft ritual, seen from side, and solarized. The Virgin is symbolically offered on the altar to the Devil.
RMMC86CM–WITCHCRAFT Witches being burned, October 1555. Germany, from a contemporaneous German broadsheet
RMMC6K02–WITCHCRAFT SITE - AULDEARN Auldearn churchyard, where a 16th century witch claims to have met the Devil
RMMBD40A–WITCHCRAFT - Ritual instruments for a witch festival or 'mass' - skull, candles, grimoire, rod and sword
RMMC87HP–Frontal view of enactment of a witchcraft ritual - the Virgin being symbolically offered on the altar to the Devil.
RMMC88H8–WIT5039 - WITCHCRAFT Demonic head on top of a ritual wand used in conjuration and witchcraft.
RMMC88A4–WITCHCRAFT Portrait of Edward IV of England who was bewitched (according to tradition) by the famous beauty Jane Shore
RMMC86CX–WITCHCRAFT Witchcraft spell, dseigned in accordance with the sigillization method proposed by the artist Austin Osman Spare
RMMC6FB7–WITCHCRAFT - Hecate. Triple-headed Hecate, the ancient goddess of withces. After the 'Mythologiae' of Comitis, c. 1680
RMMC6FB8–WITCHCRAFT - Witch transvecting on a goose. From the watercolour by Arthur Rackham, 'Mother Goose' 1913
RMMC86BE–The 'witchcraft tomb' of the 6th Earl of Rutland, in the chancel of St Mary the Virgin, Bottesford witchcraft site
RMMC86D3–WITCHCRAFT 18th century engraving by the French artist Jasper, 'Abomination of witches'. Witches preparing to go to the Sabbat
RMMC6K01–WITCHCRAFT - View of Wurtenburg, the site of many witch burnings and persecutions under the Prince-Bishops of the 16th century
RMMC6JY4–WITCHCRAFT - The witch of Berkeley. After a late 15th century woodcut, probably German (c.1493)
RMMC88A6–WITCHCRAFT Old woman annointing a witch in preparation for the flight to the Sabbat. After an engraving by Queverdo
RMMBD20F–Witchcraft. Ritual implements at a Sabbat or witch festival. Candles, skull, grimoire, rod amd sword.
RMMC86CE–WITCHCRAFT Ritual sword and rod, consecrated for use in witchcraft rituals. these were said to have been formerly in the possession of Aleister Crowley
RMMC88H9–WITCHCRAFT Young girl being instructed by a witch. Coloured lithograph after the design by Zuber. C. 1890.
RMMC86BD–witchcraft sites Grave symbol with skull and crossbones, in the burial grounds of Auldearn Kirk, famous for its witchcraft associations
RMMC86BJ–BELVOIR. The Vale of Belvoir, the site of several witchcraft incidents, including that of the Witches of Bottesford, who worked at Belvoir Castle
RMMC87A0–WITCHCRAFT The witch of Endor 'Saul and the Witch of Endor' wood-engraving of circa 1875, after the painting by Frederick Appleyard.
RMMC6JXP–WITCHCRAFT - PAN. The Great God Pan, with his pipes. Bronze statue by Graham Fenn-Edwards, 1993. Private collection
RMMC6FBP–WITCHCRAFT - MODERN Witchcraft sabbat ritual - the virgin, seen from front, offered on the altar with candles to the devil
RMMC859A–Regalia for witchcraft rituals - the hood with sighting slits, and the six-pointed star, hung on a display mannequin.
RMMC86BG–witchcraft site. The ruined castle at Hay on Wye, said to have been built by a local witch in the space of one night
RMMC6EPW–WITCHCRAFT - WITCH OF EYE The appearance of the witch of Eye in a conjuration circle. Mezzotint of 1830, by John Bennett of London.
RMMC86CJ–WITCHCRAFT Goddess bowl, originally designed to contain eggs offered to Eostre. Crafted by Yona, 1940. Private collection, Toronto
RMMC6JX8–WITCHCRAFT - Ritual objects used in wiccan groups - including candle-stick, amulet holder, tripod for crystal, etc.
