{"product_id":"wiccan-roots-philip-heselton-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Heselton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913768228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913768225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fenix Flames Publishing Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.82d","brand":"Philip Heselton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447285428479,"sku":"9781913768225","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21e3d5a2-8a31-4f45-a1fc-018808e6c895.jpg?v=1777230089","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wiccan-roots-philip-heselton-9781913768225","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}