A little history now and again....

[trystinn]

I've been reading "Wiccan Roots" by Philip Heselton after reading and thoroughly despising "Triumph of the Moon" by Ronald Hutton. I'm really enjoying WR and so have asked folks for other great sources of similar information.

Among the great sources:

http://esoterica.bichaunt.org/
Especially: http://esoterica.bichaunt.org/erasinghistory.html

http://www.cog.org/witch_hunt.html
Until they get to GBG, gotta grit your teeth about that :)

Not sure where this is going, project-wise, but its very interesting.

Comments

[herbmcsidhe.livejournal.com]

I much prefer Hesselton over Hutton. The second book goes into more detail :)

[brewhexe.livejournal.com]

Why did you not like TotM? It was the most seminal work as regards the truth behind what paganism and wicca was claiming when it was published.
It was dry as a bone I grant you, but there was nothing inflammatory, or not what we all knew deep down anyway in the UK.
j xxx

[tryst-inn.livejournal.com]

The dry as bone part came up :)

The lack of primary sources drove me nuts. History is a fine and beautiful thing, but there's enough folks who are/were deeply involved and could have been wonderful interviewees for the text.

And one more mention of Aidan Kelly and I'm going to break a tooth grinding them!

[brewhexe.livejournal.com]

If you read the intro you will see that he would have loved to have quoted the people 'deeply involved', but wasn't allowed to.
I did not notice any overt use of Aiden Kelly's name either.
I recommend 'Witchcraft Out Of The Shadows' by Leo Ruickbie. It's like Hutton, but low fat.
j xxx