Through a compelling mix of scholarly research, global mythology and lucid story-telling, North Star Road reveals the spiritual roots of Western culture shamanism, the most ancient and persistent experience of human spirituality. All European mythology and paganism until the time of the witchcraft trials is based on shamanism. Through an exhaustive study of witch trial records and witch's testimonies, Kenneth Johnson proves that the European peasants accused of witchcraft died, in fact, for the sake of the world's oldest spiritual path.