My academic research on history and anthropology of magic

In this paper I discuss the phenomenon of traditional witchcraft and, more precisely, one of its contemporary currents: (neo)folk witchcraft. My analysis of the phenomenon is based on a specific case of folk witchcraft as described and taught by occultist and book author Roger J. Horne. In the paper, Horne’s folk witchcraft is placed in the wider context of traditional witchcraft inspired by the work of Robert Cochrane, and reduced, for analytical purposes, to its most important components: the magical use of ancestral land, local folklore, and familiar spirits.