{"product_id":"wiccan-roots","title":"Wiccan Roots","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow available again in an updated edition, this book reveals a picture of the revival of witchcraft in wartime England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt tells the story of how retired civil servant, Gerald Gardner, became involved in the worlds of naturism and folklore, leading him to the discovery of a strange theatre run by an esoteric magical society on the fringes of the New Forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere he became friends with a group of individuals who, one night in 1939, initiated him into what he gradually realised was a coven of witches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe personalities of 'Dafo', his initiator, and 'Old Dorothy', in whose house the witches performed their rituals, are among those brought to life, and photographs appear for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew light is shed on the momentous ritual the witches carried out in 1940 when invasion threatened, including the probable identity of those who gave their lives in the cause.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew who are interested in witchcraft and paganism will fail to be fascinated by the carefully researched revelations of this important book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fenix Flames Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48841815982285,"sku":"9781913768225","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_21aefd5f-093b-4a8c-991b-4f9e8b495e91.jpg?v=1792177698","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/wiccan-roots","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}