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Laura Shamas's study is especially valuable because she brings to the same conversation the scholars of Shakespeare and those interested in mythology. Her analysis of Hecate, the archetypal witch, and the resurgence of Hecate's myth in relationship to the Weird Sisters is absolutely fascinating. (Ginette Paris, Professor and Research Coordinator, Mythological Studies, Pacifica Graduate Institute) Laura Shamas has stirred the witches' cauldron once again! The magic of the weird sisters comes to life wondrously in this most remarkable brew of history, folktale, mythology, psychology, contemporary cultural criticism, and the phenomenology of the meaning of 'threeness.' The reader will be spellbound by the prehistory and archetypal sources of Shakespeare's famous witches. The drama of female three-somes is illuminating in the extreme! (David L. Miller, Watson-Ledden Professor of Religion, Emeritus, Syracuse University)

« Laura Shamas has stirred the witches' cauldron once again! The magic of the weird sisters comes to life wondrously in this most remarkable brew of history, folktale, mythology, psychology, contemporary cultural criticism, and the phenomenology of the meaning of 'threeness.' The reader will be spellbound by the prehistory and archetypal sources of Shakespeare's famous witches. The drama of female three-somes is illuminating in the extreme! -- David L. Miller

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The Author: Laura Shamas holds a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, California. She has taught at Catholic University of America, Pepperdine University, and the University of Southern California. She has published widely in journals, newspapers, and new media.

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