John Dee, mathematician, astrologer, occultist and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I, who like Crowley and other " practicing magicians" crafted a powerful fiction around the cult of their charismatic personality.Īnd the writers and artists who have drawn on magic as inspiration for their creations or even, like WB Yeats, have been drawn in to the world of the occult.Īrt forms also changed as jewellery began exhibiting the increasing influence of Migration Period Art from continental Europe. The fictional wizards from Merlin to Prospero who have shaped our perceptions of magic. This post reveals a 5,000-year tradition of English magic, stretching from Neolithic shamen and Anglo-Saxon "Wyrd Crafters" to modern Wiccans, New Age spiritualists and Neo-Pagan revivalists.Īlong the way it catalogues the remarkable interplay of fictional and historical figures who have influenced and shaped the history of English magic. While we often associate magic with exotic lands, in fact England is undoubtedly the most magical land on earth - and the home, at various times, to the world's greatest magicians.
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