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Wonders of the Invisible World: 1600–1900

The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife
Annual Proceedings
29 and 30 June 1992

CONTENTS

Introduction and Commentary
David D. Hall

SECTION I: NATIVE AMERICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS

Missionaries and Magicians: The Jesuit Encounter with Native American Shamans on New England’s Colonial Frontier
Robert Moss

Black Arts and Black Magic: Yankee Accommodations to African Religion
William D. Piersen

African-American Spiritual Beliefs: An Archaeological Testimony from the Slave Quarter
M. Drake Patten

SECTION II: WITCHCRAFT AND THE SUPERNATURAL IN THE NEW WORLD

Chaste and Unchaste Covenants: Witchcraft and Sex in Early Modern Culture
Richard Godbeer

Witchcraft in Montreal and Quebec during the French Regime, 1600–1760: An Essay on the Survival of French Mentalité in Colonial Canada
Hervé Gagnon

SECTION III: DIVINE PROVIDENCES AND NATURAL SCIENCE IN NEW ENGLAND

The Smiles and Frowns of Providence
Ross W. Beales, Jr.

SECTION IV: FORTUNE TELLING, DIVINATION, AND POPULAR MAGIC

“Hill-Diggers” and “Hell-Raisers”: Treasure Hunting and the Supernatural in Old and New England
W. R. Jones

“The True Spiritual Seed”: Sectarian Religion and Persistence of the Occult in Eighteenth-Century New England
John L. Brooke

Fortunetellers, Wise Men, and Magical Healers in New England, 1644–1850
Peter Benes

SECTION V: BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES

Bibliography of Studies of Witchcraft, Fortunetelling, and Popular Religious and Spiritual Practices
Lecture Program: 29 and 30 June 1992
Abstracts of Conference Papers Not Appearing in This Volume
Photo and Illustration Credits
Notes on Contributors