The God of the Witches

Well, er... This is entertaining enough as the potential basis for a fantasy novel, but as far as actual scholarship goes, it's pretty lacking. Murray's theory that there was some kind of unified pagan religion in Europe prior to the advent of Christianity is iffy enough (I don't doubt there were pa......more

Let's be perfectly honest. Margaret Murray is batshit insane. In the days before wikipedia, Ms. Murray would be the reason why we'd argue that everyone was indeed not an authority on everything. Lightly trained as an "Egyptologist" (Edward Said would have a field day with that), Murray launches......more

Stumbled across it looking for something else. Very glad I found it. First off, understand that this study of witchcraft in Europe is highly controvercial. While a best seller in its day, it has since been discredited by some more modern historians. Nevertheless, it is a classic sample of anthropolo......more

say what you want about margaret a. murray but she single-handedly invented the genre of "youtube conspiracy theory" and where would we, as a species, be without that?......more

This book was a bonkers ride. Totally understandable how it inspired so many neopagans, but also totally absurdly not in line with modern understanding of the past and of so many disparate pieces of evidence that Dr. Murray brought to bear for her thesis. Loved it all tho, what a ride.......more