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Hindouisme, bouddhisme, cha­manisme coexistent en Hima­laya. Loin de se juxtaposer simplement, ces mondes reli­gieux s’influencent. De cette complexité, les prêtres sont le témoignage. Comment se situent-ils par rapport à la tradition dont ils se réclament ? De quelle nature sont leurs pouvoirs ? Sur quel héritage s’ancre leur autorité ? Comment se partagent-ils le champ du sacré ? Ces questions sont soulevées ici à propos de plusieurs populations représentatives de la variété ethnique et culturelle de l’arc himalayen. Derrière la diversité des solutions qu’elles reçoivent, un fonds commun, une dimension autochtone, dominés par les divinités maîtresses du sol et les forces maléfiques, se laissent percevoir.

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Witchcraft and magic are topics of enduring interest for many reasons. The main one lies in their extraordinary interdisciplinarity: anthropologists, folklorists, historians, and more have contributed to build a body of work of extreme variety and consistence. Of course, this also means that the subjects themselves are not easy to assess. In a very general way, we can define witchcraft as a supernatural means to cause harm, death, or misfortune, while magic also belongs to the field of supernatural, or at least esoteric knowledge, but can be used to less dangerous effects (e.g., divination and astrology). In Western civilization, however, the witch hunt has set a very peculiar perspective in which diabolical witchcraft, the invention of the Sabbat, the persecution of many thousands of (mostly) female and (sometimes) male presumed witches gave way to a phenomenon that is fundamentally different from traditional witchcraft. This Special Issue of Religions dedicated to Witchcraft, Demonology, and Magic features nine articles that deal with four different regions of Europe (England, Germany, Hungary, and Italy) between Late Medieval and Modern times in different contexts and social milieus. Far from pretending to offer a complete picture, they focus on some topics that are central to the research in those fields and fit well in the current “cumulative concept of Western witchcraft” that rules out all mono-causality theories, investigating a plurality of causes.

magic --- n/a --- divination --- religious history --- Thomas Hobbes --- Bavaria --- classical culture --- folklore --- Catholic reform --- dissolution of the monasteries --- animals --- Franciscan and Dominican friars --- Early Modern History --- friars --- demonic possession --- Trier --- Adriaan Koerbagh --- gynecology --- biblical exegesis --- Franconia --- monasticism --- witch-hunting in Hungary --- exorcism --- Italy --- convent cases --- Germany --- monks --- popular belief --- ritual magic --- Inquisition --- devil --- media --- counter-reformation --- inquisition --- Holy Office --- English reformation --- witch trials --- spells --- France --- witchcraft --- popular/vernacular magic in Hungary --- witchcraft and sorcery in Hungary --- Witchcraft --- familiars --- counter-reformation Italy --- treasure hunting --- heresy --- medicine --- priests --- love magic --- Spain --- Protestant demonology --- sorcery --- superstition --- witch-hunting in Debrecen/Bihar county --- Calvinist demonology in Hungary --- Jesuits --- censorship --- witch-hunts --- demonology