Books like History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult by DK Publishing

A study on animistic religions

Examines how diverse societies throughout history have identified and interpreted practices now labeled as witchcraft, revealing changing cultural attitudes toward the occult.

Explore diverse cultural magick techniques from Zulu herbal medicine, Polynesian ovens, Germanic fertility dances, and more, with practical guidance for contemporary practice.

Grimoire of Ancient Witchcraft offers a rare, historically grounded collection of rituals from centuries past, translated by Robert Blanchard.

A visual exploration of the history and practice of magic, covering ancient rituals, mythic incantations, modern Wicca, chaos magic, and stage illusion, presented through 100 carefully chosen entries and original illustrations.

In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary and mythic tradition and in ritual practice. Recently, ancient magic has hit a high in popularity, both as an area of scholarly inquiry and as one of general,popular interest. In Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds Daniel Ogden presents three hundred texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. This is the first book in the field to unite extensive selections from both literary and documentary sources.Alongside descriptions of sorcerers, witches, and ghosts in the works of ancient writers, it reproduces curse tablets, spells from ancient magical recipe books, and inscriptions from magical amulets. Each translation is followed by a commentary that puts it in context within ancient culture andconnects the passage to related passages in this volume....

Explore the world of witches, wizards, and dark magic with insights into spells, hexes, familiars, and notable magical figures.

Claude Lecouteux offers a scholarly examination of the surviving grimoires that once guided European mystics, charting their historical evolution, occult practices, and cultural impact from medieval France to modern times.

Explore the worldwide evolution of witchcraft from ancient goddess rituals through medieval persecution to contemporary practice, illustrated by over 400 artworks and enriched by essays, interviews, and scholarly essays in this comprehensive volume.

An accessible, richly illustrated survey of witchcraft and magic from the dawn of written history to the present, covering ancient beliefs, the witch trials, modern occultism, anthropology, and popular cinematic portrayals.