An Esbat among the Quads: An Episode of Witchcraft at Oxford University in the 1920s
This article presents evidence of an attempt to undertake a revival of witchcraft at Oxford University in the 1920s. The students involved in the attempt appear to have been influenced by ideas about witchcraft that were circulating in contemporary British society, including (but not limited to) the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
[2018]
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| In: |
The pomegranate
Year: 2018, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 157-178 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Murray, Margaret Alice 1863-1963, The witch-cult in Western Europe
/ University of Oxford
/ College student
/ Wicca
/ Neopaganism
/ History 1921-1929
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements KBF British Isles |
| Further subjects: | B
Witchcraft
B Oxford University B Contemporary Paganism |
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| Summary: | This article presents evidence of an attempt to undertake a revival of witchcraft at Oxford University in the 1920s. The students involved in the attempt appear to have been influenced by ideas about witchcraft that were circulating in contemporary British society, including (but not limited to) the theories of Margaret Murray. The episode constitutes an interesting early step in the progress of the modern witchcraft revival. The surviving evidence also highlights how one of the most prestigious of British institutions could play host to overlapping networks of individuals whose occult interests challenged the norms of both traditional Christianity and secular rationalism. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1735 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The pomegranate
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/pom.34209 |