Legacies: Old Ways in the Shadow of the Witch Hunts

old woman spinning by the hearth

Pagan beliefs and practices in 19th century Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France,
Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Hungary, Wisewomen, healers, and seers.
Culture loss under repression and displacement from the land. Demonization and
stubborn retention of pagan elements. Festival enactments of "Burning the Witch,"
and rites of witch-detection. Book draft from Vol XIII of Secret History of the Witches.

© Max Dashu 1993

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