Summary Of Britain's Wicca M Modern Pagan Witchcraft Film

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The first video Britain's Wicca Man: Modern Pagan Witchcraft Documentary was very interesting. The documentary's main focus is the history of the Wiccan religion and the man behind it all. In 1939 Gerald Gardner was initiated into a coven of witches. Throughout his life he studied the tribal culture of the places where he traveled to but what most intrigued him was tribal ritual magic. Once he was back home, he began taking part in rituals. They even went as far as casting a spell to prevent Hitler from crossing the sea. What Gardner wanted was for Wicca to reach the masses so he published a book called High Magic's Aid under a pseudonym, which was the first published account of Wiccan magic. Although a fascinating story, I do not feel that

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