As Greek mythology goes, the universe was once a big soup of nothingness. Then, two things happened: either Chaos or Gaia created the universe as we know it, or Ouranos and Tethys gave birth to the first beings.
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Brian Hoggard
Brian Hoggard is an independent researcher who has been working on the archaeology of folk magic since 1999. There is a book on this topic coming soon. He has written about Bredon Hill in Worcestershire, Crusader Castles and lots of pieces dealing with the archaeology relating to witchcraft beliefs. When not researching or writing he runs a music teaching business.
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