A history of magical thinking in Calderdale
By John Billingsley • 238pp
However logical we may think ourselves, and however firmly we assert common sense, people seem to have a constant disposition not just towards feelings of awe and mystery, but towards the idea that some kind of magical communication with other realms is possible.
Local historian and folklorist John Billingsley, former editor of Northern Earth, adds to his work on local cultural tradition with this wide-ranging survey of esoteric, magical and supernatural beliefs encountered in the Calder Valley from prehistory to the present.
