Jeffrey B. Russell is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Brooks Alexander is author of Witchcraft Goes Mainstream and has written numerous articles on witchcraft, neo-paganism and other new religious movements.
'Good stuff … a useful classic updated for witchcraft aficionados' - Fortean Times 'Serious, well argued ... Russell’s book is rich, competently written and intelligently illustrated' - Sunday Times 'Disentangles semantic confusions and vulgar misconceptions, and traces traditions from the pagan world through the medieval heresy hunts and the witch crazes of the 16th and 17th centuries and to the present day' - Guardian