Compendium Beneficiorum: Beliefs and Practices of Modern Witchcraft in Australia — Lynne Hume

Author: Lynne Hume
Publisher: Charles Strong Memorial Trust
Format: Stapled booklet / lecture booklet
Edition: The Charles Strong Memorial Lecture 1994
ISBN: No ISBN stated

Condition: Good second-hand condition for age. Softcover lecture booklet with visible foxing, spotting, age marks and light handling wear to the covers. Pages appear intact. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Compendium Beneficiorum: Beliefs and Practices of Modern Witchcraft in Australia is Lynne Hume’s 1994 Charles Strong Memorial Lecture, delivered at the 19th Annual Conference of the Australian Association for the Study of Religions in Adelaide.

This scarce Australian booklet examines modern witchcraft as a living religious and spiritual practice in Australia, looking at belief, ritual, community, symbolism and contemporary pagan identity. It is a useful early academic source for readers interested in Australian witchcraft before the subject became more widely discussed in mainstream publishing.

About the Author:

Lynne Hume is an Australian anthropologist of religion whose work has explored witchcraft, paganism, Aboriginal spirituality, consciousness studies and new religious movements. She is best known in this field for Witchcraft and Paganism in Australia, published by Melbourne University Press in 1997.