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Is anyone interested in the way that some people seem to *really dislike* Ronald Hutton, see in particular the comment of "Carla" on Chas Clifton's blog post about Ben Whitmore's new book "Trials of the Moon": http://blog.chasclifton.com/?p=2111 Also Peg Aloi's blog The Witching Hour: http://themediawitches.blogspot.com/2010/11/trials-of-moon-brief-critique.ht ml Whitmore's book earlier discussed here: http://fraterbarrabbas.blogspot.com/2010/11/ronald-hutton-shibboleths-and-mo onshine.html And here: http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/11/pagan-community-notes-women-and-the-changin g-face-of-paganism-pagan-health-mount-franklin-gathering-turns-30-and-more.h tml People seem to think that "academia" is some sort of malevolent monster out to ruin Paganism. I'm surprised that some people (like Carla) obviously hate Hutton so much. Gosh, I was really pleased when 'Triumph of the Moon' came out, I even pre-ordered it from Borders and read it avidly every morning as I breastfed my firstborn. Hutton didn't seem sloppy or unprofessional to me... Am I just one of the deluded suckers of academia? (sarcasm) Caroline Tully. PhD Candidate Centre for Classics and Archaeology University of Melbourne Australia http://www.cca.unimelb.edu.au/