tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post1140227692484625911..comments2024-03-17T20:02:56.574-07:00Comments on Necropolis Now: Interview with Professor Ronald Hutton of the University of Bristol, United KingdomCaroline Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-10744947907151615462016-05-22T12:20:21.551-07:002016-05-22T12:20:21.551-07:00Hi John! The problem with your proposal is that we...Hi John! The problem with your proposal is that we are talking about a secret society. I firmly believe that a continuity from antiquity to modern Craft CAN be proven, but not without relying on evidence that is oathbound and can't be published. This is why I have not written the book you propose. It's also why I don't really pursue the matter: I won't publish if I can't produce the evidence. I am content to continue my own practice, share the evidence and analysis among initiates, and trust that the truth will come out some day... or not. It doesn't really matter. I just think that when we are discussing a secret society it would be prudent to assume that all of the evidence has not been brought to light. Blessed be.Don Frewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-6672128326187352622013-07-22T09:18:45.284-07:002013-07-22T09:18:45.284-07:00I was glad to find your wonderfully written academ...I was glad to find your wonderfully written academic blog, and this interview with Professor Hutton, and now see an even newer follow up interview in Feb 2012. I was originally in the pro-Hutton camp, then the anti-Hutton camp, and am now in the middle as he writes more and bloggers like you make a balanced approach more understandable to non-academic witches like myself. I will eventually reblog both interviews at my blog if that is OK with you. I am also slowly going through all your previous posts back to 2007 and have subscribed to WP feeds of future posts. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-20312317769073504412012-02-24T21:24:22.884-08:002012-02-24T21:24:22.884-08:00Hey everyone, have you seen the newest interview w...Hey everyone, have you seen the newest interview with Proferssor Hutton? On the front page of the blog? (I know some of you have).Caroline Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-55841532972364738352012-01-19T03:02:48.627-08:002012-01-19T03:02:48.627-08:00Oh, now I see one on 'Celtic Curses' in a ...Oh, now I see one on 'Celtic Curses' in a later issue of that journal!<br /><br />I WISH _I_ was super prolific at writing learned articles!Caroline Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-56394310406433699442012-01-19T03:00:18.991-08:002012-01-19T03:00:18.991-08:00Another Hutton article, "Why Does Lindow Man ...Another Hutton article, "Why Does Lindow Man matter?" in 'Time & Mind' journal:<br /> http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/berg/tmdj/2011/00000004/00000002/art00002<br /><br />He's so prolific.Caroline Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-64426753498879539932011-10-04T23:58:59.000-07:002011-10-04T23:58:59.000-07:00Hutton's latest article, "Witch Hunting i...Hutton's latest article, "Witch Hunting in Celtic Societies" is now out in the journal, Past and Present, No.212 (August 2011) pp. 43-71.Caroline Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-67519333592743380912011-09-16T05:36:59.336-07:002011-09-16T05:36:59.336-07:00"Ronald Hutton and the Gods" from
GORS..."Ronald Hutton and the Gods" from <br />GORSEDD ARBERTH blog.<br /><br />http://gorsedd-arberth.blogspot.com/2011/08/ronald-hutton-and-gods.htmlCaroline Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-64427059963227590502011-08-31T19:23:03.017-07:002011-08-31T19:23:03.017-07:00Hi Al,
You're probably right. I mean he _look...Hi Al,<br /><br />You're probably right. I mean he _looks_ like a Time Lord as well as acts like one, doesn't he.Caroline Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-29414848116323862772011-08-26T18:26:06.616-07:002011-08-26T18:26:06.616-07:00Great interview, but I'm convinced Mr. Hutton ...Great interview, but I'm convinced Mr. Hutton is a Time Lord.Al Henrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-52008060281778824752011-07-29T08:38:36.832-07:002011-07-29T08:38:36.832-07:00I am going to update this blog as soon as I return...I am going to update this blog as soon as I return from Cyprus !!!!!!!!! It's impossible to do