A truly rare out of print history first edition printed 1975.  Rituals are thoroughly documented in this spellbinding history of the transition from the ancient Mysteries to the medieval customs of witchcraft. For example: the exotic rituals which aroused sexuality by rubbing crushed Gander-goose root and six equal drops of Belladonna onto the stomach of the person to be aroused and they need for witches to darken a room and eliminate all distractions before receiving the revelations of the spraying globe. Based on extensive study of the practices of witchcraft in many countries, the book is also an elaborate defense of the successes of witches in curing disease,  punishing their enemies through incantations, and demonstrating a host of powers which, it was claimed, they could not possibly possess.