Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction. What Is Häxan? 1
4. Part One. The Realization of the Witch
5. The Witch in the Human Sciences and the Mastery of Nonsense 17
6. One. Evidence, First Movement: Words and Things 32
7. Two. Evidence, Second Movement: Tableaux and Faces 62
8. Three. The Viral Character of the Witch 87
9. Four. Demonology 103
10. Part Two. A Mobile Force in the Modern Age
11. 1922 133
12. Five. Sex, Touch, and Materiality 145
13. Six. Possession and Ecstasy 168
14. Seven. Hysterias 187
15. Postscript. It Is Very Hard to Believe . . . 205
16. Acknowledgments 213
17. Notes 215
18. Benjamin Christensen’s Cited Source Material 249
19. Filmography 253
20. Bibliography 257
21. Index 275