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A True History of Witchcraft
Understanding...Not Ignorance! To arrive at some perspective on what the modern mythos called, variously, ""Wicca"", the ""Old Religion"", ""Witchcraft"" and ""Neopaganism"" is, we must firstly make a firm distinction; ""witchcraft"" in the popular informally defined sense may have little to do with the modern religion that goes by the same name. It has been argued by defenders of and formal apologists for modern Wicca that it is a direct lineal descendent of an ancient, indeed, prehistoric worldwide folk religion. Some proponents hedge their claims, calling Wicca a ""revival" rather than a continuation of an ancient cult. Oddly enough, there may never have been any such cult! Image Hand Baldung Witches. Woodcut 1508 - Hexen beim Schadenszauber (nachträglich koloriert) R. Decker, Hexen, 2004, Frontispiz
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29 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 4, 2008
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August 5, 2009
Understanding...Not Ignorance!
To arrive at some perspective on what the modern mythos called,
variously, "Wicca", the "Old Religion", "Witchcraft" and
"Neopaganism" is, we must firstly make a firm distinction;
"witchcraft" in the popular informally defined sense may have
little to do with the modern religion that goes by the same
name. It has been argued by defenders of and formal apologists
for modern Wicca that it is a direct lineal descendent of an ancient, indeed, prehistoric worldwide folk religion.
Some proponents hedge their claims, calling Wicca a "revival"
rather than a continuation of an ancient cult. Oddly enough,
there may never have been any such cult! -amzn review-
To arrive at some perspective on what the modern mythos called,
variously, "Wicca", the "Old Religion", "Witchcraft" and
"Neopaganism" is, we must firstly make a firm distinction;
"witchcraft" in the popular informally defined sense may have
little to do with the modern religion that goes by the same
name. It has been argued by defenders of and formal apologists
for modern Wicca that it is a direct lineal descendent of an ancient, indeed, prehistoric worldwide folk religion.
Some proponents hedge their claims, calling Wicca a "revival"
rather than a continuation of an ancient cult. Oddly enough,
there may never have been any such cult! -amzn review-
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