The Witch-Cult in Western Europe by Margaret Alice Murray is a classic work of witchcraft history that examines the origins and beliefs of the witchcraft phenomenon in Europe. Drawing on a wide range of historical and anthropological sources, this book argues that the witch trials of the early modern period were rooted in a pre-Christian, pagan tradition of nature worship that had survived underground for centuries.

Oxford, 1967.
303 pp.
Softcover. Good+.