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Mysteries Begin (c. 30,000 - c.5000 BC), The Time of Tombs (c. 5000 - c. 3200 BC), The Coming of the Circles (c. 3200 - c.2200 BC), Into the Darkness (c.2200 - c.1000 BC), The People of the Mist (c.1000 BC - c. AD 500), The Imperial Synthesis (AD 43 -
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In keeping with what was by then the prevailing academic view, it disputed the widely held idea that ancient paganism had survived into the contemporary and had been revived by the Pagan movement. In turn, it proved somewhat controversial among some sectors of the Pagan community, with two prominent
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In this work, Hutton attempted to "set out what is at present known about the religious beliefs and practices of the
British Isles before their conversion to Christianity. The term 'pagan' is used as a convenient shorthand for those beliefs and practices, and is employed in the title merely to
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in 1991. It was the first published synthesis of the entirety of pre-Christian religion in the
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of this book." She criticized Hutton's writing style as "dry as dust" and said she was "sorry I bothered to plough through it. If this is
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