News
New Neolithic Burial Mound Found in Anglesey
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Bryn Celli Ddu is considered 500 years older than Stonehenge and archaeologists are reporting new insights about the Neolithic monument found on Isle of Anglesey.
Paganism
Ireland: Reports of damage to historic hillfort
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TWH reports on the historic Shantemon hill fort, the only monument of vitrified stone in Ireland which has been reported to have sustained serious, but unspecified damage.
Uncovering the Past
Uncovering the Past: Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, and Viking Funerary Practices and Peruvian Guinea Pig Sacrifices
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TWH reports on some of the most recent archaeological finds that may be reflective of ancient Pagan practices.
Paganism
London conference focuses on Magickal Women
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The Magickal Women Conference took place in London this past weekend with a sold-out venue. We report on its success and it future plans.
Paganism
The great hunt for Witch bottles project
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LONDON – The United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Council is currently funding a project based on witch bottles, in an effort to understand more about this type of practice. It’s being helmed by Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA), “an experienced and innovative archaeology and built heritage practice” and MOLA’s finds specialist Nigel Jeffries is in charge, along with Owen Davies, and Ceri Houlbrook from the University of Hertfordshire – both experts in the history of witchcraft and magic. Witch bottles still turn up in older houses across Britain, dating from earlier times: they are typically filled with pins, coils of wool, tangled threads, nails, needles and, sometimes, human urine. They are supposed to attract negative spells, which become tangled in all the mess in the bottle and can’t get free – a bit like a dark dream-catcher. You can make a specific witch bottle for a person: put their name in it, fill the bottle with pins, wool, and ideally something intimate from the intended target.