Superstition, Not Witchcraft.
Dr Margaret Murray declares that no genuine brand of witchcraft is practised in England to-day. What passes for witchcraft in some remote country place in Wales and Cornwall is, it seems, merely elementary spellbinding. “ All that business of scanug people by sticking pins into tiny effigies of them and muttering incantations is very simple, really.” says Dr Murray. “ I myself could do it quite successfully. All that is necessary is that the persons to be influenced should believe in the efficacy of ths ‘ magic.* ”
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20284, 19 April 1934, Page 14
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87Superstition, Not Witchcraft. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20284, 19 April 1934, Page 14
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