Russian photographer Akunohato has a brilliant neo-pagan cosplay calendar ready for 2019. It’s not just neo. It’s neon.
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The world’s biggest gathering of witches – the Pendle Witch Walk
This year will be the 400th anniversary of the Pendle witch trials. In Pure Spirit has written Pendle and the witches before; asking whether film makers were cursed in 2009, writing about Gallows Hill where the witches died and even whether Gawthorpe Hall has become involved. The real Pendle witches were probably not “real witches” […]
Islandmagee witches: 300th anniversary of the last witch trial in Ireland
Exactly 300 years ago to the day (March 31st, 2011) Ireland finished its last ever witch trial. No one was burned at the stake, no one was drowned but eight Presbyterian women were sentenced to a year in jail alongside time in public stocks. On market day these “witches” had to suffer the crowds pelting […]
The Judges’ Lodgings: home of witch-hunter Thomas Covell
The Judges’ Lodgings take their name from the courts of Lancaster Castle. The current castle and priory were founded by Roger de Poitou in 1086 (the same man responsible for the founding of Ashton Hall). The Castle hosted the Assize Courts and was responsible for many trials. These courts became infamous for handing out more […]
