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In the first edition of the Bancroft Prize-winning Entertaining Satan, John Putnam Demos presented an entirely new perspective on American witchcraft. By investigating the surviving historical documents of over a hundred actual witchcraft cases, he vividly recreated the world of New England during the witchcraft trials and brought to light fascinating information on the role of witchcraft in early American culture. Now Demos has revisited his original work and updated it to illustrate why these early Americans' strange views on witchcraft still matter to us today. He provides a new Preface tha

New England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century. --- Witchcraft -- New England -- History -- 17th century. --- Witchcraft --- Magic --- Superstitions --- Spiritual Therapies --- Complementary Therapies --- Culture --- Anthropology, Cultural --- Therapeutics --- Anthropology --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Parapsychology & Occult Sciences --- Therapy --- Treatment --- Therapeutic --- Therapies --- Treatments --- Disease --- Cultural Anthropology --- Material Culture --- Ethnography --- Culture, Material --- Ethnographies --- Material Cultures --- Qualitative Research --- Beliefs --- Cultural Background --- Cultural Relativism --- Customs --- Background, Cultural --- Backgrounds, Cultural --- Belief --- Cultural Backgrounds --- Cultural Relativisms --- Cultures --- Relativism, Cultural --- Relativisms, Cultural --- Alternative Therapies --- Therapy, Alternative --- Therapy, Complementary --- Alternative Medicine --- Complementary Medicine --- Medicine, Alternative --- Medicine, Complementary --- Therapies, Alternative --- Therapies, Complementary --- Exorcism --- Therapies, Spiritual --- Spiritual Healing --- Exorcisms --- Healing, Spiritual --- Healings, Spiritual --- Spiritual Healings --- Occultism --- Parapsychology --- Mind-Body Therapies --- Spirituality --- Superstition --- Spirit Possession --- Magics --- Black art (Witchcraft) --- Sorcery --- Wicca --- Science, Social --- Sciences, Social --- Social Science --- History --- therapy --- New England --- 17th century --- Social life and customs --- Northeastern States