The first course in magic by a British university will study Western dragons; depiction of women in the Middle Ages; practice of deception and illusion; and more.
In the ancient city of Exeter, three women were hanged for practising witchcraft in the late 17th century, the last of such executions in England. Now, merely a short walk from where the hangings occurred, the University of Exeter will offer a postgraduate degree in magic and occult science, which the school says is the first of its kind at a British university.
Christina Oakley Harrington, a retired academic of medieval history and the founder of Treadwell’s, a London bookstore specialising in literature on magic and spiritualism, said that many witches she knew were talking about the degree program, announced last week, and were thinking about enrolling. An illustration provided by University of Exeter of the logo for the school’s new Center for Magic and Esotericism, which explores the history of magic, occult and esoteric literature.There has also been renewed interest in witches, with feminism and pop culture embracing them as symbols of female independence.
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