it here.... I just aint organised enough.Caroline Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-34556684243579436042011-06-06T16:36:51.338-07:002011-06-06T16:36:51.338-07:00The new issue of The Pomegranate is out, containin...The new issue of The Pomegranate is out, containing Ronald Hutton’s free download article “Writing the History of Witchcraft: A Personal View”, in which he comments on Ben Whitmore’s “Trials of the Moon”. Also included is Peg Aloi’s book review of “Trials of the Moon”. <br /><br />http://www.equinoxjournals.com/POM/issue/current<br /><br />Enjoy! I know I will.Caroline Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-30067343743632218842011-06-01T02:59:03.851-07:002011-06-01T02:59:03.851-07:00Here's a video clip of Professor Ronald Hutton...Here's a video clip of Professor Ronald Hutton Wassailing an apple tree. <br /><br />e' knows 'is folklore 'e does.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngU10c3H0nkCaroline Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-64120303035672031512011-05-31T04:26:20.883-07:002011-05-31T04:26:20.883-07:00This interview is about to be translated into both...This interview is about to be translated into both German and Polish.Caroline Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-74576089998094676832011-05-28T08:28:05.255-07:002011-05-28T08:28:05.255-07:00Someone disliked my use of the word "oriental...Someone disliked my use of the word "orientals" (even implying racism). Well I use both the words "occidentals" and "orientals" as i suppose people usually do, i.e. "western" and "eastern". English is not my native tongue so I sometimes make idiosyncratic uses of your language and obviously often outside of the contemporary cultural context of which I'm not a part. Sorry for that.<br /><br />S:.R:.Sincerus Renatus...https://www.blogger.com/profile/16773943810683981054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-66589061494817862032011-05-27T06:49:35.121-07:002011-05-27T06:49:35.121-07:00Hi everybody!
I though I would drop in an direct ...Hi everybody!<br /><br />I though I would drop in an direct you to my own humble contribution to this recent discussion. I wrote a blog addressing the relation between shamanism and paganism which was inspired by this interview.<br /><br />Here is the link: http://gyllenegryningen.blogspot.com/2011/05/historical-research-vs-anthropology.html<br /><br />In Licht, Leben und Liebe,<br />S:.R:.Sincerus Renatushttp://gyllenegryningen.blogspot.com/2011/05/historical-research-vs-anthropology.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-49036176843073808642011-05-26T23:34:00.129-07:002011-05-26T23:34:00.129-07:00Yes, re the forthcoming Pom article that Hutton ha...Yes, re the forthcoming Pom article that Hutton has organised to be a free download which is really so useful - because otherwisae it'd be rather inaccessible... the journal is apparently currently at the printer's and as soon as it is finished I'm sure the electronic version will then be available.Caroline Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-39336909008465754222011-05-26T23:30:43.984-07:002011-05-26T23:30:43.984-07:00Hi Peregrin, I'm not sure about 'top' ...Hi Peregrin, I'm not sure about 'top' but people do still takk about and cite him. On the other hand, Robert Irwin, in his book "Lust for Knowing: The Orientalists and their Enemies" defends those Western scholars termed 'Orientalists' against accusations of imperialism, colonialism and distorting history and says that did a lot of good work. Let me quote the book's blurb: In recent times Orientalists have been accused of imperialism, colonialism and distorting history. Here Robert Irwin powerfully overturns this view and makes the case for the Orientalists, reassessing their legacy from ancient Greece to the present day. He finally banishes the ghosts of Edward Said's 'Orientalism' and shows that, whether setting up Arabic printing presses, measuring the Great Pyramid or translating the Qur'an, this extraordinary group of scholars, eccentrics, freethinkers, madmen, pedants and romatics were unified not by ideology, but by their shared obsession. 