Críticas
“Creo que todas las mujeres son brujas, en el sentido de que una bruja es un ser mágico.” ― Yoko Ono
“Un viaje fascinante a través de la historia global de la brujería, desde sus ancestrales raíces hasta sus encarnaciones modernas, en más de 400 obras de arte, reveladores ensayos y entrevistas con practicantes moderno.” ― Papel en Blanco
“Diosas, ninfas y arpías, seductoras y destructoras: las brujas de TASCHEN. El tercer volumen de la librería Esotérica, un viaje por la historia de las brujas, la magia y las tradiciones a través del arte.” ― Loff.it, ABC
"Trazar los orígenes de la brujería es explorar una narrativa que nace en la mitología y el folclor hasta llegar a una persecución brutal. Aquí emerge la bruja en nuestro tiempo como emblema de empoderamiento y lucha contra la ignorancia." ― Papel en Blanco
“Las brujas que lanzaron un hechizo sobre Wall Street. Un grupo de brujas modernas nos invitan a un viaje visual en el libro Brujería. La biblioteca del esoterismo, en el que nos muestran cómo ha evolucionado el arquetipo de bruja en la historia occidental, desde las persecuciones a la reivindicación de la bruja como un modelo alternativo de belleza y poder que desafía al statu quo.” ― Píkara Magazine
“Se pensaba que quemar una bruja era sinónimo de limpieza: como el incendio de todos los libros que nunca debieron ser leídos… Pero lo que nunca sospecharon es que, tal y como sentenciaba Safo en sus poemas, algún día, alguien se acordaría de ellas.” ― LaCentralblog
Reseña del editor
Initiating readers in the fascinating and complex history of witchcraft, from the goddess mythologies of ancient cultures to the contemporary embrace of the craft by modern artists and activists, this expansive tome conjures up a breathtaking overview of an age-old tradition. Rooted in legend, folklore, and myth, the archetype of the witch has evolved from the tales of Odysseus and Circe, the Celtic seductress Cerridwen, and the myth of Hecate, fierce ruler of the moonlit night. In Witchcraft we survey her many incarnations since, as she shape-shifts through the centuries, alternately transforming into mother, nymph, and crone--seductress and destroyer.
Edited by Jessica Hundley, and co-edited by author, scholar, and practitioner Pam Grossman, this enthralling visual chronicle is the first of its kind, a deep dive into the complex symbologies behind witchcraft traditions, as explored through the history of art itself. The witch has played muse to great artists throughout time, from the dark seductions of Francisco José de Goya and Albrecht Dürer to the elegant paean to the magickal feminine as re-imagined by the Surrealist circle of Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington, and Leonor Fini. The witch has spellbound through folktales and dramatic literature as well, from the poison apples of The Brothers Grimm, to the Weird Sisters gathered at their black cauldron in Shakespeare's Macbeth, to L. Frank Baum's iconic Wicked Witch of the West, cackling over the fate of Dorothy.
Throughout this entrancing visual voyage, we'll also bear witness to the witch as she endures persecution and evolves into empowerment, a contemporary symbol of bold defiance and potent nonconformity. Featuring enlightening essays by modern practitioners like Kristen J. Sollée and Judika Illes, as well interviews with authors and scholars such as Madeline Miller and Juliet Diaz, Witchcraft includes a vast range of cultural traditions that embrace magick as spiritual exploration and creative catharsis.
About the series
The Library of Esoterica explores how centuries of artists have given form to mysticism, translating the arcane and the obscure into enduring, visionary works of art. Each subject is showcased through both modern and archival imagery culled from private collectors, libraries, and museums around the globe. The result forms an inclusive visual history, a study of our primal pull to dream and nightmare, and the creative ways we strive to connect to the di
