Witchcraft and Sorcery

Charles Godfrey Leland was an American folklorist whose research into the esoteric traditions of Europe and America contributed greatly to the resurgence of interest in paganism and magic during the 20th century. This book contains his most famous work, Aradia: The Gospel of the Witches (purported to descend from an ancient, hermetic tradition of witchcraft in Italy) as well as Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling, a wide-ranging survey of Romani magical practices gathered from 19th-century sources and oral accounts.