Preorders are now being taken for Land of the Goat: Witchcraft in the Pyrenees by Júlia Carreras Tort. This edition, published by Three Hands Press, is expected to be shipping in the 30 days.
Land of the Goat is 160 pages and illustrated with original images by Marianna Atłas. Extensively footnoted, it contains many sources appearing in English for the first time.
The Pyrenees Mountains of Spain, France, and Andorra are the birthplace of the primordial witch known as the bruxa. This unique supernatural figure could communicate with spirits, cast spells, control weather, and serve as the Devil’s consort. It was here, in the dark, rugged alpine landscapes of the Pyrenees, that the first secular laws against witchcraft were passed in 1424. Drawing on legal records, local history, and folklore, the Land of the Goat explores the Pyrenean witch, its magic, and evolution over time.
In the first major publication in English on occult aspects of the Pyrenean bruxa, researcher Júlia Carreras Tort examines its defining aspects, such as the Spirit-Double, veneficium (the use of poisons), the diabolical orgy, and the witches’ nocturnal flight to the phantasmagoric Lande de Boc or ‘Land of the Goat.’ Also investigated is the bruxa‘s relationship to the ancient goddesses of the night realm such as the Basque Mari who, like Diana, was associated with the sky-flying Nocturnal Host. The unique forms of the Pyrenean Devil, pre-dating the Christian Satan, are also examined; chief among these was Akerbeltz, the Black He-Goat, closely associated with Pyrenean shepherds and bearing the powers of death and fertility.
LAND OF THE GOAT: Witchcraft in the Pyrenees by Júlia Carreras Tort – Limited Edition Hardcover
Limited to only 1000 copies bound in black cloth with color dust wrapper. Published by Three Hands Press Book is in new unread condition
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