{"product_id":"wiccan-roots-9781913768225","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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fenix Flames Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52173884260626,"sku":"9781913768225","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_96613204-6eec-4fb4-8e51-d900c64af56b.jpg?v=1775557489","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wiccan-roots-9781913768225","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}