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title: "Trials of the Moon: Reopening the Case for Historical Witchcraft. A critique of Ronald Hutton's The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft"
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# Trials of the Moon: Reopening the Case for Historical Witchcraft. A critique of Ronald Hutton's The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft

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- **What is this?** Trials of the Moon: Reopening the Case for Historical Witchcraft. A critique of Ronald Hutton's The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft by ben whitmore
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Trials of the Moon: Reopening the Case for Historical Witchcraft. A critique of Ronald Hutton's The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Someone Finally said "No, this is not the way it is."
*by J***O on September 24, 2017*

I did things a little backward with regards to this book. I did not buy Hutton’s book of which this is a critique. I thought I knew enough about it from clicking the title and reading through the preview online, did not like it nor want to read it. I bought "Trials of the Moon" and read it all the way through and liked it.  I liked it so much that I went on E-bay and bought the cheapest, used, raggedy-ass copy I could find of Hutton's book, just to verify the points made by the author of “Trials.”  I could not believe that someone, with the supposed credentials of Hutton, was involved with such sloppy and biased research as I found in his writing. I was very happy to have found someone to say, “NO, this is not true, and this is not the way it is.” I think that Ben Whitmore deserves a lot of credit for his Critique. If you are in the Craft, please read this book; do not take Hutton’s title as the final word. It isn’t.  More and more evidence is being discovered weekly that the craft could have come through the persecutions and actually be what at least, some of us think it is, an inheritance from the past. Great Job, Ben.  JM

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I hope the Pagan community begins to treat Hutton's viewpoint as critically as it deserves to be treated
*by A***N on April 18, 2015*

This was a lovely book. When I first got it I was surprised at how tiny it was, since Ronald Hutton's "Triumph" is about as thick as a phone book. I read this book in 2 days, its that short, but it is filled with a wealth of information. Upon finishing Ronald Hutton's "Triumph" I couldn't help but feel disappointed, not because I disagreed with his conclusions, but because I felt he was writing very narrowly to bring the audience to a conservative opinion on the history. I also scratched my head wondering why he chose to address some evidence against his conclusions, but ignored many others. When reading the reviews I was excited to hear from others that a critique of "Triumph of the Moon" had been written, and immediately bought it. 5 stars. I enjoyed reading it for the most part, (although the constant footnotes can get almost headache inducing). The typeset is beautiful and I'm disappointed that the book doesn't say what typeset it was printed in. All in all every Pagan who has been led unquestioningly into the "Gerald Gardner invented it" category should read this. Although it's very harsh on Ronald Hutton, I can't say it's untrue. Hutton deserved the criticism this book gave him, and I hope that the Pagan community starts to view Ronald Hutton's viewpoint more critically, if that's at all possible at this stage. Hutton's ideas have permeated the Pagan community unquestioningly, and the information in this book shows why that's a very, very bad thing.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good book, but parochial in the sense that the ...
*by W***N on March 19, 2015*

Good book, but parochial in the sense that  the writer has their own biases, and lack of the exact genre that  the Donald Hutton applied to the treatment of information.  Evidence was there but its treatment was not what I expected.

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