In 1954 a book was published which claimed that witches were not just some historical oddity but that the author, retired civil servant, Gerald Gardner, had been initiated into a witch Coven in the New Forest, Hampshire, England in 1939.
He has found that the New Forest Coven was st.
Many dismissed his claims, but Philip Heselton , who has been investigating the story for over 20 years, is convinced that what Gardner wrote about the witch Coven was essentially true.
In 1954 a book was published which claimed that witches were not just some historical oddity but that the author, retired civil servant, Gerald Gardner, had been initiated into a witch Coven in the New Forest, Hampshire, England in 1939