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#206 – Magic: Wicca and Witchcraft
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We are joined by Rebecca Fox, who has been both a witch and a science & skepticism advocate, to discuss the history of modern witchcraft.
RIP Terry Jones (of Monty Python) who passed away on Tuesday, Jan 21, 2020. I prepared the intro Tuesday morning unaware he would be gone the same day.
Discussed in this episode:
Gerald Gardner, father of Wicca
Margaret Murray, an anthropologist whose The Witch-Cult in Western Europe was very influential on both Wicca and H. P. Lovecraft & R. E. Howard
Ronald Hutton, author of Triumph of the Moon and The Witch.
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Karen and Blake, this is another enjoyable episode. I was married to a Wiccan, and ironically, it was Wicca that finally confirmed for me that I am an atheist. I joined a Gardnerian training circle, while drawing down the Sun and the Moon, during the dancing and chanting and raising energy I felt the same sort of ecstasy that I had felt while speaking in tongues as a youngster. I realized that the feeling was an internal one, and not the manifestation of a spiritual force. Like Rebecca,I would like to find a way to remain a Wiccan and an atheist, not because of the nudity, Blake! But because I really did like the energy raising part of the ritual.