Britain's Wicca Man: The Middle-Class British Man That Founded Modern Witchcraft (2012)

Britain’s Wicca Man tells the extraordinary story of Britain's fastest growing religious group - Wicca - and of its creator, an eccentric Englishman called Gerald Gardner. Historian and leading expert in Pagan studies, Professor Ronald Hutton, explores the unlikely origins of modern pagan witchcraft and experiences first hand its growing influence throughout Britain today. Gardner’s story and the story of Wicca itself is a bizarre one. The film tells of a peculiar man who saw that the world was ready for a new religion based on magic, sex, nature and ritual - and gave it to us. Documentary first broadcast in 2011. (Source: Timeline World History Documentaires on YouTube)

Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 45 min
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Production: Matchlight
Country: United Kingdom
Original Language: en

Keywords

witchcraft, wicca, gerald gardner

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What is Britain's Wicca Man: The Middle-Class British Man That Founded Modern Witchcraft about?
Britain’s Wicca Man tells the extraordinary story of Britain's fastest growing religious group - Wicca - and of its creator, an eccentric Englishman called Gerald Gardner. Historian and leading expert in Pagan studies, Professor Ronald Hutton, explores the unlikely origins of modern pagan witchcraft and experiences first hand its growing influence throughout Britain today. Gardner’s story and the story of Wicca itself is a bizarre one. The film tells of a peculiar man who saw that the world was ready for a new religion based on magic, sex, nature and ritual - and gave it to us. Documentary first broadcast in 2011. (Source: Timeline World History Documentaires on YouTube)
How long is Britain's Wicca Man: The Middle-Class British Man That Founded Modern Witchcraft?
Britain's Wicca Man: The Middle-Class British Man That Founded Modern Witchcraft has a runtime of 45m (45 minutes).
What genre is Britain's Wicca Man: The Middle-Class British Man That Founded Modern Witchcraft?
Britain's Wicca Man: The Middle-Class British Man That Founded Modern Witchcraft is a Documentary film.
Where was Britain's Wicca Man: The Middle-Class British Man That Founded Modern Witchcraft produced?
Britain's Wicca Man: The Middle-Class British Man That Founded Modern Witchcraft was produced in United Kingdom.