{"product_id":"the-god-of-the-witches-by-margaret-a-murray-u-k-trade-paperback-1970-oxford","title":"The God of the Witches by Margaret A. Murray [U.K. TRADE PAPERBACK] 1970 • Oxford","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe God of the Witches by Margaret A. Murray\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eU.K. TRADE PAPERBACK [1970] OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst Oxford trade paperback edition. 7th printing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook is like new and unread.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTiny corner crease and a small scuff mark to front cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReads like new with a hint of tanning to pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis celebrated anthropological study of witchcraft in Europe traces the worship of the pre-Christian and prehistoric Horned God from paleolithic times to the medieval period. Dr. Murray, the first to turn a scholarly eye upon the mysteries of witchcraft, enables us to see its existence in the Middle Ages not as an isolated and terrifying phenomenon, but as the survival of a religion almost as old as man, whose devotees held passionately to a view of life threatened by an alien creed. The findings she sets forth, once thought of as provocative and implausible, are now regarded as irrefutable by folk-lorists and scholars in all related fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDr. Murray carefully examines the rites and ceremonies associated with witchcraft. In the pattern that emerges, she establishes the concept of the dying god-the priest-king who was ritually killed to ensure to the country and its people a continuity of fertility and strength. And she introduces strong evidence to support her thesis that William Rufus, Thomas à Becket, Joan of Arc and Gilles de Rais were, in fact, such \"priest-kings,\" and their deaths ritually imposed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48667700199673,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/godofthewitches-1.jpg?v=1784079809","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/the-god-of-the-witches-by-margaret-a-murray-u-k-trade-paperback-1970-oxford","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}