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
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-470) and index
