Britain's Wicca Man

[Michael]

Scheduled for Channel 4 on February 20th(UK)

http://vimeo.com/35964445

[ThunderWolf]

Wish I could watch that here (US)! I'll have to look for it online after it airs.

[Theflyingsorcerer]

Well finally, a TV presentation on Witchcraft and Wicca by someone who knows what he's talking about. The presenter, Ronald Hutton, is Professor of History at the University of Bristol, England, and has written fourteen books, including the classic "Triumph of the Moon" which in my opinion should be required reading for all who call themselves Witches or Wiccans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Hutton

Hutton has his critics (inevitably, for any author with any claim to originality), for example:

http://www.suppressedhistories.net/articles/hutton_review.html

but I would say that in general his writing is balanced, perceptive, erudite, and non-sensationalist, and he is probably the best friend the Pagan community has in academia. The program should be available online for us in North America, with any luck some time this year.

Theflyingsorcerer.   

[LupusStormDancer]

YES!! Finally!! *Does happy dance*

[Michael]

Well finally, a TV presentation on Witchcraft and Wicca by someone who knows what he's talking about. The presenter, Ronald Hutton, is Professor of History at the University of Bristol, England, and has written fourteen books, including the classic "Triumph of the Moon" which in my opinion should be required reading for all who call themselves Witches or Wiccans.

Indeed, his The Triumph of the Moon is a required read for all of our coven's Neophytes.

[ThunderWolf]

Well finally, a TV presentation on Witchcraft and Wicca by someone who knows what he's talking about. The presenter, Ronald Hutton, is Professor of History at the University of Bristol, England, and has written fourteen books, including the classic "Triumph of the Moon" which in my opinion should be required reading for all who call themselves Witches or Wiccans.

Indeed, his The Triumph of the Moon is a required read for all of our coven's Neophytes.

I'd never heard of this book until now, but the review on amazon sounds intriguing. I added it to my Kindle wishlist.

[Michael]

Well finally, a TV presentation on Witchcraft and Wicca by someone who knows what he's talking about. The presenter, Ronald Hutton, is Professor of History at the University of Bristol, England, and has written fourteen books, including the classic "Triumph of the Moon" which in my opinion should be required reading for all who call themselves Witches or Wiccans.

Indeed, his The Triumph of the Moon is a required read for all of our coven's Neophytes.

I'd never heard of this book until now, but the review on amazon sounds intriguing. I added it to my Kindle wishlist.

Nice one, I'd definitely highly recommend it. Kidles are brilliant too.

[Hagred]

Well finally, a TV presentation on Witchcraft and Wicca by someone who knows what he's talking about. The presenter, Ronald Hutton, is Professor of History at the University of Bristol, England, and has written fourteen books, including the classic "Triumph of the Moon" which in my opinion should be required reading for all who call themselves Witches or Wiccans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Hutton

Hutton has his critics (inevitably, for any author with any claim to originality), for example:

http://www.suppressedhistories.net/articles/hutton_review.html

but I would say that in general his writing is balanced, perceptive, erudite, and non-sensationalist, and he is probably the best friend the Pagan community has in academia. The program should be available online for us in North America, with any luck some time this year.

Theflyingsorcerer.  

I agree, Ronald is one of those rare academics who can see through Pagan eyes as it were.  He is a great fried of OBOD and has given many lectures at their meetings.  I have two of his books; Triumph of the Moon and The Druids - both very informative and yes, essential reading for any serious witch though somewhat academic and a bit dry for most folk, but nevertheless informative.  True, he has his retractors (most academics do).

I wish I could have seen the programme - if you folks can't get it in the States, it will be even less so down here.  Perhaps it would come out in YouTube in the future - I hope it does.

Going back to the newsy link, I noticed a couple of errors;  the nudist community where old Gerald started his Wicca movement was near St. Albans, Hertfordshire (not far from north London) and not Dorset.  The "naked witches" hexing Hitler did this in the New Forest.   The New Forest is in Southwest Hampshire and extends into Southeast Wiltshire.

[ThunderWolf]

both very informative and yes, essential reading for any serious witch though somewhat academic and a bit dry for most folk

I don't think that's really a reason not to read something if it's a subject of genuine interest though. I've been known to read university text books on ancient Sumer (mostly about the religion and culture). Talk about academic and dry! LOL But the information I got from it made it interesting enough to read nonetheless.

[NorthernWoman]

both very informative and yes, essential reading for any serious witch though somewhat academic and a bit dry for most folk

I don't think that's really a reason not to read something if it's a subject of genuine interest though. I've been known to read university text books on ancient Sumer (mostly about the religion and culture). Talk about academic and dry! LOL But the information I got from it made it interesting enough to read nonetheless.

One of my older brother's college textbooks started my exploartion into the world's religions, it was called The Joy of Sects.  It was more fun to say than to read, but I learned a lot from it.   

Hopefully at some point this show will air in the US.  I love my DVR.