CONTENTS
Margaret Alice Murray
PAGE
PREFACE
5
INTRODUCTION
9
I. CONTINUITY OF THE RELIGION
19
II. THE GOD
28
1. As God
28
2. As a Human Being
31
3. Identification
47
4. As an Animal
60
III. ADMISSION CEREMONIES
71
1. General
71
2. The Introduction
76
3. The Renunciation and Vows
77
4. The Covenant
79
5. The Baptism
82
6. The Mark
86
IV. THE ASSEMBLIES
97
1. The Sabbath. Method of going. The site. The date. The hour
97
2. The Esbat. Business. The site. The time
112
V. THE RITES
124
1. General
124
2. Homage
126
3. The Dances
130
4. The Music
135
5. The Feast
138
6. Candles
144
7. The Sacrament
148
8. Sacrifices: Of animals. Of children. Of the God
152
9. Magic Words
162
VI. THE RITES,
continued
169
1. General
169
2. Rain-making
172
3. Fertility
173
VII. THE ORGANIZATION
186
1. The Officer
186
2. The Covens
190
3. Duties
194
4. Discipline
197
VIII. THE FAMILIARS AND
TRANSFORMATIONS
205
1. The Divining Familiar
205
2. The Domestic Familiar
208
3. Methods of obtaining Familiars
222
4. Transformations into Animals
230
APPENDIX I.
Fairies and Witches
238
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