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The Magical History of Britain (Paperback)
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The Magical History of Britain (Paperback)
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List price R347
Loot Price R317
Discovery Miles 3 170
You Save R30 (9%)
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In this profoundly personal journey through British history, Martin
Wall traces the influence of Magic and Myth from the earliest times
to the present day. Our abiding myths have endured since before the
time of the Druids, reaching their apotheosis in the Arthurian
tales and the Glastonbury legends, stories which retain their
dynamism and imaginative power. These mythic templates, constantly
reinvented, provided a legitimating mission for the British Empire,
which mediated them to a worldwide audience. Our spiritual
inheritance is shot through with magic. But this book takes in more
obscure mysteries, such as 'Who put Bella in the Wych-Elm?', a
localised 'tribe of witches', and a host of extraordinary
characters like Doctor John Dee, William Blake, and the notorious
Aleister Crowley. In this fascinating account of the occult origins
of British culture the author depicts our island story as an
outworking of magical destiny - a challenge to us to create our own
imaginative system.
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