Tag archieven: Margaret Murray

The Bahá’í Faith and Wicca – A Comparison of Relevance in Two Emerging Religions, Part 1- Overlapping Circles

The purpose of this paper is to make comparisons between the growth and potential for further development of the Bahá’í Faith and Wicca in Britain.
The paper begins by outlining the milieu in which both traditions began and notes possible overlaps of individuals and networks. It continues by contrasting motifs of beliefs and values between the two systems and investigates the history of both by arguing that relevance is the driving force in their respective development. Lees verder

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Margaret Murray Reappraised

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: The Witch by Ronald Hutton

This review looks at Hutton’s ‘The Witch: A history of fear from ancient times to the present’ and in parallel at Gardner’s original work that introduced Wicca to the wider world: ‘Witchcraft Today’. Lees verder

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Oud nieuws in de verjongingsketel gegooid – Beltane 2016

Nieuws dat Medeia opviel in de afgelopen periode. Met dit keer onder meer: Drenten in een hokje, archeologische dassen, weerwolven met een aardappelzak, serieuze en minder serieuze vervloekingen, en zegeningen van Finse paasheksjes. Lees verder

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