lordmongrove
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British witch documentary.
British witch documentary.
We had those at the library until they fell apart, and they were good indeed.I inherited my dad's complete set of 'Man, Myth & Magic' magazines from the early 70s and they're classics. Some surprisingly well written articles in there, too. As a kid I read Volume 3 (With 'G' for 'Ghosts' cos it's alphabetical) so much it virtually fell apart... There's a fair bit on witchcraft, in there.
I wish I could remember those ads!I seem to recall that MM&M was sold by a highly-effective campaign of tv teaser-ads. They showed just enough to bring in a wide audience who were not normally curious about anthropology or the occult!
Shrunken heads and naked, tribal dancing were the key. I doubt if it would be so effective today, depending, as it did, on a market prepared by the Sunday papers!
Which is not to say it was not good. :gnome:
Er... no.Yes, I can remember the 1960s through 70s revival of the occult, and all the many women who suddenly wanted to brag about being witches and having powers
to..........whatever.
Flash forward to today's era of so-called sexual exploitation of women by men in power and accusations of sexual harassment, etc., especially in the US.
Now the question is could a really clever lawyer claim his male client wasn't guilty
of sexploitation because he was 'bewitched' - she made him do it?
Witchcraft as a legal defense !
There are good and bad witches !
And not worth it.Maybe if she gave him a "potion" or slipped him a pill, or made him inhale some "funny" incense.
I'd hate to be dating these days—it was bad enough when I was young! Now it's dangerous (like before) AND confusing.