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1 online resource (streaming video file) (45 min. 21 sec.) ; 274142179 bytes |
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The extraordinary story of one of Britain's fastest-growing religious groups, and its eccentric creator.The modern pagan witchcraft of Wicca was born in 1930s Britain in a nudist colony in Dorset. Wicca rapidly grew from a small New Forest coven to a worldwide religion in the space of just 70 years.British historian and leading expert in Pagan Studies, Professor Ronald Hutton, explores Wicca's history, and its eccentric English creator Gerald Gardner. It's a journey that tells of naked witches casting spells to ward off Hitler, tabloid hysteria about human sacrifices and Gerald Gardner himself |
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Closed captioning in English |
Event |
Broadcast 2015-02-17 at 03:55:00 |
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Classification: PG |
Subject |
Gardner, Gerald Brosseau, 1884-1964.
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Incantations.
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Ritual -- Psychology.
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Witchcraft -- Manuscripts.
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Wicca.
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England -- Dorset.
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Streaming video
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Author |
Abbott, Andrew, director
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Leven, Russell, director
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Hutton, Ronald, host
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Beskin, Geraldine, contributor
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Bourne, Lois, contributor
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Cox, Zachary, contributor
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Harrington, Christina Oakley, contributor
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Heselton, Philip, contributor
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Hughes, Ellie, contributor
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Stevenson, Ian, contributor
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