'Oriental' is still used to describe the Near East, for example the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) means Near and Middle Eastern research.Caroline Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-83840359293934104702011-05-26T23:20:05.832-07:002011-05-26T23:20:05.832-07:00Whoops, yes, thanks, Caroline - article not interv...Whoops, yes, thanks, Caroline - article not interview. Still looking forward to it :)<br /><br />Are Said and his ideas still accepted as top authorities on postcolonism? It's such a long time since I read him :)Peregrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508191641503321789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-20385773978292081382011-05-26T23:06:27.599-07:002011-05-26T23:06:27.599-07:00Oh, Peregrin, regarding your first comment. The up...Oh, Peregrin, regarding your first comment. The upcoming Pomegranate piece is not an interview, but an article by Hutton.Caroline Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-16228672853648439092011-05-26T23:04:05.600-07:002011-05-26T23:04:05.600-07:00Actually, 'Oriental' is also used as in &#...Actually, 'Oriental' is also used as in 'Orientalism' as per Edward Said - regarding the construction of Near Eastern or Middle Eastern decadent, luxurious 'Others' by, and in opposition to 'the West', and in post-colonial critique of such stereotyping.Caroline Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-30655615809700144112011-05-26T23:01:03.187-07:002011-05-26T23:01:03.187-07:00Isn't anyopne interested in the Hwicce in rega...Isn't anyopne interested in the Hwicce in regards to potential precursors of Wicca?<br /><br />http://necropolisnow.blogspot.com/2010/11/hwicce.html<br /><br />Or do you think the author has used the word 'witches' in his title a little prematurely?Caroline Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-22851752449702277332011-05-26T21:39:31.181-07:002011-05-26T21:39:31.181-07:00gyllenegryningen: Orientals instead prefer Buddha
...gyllenegryningen: <i>Orientals instead prefer Buddha</i><br /><br />Oriental is an outdated (if not racist) term for Asians these days, and Asia is far too big of a landmass to make such generalizing type of statements of any of the cultures in that area.<br /><br /><br />-A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-46719781359307681992011-05-26T15:51:39.904-07:002011-05-26T15:51:39.904-07:00The Egyptians had a lot more gods than Isis and Os...The Egyptians had a lot more gods than Isis and Osiris. They were not the major gods of the Egyptians. They were _some_ major gods of the Egyptians. Isis became particularly popular outside Egypt in the Ptolemaic period, especially in Magna Graeca (southern Italy) and later, Rome and the Roman Empire.Caroline Tullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295336008587199702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-86814631308794157092011-05-26T12:32:36.334-07:002011-05-26T12:32:36.334-07:00This interview is having ripples all across the es...This interview is having ripples all across the esoteric community. Here is yet another magickal blog that is addressing the interview as well<br /><br />http://gyllenegryningen.blogspot.com/2011/05/historical-research-vs-anthropology.html<br /><br />(Just thought you might want to know about all of the buzz!)Imperator David Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569334890339311989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188095128035151601.post-35298311694953576772011-05-26T09:19:35.762-07:002011-05-26T09:19:35.762-07:00Quoting one of the anonomy:
By the way, where is ...Quoting one of the anonomy:<br /><i> By the way, where is the historical basis for this 'soft polytheism' that modern Wiccans practice?</i><br />Apuleius. Next?<br /><br /><i>There is zero evidence to be found for any ancient people practicing an indigenous form of religion to have nurtured a belief in one, single, and generic Goddess, along with a consort -- who was a single, generic God.</i><br /><br />This is likely true.<br />However - <br /><i>This duotheistic outlook is what Wiccans are referring back to when they speak (endlessly, as it were) of 'the Goddess" and "the God".</i><br /><br />Depends on which Wiccans you are referring to.<br />Neowiccans? Sure.<br /><br />Gardnerians and other BTWs? Unlikely, as Gardner himself explained that these are the tribal gods of the witches, just as the Egyptians had their tribal gods Isis and Osiris and the Jews had Elohim. (<i>The Meaning of Witchcraft</i>, pg 26-27)MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15904412888243979076noreply@blogger.com