books.google.co.in - The Path of the Devil is organized around three fundamental theories: witch hunts as functional sacrificial ceremonies, realistic conflict and strategic persecution, and scapegoat phenomena. All conjectures point to the role of epidemic disease, war, and climactic and economic hardships as considerable...http://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Path_of_the_Devil.html?id=pmFgkpgYeUoC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Path of the Devil