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The Secret Witch Religion
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- ISBN8235215399
- EAN9798235215399
- Date de parution02/06/2026
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- ÉditeurIoakim Ioakim
Résumé
The myth of a hidden witch religion never died. In 1921, Egyptologist Margaret Alice Murray published a theory that changed the way millions of people imagined witchcraft. She claimed that the witches persecuted in Europe were not merely victims of panic and superstition, but members of a surviving pre-Christian fertility religion, worshipping a horned god in secret covens beneath the surface of Christian Europe.
Historians rejected the theory. Popular culture never let it go. The Secret Witch Religion explores the strange, powerful afterlife of Murray's idea: the witch trials, the invention of the witches' sabbath, the world of cunning folk and folk magic, the rise of modern Wicca, and the enduring belief that an ancient religion was hidden, hunted, and almost erased. Inside this book, you will discover:.
Why Europe became obsessed with hidden witches and secret enemies. How torture and trial records created the image of the witches' sabbath. What Margaret Murray really argued, and why her theory became so influential. The truth behind covens of thirteen, the Horned God, and pagan survivals. How folk magic, cunning folk, charms, herbs, and local belief actually worked. How Murray's ideas helped shape Wicca and modern witchcraft.
Why the dream of a secret ancient religion still grips the imagination todayThis is not a simple story of truth versus error. It is a history of fear, longing, folklore, scholarship, persecution, reinvention, and the human hunger for hidden meaning. For readers interested in witchcraft history, paganism, occult studies, folk magic, Wicca, demonology, and the real stories behind Europe's witch trials, The Secret Witch Religion offers a clear, atmospheric, and deeply researched journey into one of the most enduring myths in modern occult history.
Historians rejected the theory. Popular culture never let it go. The Secret Witch Religion explores the strange, powerful afterlife of Murray's idea: the witch trials, the invention of the witches' sabbath, the world of cunning folk and folk magic, the rise of modern Wicca, and the enduring belief that an ancient religion was hidden, hunted, and almost erased. Inside this book, you will discover:.
Why Europe became obsessed with hidden witches and secret enemies. How torture and trial records created the image of the witches' sabbath. What Margaret Murray really argued, and why her theory became so influential. The truth behind covens of thirteen, the Horned God, and pagan survivals. How folk magic, cunning folk, charms, herbs, and local belief actually worked. How Murray's ideas helped shape Wicca and modern witchcraft.
Why the dream of a secret ancient religion still grips the imagination todayThis is not a simple story of truth versus error. It is a history of fear, longing, folklore, scholarship, persecution, reinvention, and the human hunger for hidden meaning. For readers interested in witchcraft history, paganism, occult studies, folk magic, Wicca, demonology, and the real stories behind Europe's witch trials, The Secret Witch Religion offers a clear, atmospheric, and deeply researched journey into one of the most enduring myths in modern occult history.