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CUNNING FOLK AND

FAMILIAR SPIRITS

Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Eary

Modern British Witchcrat and Magic

EMMA ILBY

sussex

ACADEMIC

PRE S S

BRIGON. PORTLAD

The right of Emma Wilby to be identified as Author of this work has been asserted in

accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

46810 9 753

First published 2005, reprinted 2009 and 2010, in Great Britain by

SUSSEX ACADEMIC PRESS

PO Box 139

Eastbourne BN24 9BP

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SUSSEX ACADEMIC PRESS

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SUSSEX ACADEMIC PRESS (CANADA)

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criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a

retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic,

mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior

permission of the publisher.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Wilby, Emma.

Cunning-folk and familiar spirits : shamanistic visionary traditions in

early modern British witchcraft and magic / by Emma Wilby.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-84519-079-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Witchcraft-Great Britain-History-16th century. 2. Witchcraft

Great Britain-History-17th century. 3. Magic-Great Britain-History

-16th century. 4. Magic-Great Britain-History-17th century. I. Title.

BF1581.W54 2005

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2005005582

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Typeset and designed by Sussex Academic Press, Brighton & Eastbourne.

Printed by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall.

This book is printed on acid-free paper.

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Preface Walking with Spirits - A Cunning Woman's Tale

Acknowledgments

Vlll

XVI

Part I Demon and Fairy Familiars: The Historical Context

INTRODUCTION TO PART I

112

ONE

TWO

THREE

FOUR

FIVE

SIX

SEVEN

A Harsh and Enchanted World

Cunning Folk and Witches

The Magical Use of Spirits

Human and Spirit: The Meeting

The Working Relationship

Renunciation and Pact

Demon and Fairy: The Interface

Part II

Anthropological Perspectives

INTRODUCTION TO PART II

The Shaman's Calling

Spirit Worlds and High Gods

123

128

146

EIGHT

NINE

Part III The Experiential Dimension

INTRODUCTION TO PART III

163

165

185

199

218

243

TEN

Phantasticks and Phantasms

ELEVEN

TWELVE

THIRTEEN

FOURTEEN

Psychosis or Spirituality?

The Unrecognized Mystics

Greedigut and the Angel Gabriel

The Freedom of Magic

Notes

Bibliography

Index

258

294

303

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