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- From: ba@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (B.A. Davis-Howe)
- Subject: Re: Nomenclature...i am confused (the W word)
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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 21:49:18 GMT
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- ddawson@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Dick Dawson) writes:
-
- >Gerald Gardner (and friends) assumed the word witchcraft for their
- >religious practices in England in the 1930's and 40's, eventually
- >resulting in the repeal of the English witchcraft laws. The term
-
- The witchcraft laws were repealed for reasons having nothing to do with GBG
- and friends. The law was repealed because it discriminated against the people
- in the religion Spiritualism. Check out _The Rebirth of Witchcraft_ by
- Valiente for the history on this. (And a lot of the history of the early days
- of Wicca.)
-
- Enjoy the journey!
- --Br'anArthur
- Queer, Peculiar, and Wyrd! :-)
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