RMMC6JXK–WITCHCRAFT - WARLOCK. A warlock according to the Elizabethans. From the 1592 tract, 'A Most Wicked Work of a Wretched Witch'
RMMC6FD3–WITCHCRAFT - Ticket for 25 pfennig for the witchcraft festivities associated with the Brocken. The witchcraft scene is supposedly an illustration from Goethe's Faust
RMMC6FBC–WITCHCRAFT - The signature of Gilles de Rais, from a real estate document, in which he agreed to sell a castle
RMMC6FD5–WITCHCRAFT - The mandagora or mandrake - humanoid plants which figured in many witchcraft recipes. After a 16th century print
RMMC88A2–WITCHCRAFT Shamansitic trumpet used in witchcraft rites - bronze demonic head mounted on a human thigh bone
RMMC6JXR–WITCHCRAFT - Leaden moulded 'demonic' face mask, used in Wiccan rituals until the mid-20th century. Private collection
RMMC6FBN–WITCHCRAFT - Modern witch manual, of the Aradia type - a personal book of records and recipes. Made in the 1930s. Private collection
RMMC6K1T–WITCHCRAFT - WURTENBURG View of the castle of Wurtenburg. Wurtenburg was the site of many witch burnings and persecutions under the Prince-Bishops of the 16th century
RMMC6JXJ–WITCHCRAFT - Modern witch-manual, of the 'Aradia' type - a personal book of records and recipes. Made in the 1930s. Private collection
RMMC85CR–Witchcraft. Wooden 'demonic' face wooden mask, used in Wiccan rituals until the mid-20th century. Private Collection.
RMMC6JYY–WITCHCRAFT Memorial to the supposed witch, Maggie Wall, who was burned to death in 1567, almost at the end of the Scottish witch craze
RMMC87A1–WITCHCRAFT - JANE SHORE The 15th century witch, Jane Shore, mistress of Edward IV, perhaps falsely accused of witchcraft for political reasons.
RMMC88A9–WITCHCRAFT Witch Dance Witches dancing to the skirl of the devil's bagpies. hand-coloured print after the wood engraving by D P Bliss
RMMC86CF–WITCHCRAFT Antics of men, women and demons at the Witches Sabbat. Engraving from the 1808 edition of Bernard Picart's 'Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the World'.
RMMC86DB–WITCHCRAFT Group of people in a witchcraft burlesque, dressed in outlandish costumers and masks, dancing within a magical circle
RMMC889X–witchcraft site - North Berwick Kirk The ruined churchyard said to have been used by the North Berwick witches (1590-92). The Devil is said to have preached from its pulpit
RMMC6JYC–WITCHCRAFT - TIFFAUGES The most important of the chateaux belonging to Gilles de Rais (1404-40), where he was supposed to have practised black magic and to have killed numerous children
RMMC88A1–WITCHCRAFT Girl blowing a shaman trumpet made from an animal's horn. The blowpiece and bell were sculpted and carved by Graham Fenn-Edwards
RMMC86CH–WITCHCRAFT Transvecting witch on back of goat. Detail from a two-colour woodprint by Hans Baldung Grien, c.1515
RMMC6FBD–WITCHCRAFT - Private notebook, or grimoire, containing reference to the phallic signature of the black magician Aleister Crowley. Manuscript from Keighley Public Library
RMMC86D0–WITCHCRAFT Evoking demons in a magic circle designed by the magician Eliphas Levi, as part of the rite of the 'Goetic Cirlce', and the rite of Thoth
RMMC86C6–WITCHCRAFT Rosicrucian Rosy-Cross design as background to a collection of ritual instruments - magical rod, staff and wiccan grimoire, 'Book of Shadows'
RMMC6KT7–Masks. Group of people in a witchcraft burlesque, dressed in outlandish costumes and masks, dancing within a magic circle.
RMMC6MTF–Witchcraft Belvoir Castle Statue of Elizabeth the 5th Duchess sculptued by Wyatt. the Elizabeth Room of Belvoir Castle associated with the infamous Bottesford Witches
RMMC6KJB–A group of people in a witchcraft burlesque, dressed in outlandish costumes and masks, dancing within a magical circle.
RMMC88HA–WITCHCRAFT The Devil baptising a new convert to the Black faith of witchcraft. Plate from the 1608 edition of F.M. Guazzo's Compendium Maleficarum.
