The Wicker Man
Ooze π“Ÿ
Ooze π“Ÿ
Ooze@aus.social

Gardners book had an introduction by Margaret Murray, an anthropologist and historian who got a lot of flack for publishing a book that claimed that the religion of a female goddess prevailed from ancient times in the UK and was still alive.

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Ooze π“Ÿ
Ooze π“Ÿ
Ooze@aus.social

Gerald Gardner after which Gardenerian witchcraft is named published Witchcraft Today in 1954 in which he claimed to have been initiated into a coven of witches.

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Srol
Srol
srol@mellified.men

I mean, I say young. He's 51 here. And his voice feels a lot less deep. I imagine massive amounts of cigarettes and whisky turned it into what it eventually became. #Monsterdon

liferstate
liferstate
liferstate@mas.to

And then in the very next scene the records office lady denies Rowan ever existed. I think this town needs to get its story straight. #Monsterdon

MooMoo the Cat
MooMoo the Cat
flowerpot@mas.to

OK. Is this entire movie a troll on the dickhead. Because if it wasn't meant to be, it seems to be an added bonus. They are all messing with him. #Monsterdon

OldRustBucket
OldRustBucket
OldRustBucket@universeodon.com

Something else in the same vein as The Wicker Man was Harvest Home. I believe a TV three-part mini series where a town in rural America looks sort of Amish on the surface has a fertility cult hiding in the background. Bette Davis was the cult's matriarch #Monsterdon

jonny (good kind)
jonny (good kind)
jonny@neuromatch.social

how do you see a bunch of people naked and jumping over a fire in a birth ritual and think that's a bad thing, that's just like one of the clearest signs things are going alright in the world you could have. #monsterdon

Ooze π“Ÿ
Ooze π“Ÿ
Ooze@aus.social

So, some context for this movie. In the 1950s and sistiess there was a cultural revival of withcraft in the English speaking world. It developed out of the occult revival that got into full swing in the 19th century with such groups as the golden dawn.

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ano yatsu
ano yatsu
yatsu@retro.pizza

i get the feeling this entire island has a book entitled Hilarious Naked Songs To Sing For The Mainland Tourists hanging out on a back bookshelf somewhere. #monsterdon