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       Cunning-Folk and Familiar Spirits by Emma Wilby
   DIR By: Alfred Raeburne
       Date: October 27, 2014, 4:07 pm
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       "This book examines the folkloric roots of familiar lore in
       early modern Britain from historical, anthropological, and
       comparative religious perspectives. It argues that beliefs about
       witches’ familiars were rooted in beliefs surrounding the use of
       fairy familiars by beneficent magical practitioners or “cunning
       folk,” and corroborates this through a comparative analysis of
       familiar beliefs found in traditional Native American and
       Siberian shamanism. The author then goes on to explore the
       experiential dimension of familiar lore by drawing parallels
       between early modern familiar encounters and visionary mysticism
       as it appears in both tribal shamanism and medieval European
       contemplative traditions. These perspectives challenge the
       reductionist view of popular magic in early modern Britain often
       presented by historians."
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