RMMC6FBA–WITCHCRAFT - The Beltane Fire which used to burn at Baildon in Yorkshire. The symbol in the flames is the pagan Swastika Stone, still on Ilkley Moor
RMMC86C7–WITCHCRAFT Portrayal of the Moon Goddess, executed by female artist (New York) in wood, leather and acrylic, circa 1982. Private collection, Toronto
RMMC6JY9–WITCHCRAFT SITES - LOUDUN Porte du Matray - the medieval gateway to the town in which Urbain Grandieer, the priest, was burned in Loudun, in 1634
RMMC6JYA–WITCHCRAFT - Hinxworth parish church, where the family tomb of the infamous 16th century beauty and witch, Jane Shore, is located (brasses in choir nave)
RMMC6JY2–WITCHCRAFT - SIBLE HEDINGHAM The Swan, at Sible Hedingham, scene of one of the last witchcraft ducking tragedies of the 19th century. (For details, see Atlas of Occult Britain)
RMMC852J–Modern witchcraft Witch, wearing white ritual robes, in gront of an altar set with a grimoire, skull, ritual sword, candle etc
RMMC6FDF–WITCHCRAFT - Ritual objects Witch stones - stones with holes through which thread has been passed to enable suspension. Such stones are said to have been subject to ritual treatment. Private collection
RMMC6F9H–WITCHCRAFT - A branks of the kind used to gag and silence witch suspects From William Andrews 'Punishments in Olden Times', c.1893
RMMC6K00–WITCHCRAFT - The House of the Witches at Bamberg. 17th century print preserved in the Staatsbibliothek at Bamberg. From Grillot de Givry ' Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy'
RMMC6JWM–WITCHCRAFT - FAMILIARS Witch feeding her frog, toad and imp familiars. After 'A Rehearsall both straung and true... at Winsore', 1579, an anti-witchcraft tract
RMMBD219–Lancashire. Newchurch -in-Pendle. The Lamb Inn, one of the witchcraft pubs in a village linked with the famous Pendle witchcraft trials of 1612
RMMC87HG–Wooden mirror frame carved in the likeness of a horned goat - the Sabbatic Goat of witchcraft - with crescent Moon between the horns. Early twentieth century.
RMMC6F9G–WITCHCRAFT - Portrait of the famous beauty Jane Shore, who is supposed to have bewitched many men, including her lover, Edward IV of England. After an engraving by Bartelozzi
RMMC6JXN–WITCHCRAFT - POPPET. A doll which has been magically named, and invested with an occult life force, is maltreated in the belief that this will be transferred from the poppet to the living person
RMMC6JY1–WITCHCRAFT - WURTENBURG View of the castle of Wurtenburg, from the old bridge. Wurtenburg was the site of many witch burnings and persecutions under the Prince-Bishops of the 16th century
RMMC86CK–WITCHCRAFT Transvection on a goat by the witch Babin. Lithograph from the 1926 edition of Carron's La Vie Execrable de Guillemette Babin, Sorciere
RMMC6JY7–WITCHCRAFT - Macbeth's Witches. The three witches on the blasted heath. Illustration by Gordon Browne for the Irving and Marshall edition of 'The Works of William Shakespeare', c 1895
RMMC6JXA–WITCHCRAFT - Anne Bodenham. The so-called witch, Anne Bodenham, divining the future with the aid of demons. Illustration (woodcut) from Nathaneil Crouch, 'Kingdom of Darkness', 1688
RMMC86D1–WITCHCRAFT Biblical witchcraft The open page from 'A Discourse of... Witchcrafte' (Gifford), showing the quotation generally taken as a support for the pursuit of witches, 1587
RMMC6P7M–WITCHCRAFT - Macbeth's Witches. The three witches on the blasted heath. Illustration by Gordon Browne for the Irving and Marshall edition of 'The Works of William Shakespeare', c 1895
RMMC6MTJ–Witchcraft Site Bamburg The Marienburg Castle which dominates the city of Bamburg one of the important centres of the mediaeval witch hunts From the rose garden of the modern residency
RMMC879Y–WITCHCRAFT - THE WITCH OF ENDOR Saul and the Witch of Endor. (I Samuel, chp. xxviii 20.) Engraving after a painting by A. Strahuber, 'Art Journal', 1891.
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