History & Myth

Episodes

• Dionysus: Lord of Misrule - Ronald Hutton 2026-06-02
  This lecture was recorded by Ronald Hutton on the 6th May 2026 at Barnard’s Inn Hall, London Professor Hutton is Professor of History at the…
• Bridget: Goddess and Saint - Professor Ronald Hutton 2026-04-03
  This lecture was recorded by Ronald Hutton on the 10th of March 2026 at Barnard’s Inna Hall, London Professor Hutton is Professor of History at the…
• Mithras: Master of Mystery - Ronald Hutton 2026-01-30
  The cult of Mithras was by far the most famous of the mystery religions of the Roman Empire: private societies of worshippers devoted to a…
• Hecate: Mistress of Magic - Ronald Hutton 2025-12-26
  Hecate started as the ruling goddess of the Asian region of Caria, and got taken over by the Greeks as the only one able to operate in every realm…
• The Great God Pan: Lord of the Wild - Ronald Hutton 2025-11-28
  Pan started as a shepherds’ god in a wild and backward area of Greece, but became one of the best-known in the Greek and Roman world. This was…
• Modern Pagan Witchcraft - Ronald Hutton 2025-06-06
  This lecture was recorded by Ronald Hutton on 14th May 2025 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London. Ronald is the Gresham Professor of Divinity. He is…
• Modern Druids - Ronald Hutton 2025-05-06
  Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/qz9a4zXIFz0 The ancient Druids have long represented some of the most striking and controversial…
• The Return of the Horned God - Ronald Hutton 2025-03-11
  Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/IAilwM_WdbI Until the nineteenth century, the favourite ancient pagan gods in Western culture were…
• The Modern Goddess - Ronald Hutton 2025-01-15
  Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/0ZK1Y1QnFDg This looks at how and why a particular form of the non-Christian divine feminine came…
• The Origins of Modern Paganism - Ronald Hutton 2024-11-08
  Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/sYqJomnunFg The deeper exploration of Paganism begins with its roots in the Victorian and Edwardian…
• What is Modern Paganism? - Ronald Hutton 2024-09-23
  What is modern Paganism, and how does it relate to witchcraft, Druidry and other phenomena? This lecture is designed to answer that question, and in…
• Witch-Hunting in European and World History - Ronald Hutton 2024-07-22
  This lecture confronts the worldwide phenomenon of the persecution of suspected witches, now a serious, contemporary problem condemned by the UN in…