Word: witchcraft
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...class will explore witchcraft, primarily in Europe and America from cross-cultural, historical, and literary points of view...
...spring break segment of the course will cover the development of witchcraft in western Europe up to and including the Salem witchcraze of 1692, while the second half will concentrate on post-Enlightenment issues, notably contemporary neo-paganism and reactions against...
...Mitchell began teaching students about witchcraft a decade ago. He co-taught an Eliot House seminar on the Salem witchcraze with former Eliot House Master Alan E. Heimert...
...Witchcraft integrates elements of his own training and interests such as anthropology, popular culture, folklore, literature, and history, Mitchell says in an e-mail...
...Mitchell, however, maintains that "probably more than any other course I teach, it's one where I always feel by the end of the term as though I have learned at least as much as the students have. And witchcraft is also an area where, despite the tremendous amount of work that has been done in recent years, there is still so much yet to be done...