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The triumph of the moon : a history of modern pagan witchcraft

Ronald Hutton (Author)
In this work, Ronald Hutton examines the nature of witchcraft and its development, and offers a microhistory of attitudes to paganism, witchcraft, and magic in British society since 1800
eBook, English, 1999
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999
Electronic books
1 online resource (xv, 486 pages)
9781280445378, 9780198207443, 9786610445370, 9780191542794, 9780191677670, 9780191622410, 1280445378, 0198207441, 6610445370, 0191542792, 0191677671, 0191622419
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Intro; TITLE PAGE; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; MACROCOSM; FINDING A LANGUAGE; FINDING A GODDESS; FINDING A GOD; FINDING A STRUCTURE; FINDING A HIGH MAGIC; FINDING A LOW MAGIC; FINDING A FOLKLORE; FINDING A WITCHCRAFT; MATRIX; GOD (AND GODDESS) PARENTS; MICROCOSM; GERALD GARDNER; GERALDÌS PEOPLE; THE WIDER CONTEXT: HOSTILITY; THE WIDER CONTEXT: REINFORCEMENT; OLD CRAFT, NEW CRAFT; THE MAN IN BLACK; ROYALTY FROM THE NORTH; UNCLE SAM AND THE GODDESS; COMING OF AGE; GRANDCHILDREN OF THE SHADOWS; NOTES; INDEX
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