Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to have the discussion. It's justthat there are a number of posts above that I'm having troublenot reading as ironic in the "mocking" sense, as attacking meas if I held or were endorsing or condemning certain of the ideasunder consideration. I'm not interested in fighting with anybody,and I'm certainly not here to attack or impugn contemporarywitches. However, I'm still confused as to how the relationshipbetween "modern" and "historical" "witches" is understood inthe contemporary scholarship. Has there been some finding thatI'm not aware of in support of the Murray thesis or something?On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:26 AM, BJ Duncan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I am quite aware of the ironic statement of "witch" as Ted is correct in that it would have been the knee jerk reaction statement made by anyone not understanding witchcraft.
What I thought we were doing was have a discussion on why that wasn't the case. I know several "modern" witches who also understand the irony and was giving them a chance to voice opinion.
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Ted
I for one recognised the irony in your first post - but it just seemed
like an interesting issue in its own right -
not meant as a flame war -
mogg
On 22/07/2013 05:21, Ted Hand wrote:
> Is it any wonder that serious participation in this group has dropped off?
> I pointed out, in an attempt at irony, what I thought was the
> uncontroversial fact that the term "witch" has been associated with demonic
> activity, and apparently have been accused of all sorts of thought crimes.
> I don't remember advocating child torture! It's amazing what can be read
> into a term taken completely out of context. I wasn't making any of the
> judgements that (some rightly, some bizarrely) are being attacked here.
> Certainly had no intent of slinging any mud at contemporary witches--and
> can somebody please explain how the situation of contemporary witches sheds
> light on the historical use of the term? Anyway, keep up the good flames
> everybody...
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Pitch313 <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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