Dance of the Sabbath. Illustration from History of Magic by Paul Christian, Paris, 1870. Fantasy scene of nocturnal circle dance at a (European) witches’ sabbath paralleling dance at Huilliche Latua ceremony [also note a goat-headed Devil presiding].
“The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder’s lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.”
— Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays (via philosophybits)
