#Abracadabra | Legend of the Witches, 1970.

X-rated upon its original release Legend of the Witches (1970) is a documentary which looks in detail at previously hidden magic rites and rituals. Sharing the secrets of initiation into a coven, divination through animal sacrifice, ritual scrying, the casting of a 'death spell', and the chilling intimacy of a Black Mass. It also explores Britain's hidden pagan heritage and its continued influence on our lives today.

Pagans - witches, if you will - believe that the world was formed when the goddess Diana was born, and seeking to find companionship other than her own reflection seen on the surface of water, her counterpart Lucifer was created to become her partner in the sky, thus were the moon and sun brought into being. There are still witches practicing their ceremonies to this day, and should you be invited to join a coven this documentary will detail what you would expect from an initiation ceremony as we watch this new convert in the woods, naked as the day he was born with other similarly nude participants, set on following the arcane rules of worship that have been passed down from ancient times...

Enlaces:
http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=9276&aff=13
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_73/legend_of_the_witches_blu-ray.htm
http://fromtheorientwithfury.blogspot.com/2016/01/legend-of-witches-1970-border-films.html
https://culturalcrisis.wordpress.com/2014/11/01/mondo-pagan/
https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/32864/1/how-the-power-of-witchcraft-gripped-70s-britain
https://blueprintreview.co.uk/2019/10/legend-of-the-witches-and-secret-rites/
https://somethingcurated.com/2019/02/12/behind-the-witchcraft-revival-of-1970s-britain/
https://www.thedigitalfix.com/film/content/119229/legend-of-the-witches-secret-rites/
http://www.mondo-digital.com/legendwitches.html