(cache)Dr Angela Puca

Dr Angela Puca

Religious Studies PhD. Academic specialising in witchcraft, Paganism, shamanism and esotericism.

The Sabbath Was Never One Thing

There is a particular pleasure in watching a familiar image come apart in your hands. The Witches’ Sabbath, that spooky set piece of broomsticks and goat-headed presiders and infants boiled in cauldrons, is one of those images. Most people who think about it at all think they know what it was: either a real underground religion the Church tried to stamp…

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Marco Visconti Apr 10

HERMENĒIA 2026: IT’S A WRAP!

What a day.

It was a real joy to spend it in the company of such an engaged, thoughtful, and generous group of people. What has stayed with me most is not only the quality of the talks themselves, but the atmosphere in the room: curious, warm, attentive, and genuinely open. None of that can ever be taken for gr…