# Fasting ## History ### Europe Max Dashu writes of fasting in “honor of the moon”, as a source of [[Divination|divination]], etc.[^1] [^1]: Max Dashu, [[Dashu. 'Witches and Pagans_ Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100', 2017.|Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100]] (Richmond, CA: Veleda Press, 2017), p. 62.