The Murray, Margaret Alice 1863-1963 creator text utu 2007 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Witch-Cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology" by Margaret Alice Murray is an anthropological study published in 1921. Murray presents a controversial theory: that European witch trials targeted practitioners of an ancient, secret pagan religion worshiping a horned god, not deluded or innocent victims. She argues this pre-Christian fertility cult survived underground for centuries, organized into disciplined covens, until Christianity launched its persecution during the Reformation. Drawing on witch trial records and James Frazer's work, Murray reinterprets confessions as evidence of genuine religious practices rather than fantasy or heresy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witch-Cult_in_Western_Europe Release date is 2007-01-22 Produced by Michael Ciesielski, Irma Špehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified Ethnology Witchcraft -- Great Britain BF Original publication data not identified a22000394 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20411 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20411 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133454.0 20411