Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits

Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic is a study by historian Emma Wilby of the beliefs regarding witchcraft and magic in Early modern Britain. First published by Sussex Academic Press in 2005, the book makes the case that beliefs regarding familiar spirits found among magical practitioners – both benevolent cunning folk and malevolent witches – reflected evidence for a general folk belief that stemmed from a pre-Christian visionary tradition.

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