Tag archieven: history

The Museum of Witchcraft, Boscastle, UK

Sixty years ago The Museum of Witchcraft was funded by Cecil Williamson. It moved to Boscastlem survived the flood there, and is a ‘must’ to see for anyone interested in folk magic and witchcraft. Lees verder

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Joyce Froome – a short interview with Morgana

Joyce Froome wrote the book about the Pendle Hill witches that is mentioned elsewhere in this issue. Here an interview with her about the origins of the book. Lees verder

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Review: The Visions of Isobel Gowdie

Emma Wilby: The Visions of Isobel Gowdie – Magic, Witchcraft and Dark Shamanism in Seventeenth-Century Scotland. A review. Lees verder

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Cunning folk

The Craft has a history. Both a mytho-poetic history, a history of myths and legends, of archetypal imagery, and a historian’s history, a history of real people, of existing documents and verifiable events. One should not be confused with the other. Lees verder

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Review: Beacons of Light

Marcus Braybrooke – Beacons of the Light
The author presents 100 holy people who have shaped the history of humanity, and the key is not holiness, but influence. Lees verder

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