![]() ![]() ![]() But while Robert Hutton explores this dark side of witchery, 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. Meticulously researched, it provides a thorough account of an ancient religion that has spread from English shores across four continents.įor centuries, pagan witchcraft has been linked with chilling images of blood rituals, ghostlike druids, and even human sacrifices. The Triumph of the Moon is the first full-scale study of the only religion England has ever given the world-modern pagan witchcraft, otherwise known as wicca. Hutton brings witchcraft out of the shadows. We chat about the importance of the book and the reason for its reissue. ![]() The author of over a dozen books and myriad articles, Professor Hutton’s work is both prodigious and percipient. Today we speak to Ronald Hutton, Professor of History at the University of Bristol, in the United Kingdom about the twentieth anniversary, and concomitant reissue, of the extremely important The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft (Oxford UP, 2019). ![]()
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