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Alchemist, v. 2, issue 1, Autumn 1946
Page 39
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39 tion. The Black Mass chapter (LXIV) is a minor classic and deserves a separate printing, distinct from the whole work which is rarely come by and scarcely known except to scholars and serious students. Some passages in Seabrook's "Witchcraft" and also scattered items in "The Magic Island" are fascinating but to me at least unconvincing, due largely to Seabrook's personality and a vague suspicion that he is a journalist skilfully making a good story better. Since the subject of Voodoo has come up and I must mention Witchcraft's left-handed cousin, J. J. Williams' fine non-fiction study, "Voodoos and Obeahs" is back in print. It is a very scholarly and accurate work, totally devoid of all those lurid details so delightful to all true fantasy fans, but containing a wealth of reliable information. (Dial Press, $3.00). There is also a small book, new this year, by Robert Tallant, "Voodoo in New Orleans" (Macmillan, New York). There are few good books on Voodoo and two like these should be treasured. Typical of the fine ephemera on the subject of witchcraft is a longish article "Witches There Were" --by my wife (sic!) Sophia Magafan -- which saw publication in a small professional magazine of extremely limited circulation. This work is a study of the psychological effect of witchcraft beliefs in rural Poland, and is mainly from word of mouth accounts by people involved. She has also authored a shorter work, "Witch of the Lake", dealing with modern Greek folk
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39 tion. The Black Mass chapter (LXIV) is a minor classic and deserves a separate printing, distinct from the whole work which is rarely come by and scarcely known except to scholars and serious students. Some passages in Seabrook's "Witchcraft" and also scattered items in "The Magic Island" are fascinating but to me at least unconvincing, due largely to Seabrook's personality and a vague suspicion that he is a journalist skilfully making a good story better. Since the subject of Voodoo has come up and I must mention Witchcraft's left-handed cousin, J. J. Williams' fine non-fiction study, "Voodoos and Obeahs" is back in print. It is a very scholarly and accurate work, totally devoid of all those lurid details so delightful to all true fantasy fans, but containing a wealth of reliable information. (Dial Press, $3.00). There is also a small book, new this year, by Robert Tallant, "Voodoo in New Orleans" (Macmillan, New York). There are few good books on Voodoo and two like these should be treasured. Typical of the fine ephemera on the subject of witchcraft is a longish article "Witches There Were" --by my wife (sic!) Sophia Magafan -- which saw publication in a small professional magazine of extremely limited circulation. This work is a study of the psychological effect of witchcraft beliefs in rural Poland, and is mainly from word of mouth accounts by people involved. She has also authored a shorter work, "Witch of the Lake", dealing with modern Greek folk
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