Witchcraft: A Secret History

British journalist and researcher Streeter (Psychic Pets) takes readers on a brief journey of the evolution of the witch through the ages, from the Druids to modern-day Wicca. The author compares essential figures in witchcraft to mainstay icons in both pagan and religious doctrines; for example, how Diana and even Mary resemble witchcraft’s main deity, the Goddess, and Pan from Greek mythology is thought to have developed into the Horned God, the Goddess’s consort. He also points out that from the beginning of human existence there was witchcraft, or those who practiced magic, and details how in each time period there was punishment of witches, and this culminated in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The work provides illustrations of tortuous practices and estimates how many men and women accused of witchcraft were put to death by hanging. These images, argues Streeter, have impacted how people see witches as dark and evil today. The book concludes with a succinct depiction of the birth of the modern-day witch.