Chas wrote:>
> Wicca as we know it suddenly appeared about 1951, in conjunction
> with his partnership with Cecil Williamson in the Isle of Man
> witchcraft museum.
>
> Personally, I think the most parsimonious explanation was that
> if one is going to have a Witchcraft Museum, it helps to be able
> to exhibit articles, books, etc. from contemporary Witches --
> even if those articles, etc., were created the week before.
>
absolutely- having seen and worked with the surviving archive at the Mus of
Witchcraft, the letters between Gardner and Williamson from the 1950s fit
that notion very well indeed, GBG is seen as an arch businessman and
publicity-hound, and quite unlike the writer of the books with which he is
credited!
*ducks to avoid bricks thrown by fans of the man*
dave e
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