Why is it that the English were seemingly always more interested in the occult than other Europeans? Is it because of the Celtic influences or some other cultural thing? Do you know any good books on the topic?
>>18252174Less people were convicted of witchcraft in the isles than europe even per capita. That said, anglo-saxon paganism was popular and widespread and most of its medical practices survived, along with druidic influence. Similarly to how a lot of christianity got really weird in the hinterlands, those legends survived in britain. There was rarely an urge to drive out superstition by bishops, or ay least, not effective ones. Add in their irish neighbours keeping something like a thousand years of legends in the ulster cycle by the time Christianity kocked down the door? And what was a relatively isolated set of cultures? It's not surprising they're perceived as magically interested. I suspect if you went looking you might find the Euros as interested though. If you've ever been up there it's fucking eerie in the highlands. There's also a tradition of the Cunning, who were basically discount witches as healers. Probably helped, but that's not unique in europe or britain.As for books, the Lacnunga is a medical text with a preservation of lots of charms and amulets. Bald's leechbook is mostly early medical stuff too. Witchcraft and Devil Lore in the Channel Islands is free and a funny read, I guess. Nothing directly on the phenomenon though.Now, you want good shit, try the Island of Witches by Hudrun Kristjandottir. The Icelandics were full of witches.
Yeah, whoever heard of Europeans being involved in the occult?
>>18252206Fucks sake, I had ONE JOB!!!
>>18252181Thank you anon. >>18252209I didn't mean it as insult but Rasputin for example was an isolated phenomenon. However you must admit that British writers has a talent for supernatural topics, and Shelley, Stoker, Tolkien or Rowling would have been unimaginable in let's say Italy. These things just sit much better in relation of the English cultural tradition be it literary or else.
>>18252239Welcome. If yoy have kindle, check the free book section. That's where I got the channel isles book from originally and there's lots of weird shit there.
