Coven members in trance on the temple floor, Chantry Cottage, 27 October 1977

Photograph, 27 October 1977. Three coven members lie on the brick floor of the temple at Chantry Cottage: a barefoot man in a pale robe and, in front of him, two women in shining satin robes, one dark haired and one fair, with eyes closed. Candlesticks, the altar chest and a wrought-iron stand can be seen behind. The museum lists the print as 'Witches in Trance'. Taken at the Hallowe'en preview reported by the Bexhill Observer on 29 October 1977, where it was published with the caption 'his high priestess and two followers succumb to a hypnotic trance'. The paper does not name the three. Byline: Jimmy Burke. Bexhill Museum item 136. Print from the Bexhill Observer photographic archive at Bexhill Museum. Shown in UNSEEN: The Alex Sanders Archive at Bexhill Museum, Part Two, What the Town Did With It (26 August 2026), presented by Julian Porter of Bexhill Museum and hosted by Sharon Day for Alexandrian Witchcraft. Coven members in trance on the temple floor, Chantry Cottage, 27 October 1977. (1977). Bexhill Observer photographic archive, Bexhill Museum. Alexandrian Witchcraft Timeline & Archive. https://www.alexandrianwitchcraft.com/archive/bexhill-museum-136-coven-members-in-trance