{"product_id":"hallowed-ground-mark-norman-9781964537009","title":"Hallowed Ground: The Folklore of Churches and Churchyards","description":"\u003ci\u003eHallowed Ground \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the surprising traditions, customs, superstitions, and secular imagery found in Christian churches and churchyards, with a particular emphasis on the traditional rural protestant church. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beginning with stories associated with the construction of church buildings themselves and the role that they played in the community, the book moves through a number of subjects where everything might not be as it would seem it should be in the Christian church and its grounds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Expect vestiges of pagan symbols hidden in the fabric of the church building and clergymen rumored to hold strange arcane knowledge of their own, kept within their personal occult libraries. Learn the ways in which you can use the church and its grounds to divine who might die in the next twelve months, where you might find love, and how you might cure illnesses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Watch out for a number of figures you wouldn't expect to find on such holy ground, from run-ins with the devil to spectral figures inhabiting the church or its graves. Discover some of the ways in which magic and witchcraft seep into the hallowed ground of the churchyard from outside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHallowed Ground\u003c\/i\u003e will offer more than a few surprises about the folklore that surrounds the church and churchyard and a fascinating insight into the social history of our place of traditional Sunday worship, all delivered with the academic rigor and accessible, engaging style for which the author is known.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Norman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1964537002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781964537009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crossed Crow Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Mark Norman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46401623654655,"sku":"9781964537009","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_171fefd5-53ad-4c83-ab5f-6f89073787dc.jpg?v=1733888150","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hallowed-ground-mark-norman-9781964537009","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}