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Toil and Trouble Lisa Kroeger

Toil and Trouble By Lisa Kroeger

Toil and Trouble by Lisa Kroeger


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Summary

This celebration of notable magical women, from the Salem witch trials to WitchTok, is a fascinating and empowering read for anyone interested in occultism or feminist history.

Toil and Trouble Summary

Toil and Trouble : A Women's History of the Occult by Lisa Kroeger

From the celebrity spirit mediums of the nineteenth century to the TikTok witches hexing the patriarchy, women have long used magic and mysticism to seize back the power they re so often denied. Organized around different approaches women have taken to the occult over the decades creating new magical systems and symbols, using the supernatural for political gain, seeking fame and fortune as spiritual practitioners, questioning and investigating paranormal phenomena, and embracing their witchy identities this book shines a light on these under-appreciated magical pioneers, including: Dion Fortune, who tried to marshal a magical army against Hitler Tituba, the first woman in Salem accused of witchcraft Joan Quigley, personal psychic to Nancy Reagan Pamela Colman-Smith, the artist behind the Rider-Waite tarot deck Bri Luna, the Hoodwitch, social media star and serious magical practitioner Elvira, queer goth sex symbol who defied the Satanic Panic. And more mystical women from American history who found strength through the supernatural and those who are still forging the way today. Weird sisters are doin it for themselves!

Toil and Trouble Reviews

An October 2022 Book Club Pick for The Mary Sue

A fascinating and at times infuriating look at the ways in which women have gained power through the occult, been persecuted by it, and forged relationships with one another through it.-GeekMom

Anyone who has dabbled in the craft by way of #witchtok will deepen their knowledge immensely by reading this book. And with a final chapter titled 100% That Witch, you know you're going to learn a lot and have some fun.-BookPage

About Lisa Kroeger

Lisa Kroger is the co-author of the Bram Stoker and Locus Award winning Monster, She Wrote. She holds a PhD in English and her short fiction has appeared in Cemetery Dance magazine and Lost Highways: Dark Fictions from the Road (Crystal Lake Publishing, 2018). She co-hosts the Know Fear Podcast (knowfearcast.com). Melanie R. Anderson is the co-author of the Bram Stoker and Locus Award winning Monster, She Wrote. She is an assistant professor of English at Delta State University in Cleveland, MS. Her book Spectrality in the Novels of Toni Morrison (Tennessee Press, 2013) was a winner of the 2014 South Central MLA Book Prize. She co-hosts the Know Fear Podcast (knowfearcast.com).

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NGR9781683692911
9781683692911
1683692918
Toil and Trouble : A Women's History of the Occult by Lisa Kroeger
New
Hardback
Quirk Books
2022-10-25
336
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