Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Fri, 27 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 27/12/2024 23:12, D wrote:

  On Fri, 27 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

On 23/12/2024 21:14, D wrote:

I have a vague memory of reading somewhere that remains of paganism were alive until the 1700s, but cannot find anything through a quick google. My friendly neighbourhood AI insist on official death in the 12:th century.

 This is a subject of heated debate as modern Wiccan/Pagans like to feel they have an unbroken tradition.
 But of course people probably learned to keep their mouths shit and rub themselves with witches ointment in private...

 I do not believe in any unbroken tradition except among indians, esquimaux or some siberian indians.
 I do believe that it is not impossible that remains existed up until the 17th or perhaps even 18th century, although those remains probably were _very_ different from the original.
 

I am not going to argue: merely to say that modern Wicca started with Gardner who claimed to have been initiated by IIRC a Scottish witch in the practices of the 'old religion' .
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And started the modern following...

I'm not convinced that Gardnerian wicca represents an unbroken tradition. But... who knows? ;) I've heard that this can give rise to bitter fights among wiccans.