The triumph of the moon
a history of modern pagan witchcraft
by Ronald Hutton
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This first full-scale study of modern pagan witchcraft, otherwise known as wicca, provides a thorough account of an ancient religion that has spread from English shores across four continents. For centuries, pagan witchcraft has been linked with chilling images of blood rituals and ghostlike druids. But while author Hutton explores this dark side, he stresses the positive, reminding us that devotion to art, the natural world, femininity, and the classical deities are also central to the practice of wicca. Indeed, the author shows how leading figures in English literature--W.B. Yeats, D.H. Lawrence, and Robert Graves, just to name a few--celebrated these positive aspects of the religion, thereby softening the public perception of witchcraft in Victorian England. From cunning village folk to freemasons and from high magic to the black arts, Hutton chronicles the process by which actual wiccan practices evolved into what is now a viable modern religion.--From publisher description.
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Neopaganism, Witchcraft, great britain, Great britain, religion, History, Religion, Witchcraft, Witchcraft -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century., Hexenglaube, Magie, Histoire, Heidendom, Néopaganisme, Neuheidentum, Rituelle Magie, Sorcellerie, HekserijPlaces
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Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
2021, Oxford University Press
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The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
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The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
2001, Oxford University Press
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Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
2001, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
January 20, 2000, Oxford University Press, USA
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Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
1999, Oxford University Press
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