{"product_id":"on-lycanthropy","title":"On Lycanthropy, Transformation, and the Ecstasies of Witches","description":"\u003ch1 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn Lycanthropy, Transformation, and the Ecstasies of Witches\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBiblioteca Obscura No. 8\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jean de Nynauld\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCan human beings truly transform into wolves? Are the strange experiences attributed to witches the work of the Devil, the product of illness, or the result of an altered state of consciousness? 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