Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100 coyote tail one-of-a-kind spellbook on lunar magic

one-of-a-kind spellbook on lunar magic

Pages: 240

This beautiful and remote land of granite

and oral traditions born from the prehistoric sacred landscape of Cornwall

Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100 coyote tail one-of-a-kind spellbook on lunar magicIn this compelling exploration of language, archaeology, and early medieval literature, Max Dashu illuminates hidden cultural heritages. She shows that the old ethnic names for "witch" signify 'wisewoman, ' 'prophetess, ' 'diviner, ' 'chanter, ' 'herbalist, ' and 'healer.' She fleshes out the oracular ceremonies of the Norse vlur ("staff women"), their incantations and "sitting out" on the land seeking vision. Archaeological finds of their ritual