From Shaman to Stake: 5,000 Years of Witchcraft History

Описание: Before broomsticks and black hats, there were the first witches: prehistoric shamans, village healers, and wise women who understood herbs, childbirth, and the cycles of nature. This documentary uncovers the real history behind witchcraft—from ancient reverence to medieval persecution to modern reclamation.

Discover the untold story:
• **Prehistoric Shamanism**: 30,000-year-old evidence of ritual magic
• **Ancient Priestesses**: Babylonian enchantresses, Greek oracles, Celtic druids
• **The Medieval Turn**: When healing became heresy
• **The Burning Times**: Why 80% of accused witches were women
• **Modern Witchcraft**: From Wicca to feminist reclamation

From the Venus of Willendorf to the witch hunts of Salem, we trace how society's attitude toward women's knowledge, nature worship, and alternative spirituality became one of history's most deadly prejudices—and why the witch archetype still haunts us today.



🌙 *KEY FIGURES:*
Circe (Homeric witch), Medea (Greek sorceress), Mother Shipton (English prophetess), Tituba (Salem), Margaret Murray (anthropologist), Gerald Gardner (Wicca founder)

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