Tag archieven: history

Recensie: A History of Witchcraft, Sorcerers, Heretics & Pagans

Geplaatst op 28 juli, 2024 door Jana

This updated concise volume on both historic (and anthropologic) views on witchcraft and sorcery and new ways of witchcraft – again – caught my attention. Lees verder →

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Review: Toil & Trouble

Geplaatst op 31 oktober, 2023 door Jana

The occult was for many of the women portrayed a way to make money or gain influence. For others it was their chance for rebellion and causing changes. Lees verder →

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Review: Queens of the Wild

Geplaatst op 24 juli, 2022 door Morgana

Prof. Ronald Hutton looks closely at four main figures: Mother Earth, the Fairy Queen, the Mistress of the Night, and the Old Woman of Gaelic tradition. He makes the compelling case that these goddess figures did not descend from the pre-Christian ancient world yet have nothing Christian about them. Lees verder →

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Margaret Murray Reappraised

Geplaatst op 31 oktober, 2021 door Guest author

A hundred years after the publication of The Witch Cult in Western Europe, A Study in Anthropology increasing amounts of scholars are taking notice of Murray, and reappraising her. Lees verder →

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Review: In search of the New Forest Coven

Geplaatst op 2 mei, 2021 door Jana

Philip Heselton portrays several people who may have been members of the coven Gerald Gardner was initiated into in 1939. Their stories come to life. Lees verder →

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20 years of ideals…

Geplaatst op 29 juli, 2020 door Merlin

Twenty years ago Merlin looked back at the first twenty years of Wiccan Rede, his ideal of helping people ‘finding the spark’, openness and how a myriad of activities effects the life of the editor. Lees verder →

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The Age of Networking and ‘Wiccan Rede’ magazine

Geplaatst op 29 juli, 2020 door Guest author

When Wiccan Rede magazine celebrated it’s 20 year jubilee, Frederic Lamond mused on the history of Wicca, what openness means to the religion, and whether in the Internet age there still is a place for magazines. Lees verder →

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Two historical studies in witchcraft and magic

Geplaatst op 26 april, 2020 door Jana

Physical Evidence for Ritual Acts, Sorcery and Witchcraft in Christian Britain. A Feeling for Magic &
Cultures of Witchcraft in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present. Essays in honour of Willem de Blécourt. Lees verder →

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Review: Pagan Britain

Geplaatst op 30 januari, 2019 door Admin Wiccan Rede

Professor Ronald Hutton explores pre-Christian ritualistic behaviour by the oldest inhabitants of the archipelago. Lees verder →

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A Witch (Still) Amongst Us:  Remembering Lois Bourne…

Geplaatst op 27 oktober, 2018 door Link

There is something very special about the Gardnerian Tradition. One of those things, to me, is that we still have people within our community who lived, and worked with, and knew Gerald Gardner. It makes it all more real to me somehow. … Lees verder →

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