![]() Therefore, it is clear that dynamic ideasof what constitutes both the content and context of history are central con-cerns for practitioners today ![]() ![]() However, while the “inventions” of earlier writers are criti-cized, Pagans continue to feel connected to the ancient past by privileging less-specic ideas about rural traditions and the primacy of experience rather than explicitly historical arguments the use of the past is a continu-ally creative and ongoing process. This position has recently been subjectedto extensive critique which suggests a prevailing scepticism to the idea ofcontinuity and an alignment with recent interpretations from scholarlyhistorians. Until recently, practitioners claimed that con-temporary practices could be traced back to pre-Christian times: formalgroups of Witches (covens) had a continuous and unbroken religious tra-dition going back to antiquity. Contemporary British Witches are currentlyexperiencing a radical shift in the ways they conceptualize, evidence, andrationalize their history. This paper seeks to explore the dynamic and uid ways that the past is continually under revision to meet such needs. ![]() History and heritage are often asserted as indicators of continuity.However, meaningful pasts are mobilized according to the needs of thepresent, and continually reinvented and transformed. ![]()
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