Linda Weintraub
LINDA WEINTRAUB is an author, curator, artist, and permaculturist who specializes in vanguard art movements. Her most recent book, TO LIFE! Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet focuses on the intersection between art, ecology, and environmentalism.
A NEW JERSEY WITCH IN JOHN CALVIN’S COURT
Excerpts from an interview with Khem Caigan, conducted, edited, and composed
by Linda Weintraub
“Witchcraft” is an Anglo-Saxon word. As far as we can tell, it means “craft of the wise.” It refers to any technology for getting things done—catching a fish, staunching a wound, getting your cows to make milk, establishing a relationship with your neighbors—entities seen and unseen. It was very utilitarian.
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