Between the Witch and the Devil: A Folkloric History by Corrine Boyer

Corinne Boyer. Between the Witch and the Devil: A Folkloric History. Shelton, WA: Corinne Boyer, Opal's Apothecary, 2025. Paperback. 187 pages. Second printing. Limited to 200 copies.

Condition: New

Description from the publisher:

This work is a fascinating collection of European lore that exists between the quintessential witch and the devil. This relationship can be described in many ways: supernatural, mythological, spiritual, clandestine. The focal points of interaction between the physical witch and the spiritual devil were many. This lore primarily grew up from the 350 years of the witch trial period, though the roots that formed this haunted and twisted tree go much further back. Indeed, there were many parallels between the olden spirits of the ‘enchanted world’ of nature and the spiritual aspects of both the witch and the devil.

Important and insightful topics are addressed within that focus on the preternatural qualities of witches, demons, the devil, and their interactions. Drawn primarily from older folklore collections and demonological texts, this book is a dark fairy tale, one that ultimately shows a very strong belief in magic and spirits in European cultures of the past.

The book includes nine chapters:
- Witches, Spirits and the Color Red
- The Devil’s Animals
- Night Flight
- The Witches’ Sabbat
- The Witch, the Devil and the Forest
- Blood in the Devil’s Book - The Pact
- Maleficium -The Witches’ Poison
- A Gift from the Devil: Familiar Spirits and the Spiritus
- The Food of Witches and Fairies in the Land of the Dead