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Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:48 PM Jul 2013

Blue plaque unveiled for mother of modern witchcraft Doreen Valiente

TOURISTS are flocking to a block of flats where a blue plaque has been unveiled in honour of the “mother of modern witchcraft”.

Doreen Valiente was the first practitioner to speak openly about the ancient rituals and beliefs when a law banning them was lifted in 1951.

Her supporters say she ignited a pagan revival, which took witchcraft from being a misunderstood cult into one of the world’s fastest growing religions.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/411280/Blue-plaque-unveiled-for-mother-of-modern-witchcraft-Doreen-Valiente?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-weird-news+%28Daily+Express+%3A%3A+Weird+News+Feed%29

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