fundamentals of Celtic sex magic<\/a>,” etc.<\/p>\nActually, Ronald Hutton was planning to put this in his next book, but now someone has beaten him to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Many things come to mind when I think of Druids, but sex magic is not one of them. Silly me. 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