The Cat in the Mysteries of Religion and Magic

In The Cat in the Mysteries of Religion and Magic, M. Oldfield Howey takes readers on a dazzling, esoteric journey through the shadowy realms where whiskers meet the divine. From the moon-glow eyes of Bast, lioness-goddess of Bubastis, to the spectral feline familiars haunting medieval imagination, this eccentric and richly annotated volume unearths the cat’s manifold incarnations across myth, ritual, and superstition. Equal parts scholarly and delightfully arcane, the book seduces the curious mind with tales of sistrums, transmigrating temple cats, and lunar symbolism, revealing how this elegant creature slinked—gracefully and enigmatically—into the heart of humanity’s most sacred and magical beliefs.