The Silver Bough, Volume 1 Quotes

“Although the medieval witch-cult of Western Europe derived from a primitive, non-selfconscious nature-religion, with sophistication it had become corrupt (as had paganism in ancient Greece) and developed into a pathological cult in which the doctrine and rites of the Christian Church were deliberately parodied, and evil instincts and desires were sanctioned and encouraged.”
― F. Marian McNeill, The Silver Bough, Volume 1: Scottish Folklore and Folk-Belief