There’s an explanation of why Wiccans practice skyclad, with what sounds like encouragement to meet naked with your friends? It's also very useful if you feel full power, just of course it's not the major and lesser key of Solomon, it's a different kind of magic but still a good and fun and witty and useful type. Plus historical and pop culture sidebars that situate the new witchcraft trend within a broader context.

If you are both then that’s fine but the fact that they SAID THAT WITCHCRAFT IS ABOUT REBELLION is bullshit.This should sound familiar to anyone who has started using a planner to better prioritize daily tasks or committed to a change in budgeting habits. From the first page you are not lead on into thinking that witches are magical beings who can alter the running of the universe. She likes dogs, skulls, mythical monsters, nonlinear stories, industrial music, large-scale immersive art projects, the old internet, and science fiction comedy from the '80s, and her most useless skill is reading Morse code (not a written language). It’s just such an odd jumble of silly stuff like what pet should be your familiar, and then how to counteract abuse by using vaguely described visualizations.

She gives her thoughts on the importance of trademarks and copyright and how they can help you take your power back, why we need to decolonize tarot, and how Legally Blonde helped her get through law school. A combination of therapy, magic, journalism, mindfulness, and ritual will more than likely be your best bet. And be sure to stay tuned til the end when they flip the script and Teddy gives a reading to the Basic Witches and the collective. What Saxena and Zimmerman created is a fun, thoughtful, and sometimes very funny way to use rituals to take care of yourself, to create reminders of the way you want to move through the world.

I really respect this book for including a section for men, androgynous women, or nonbinary people who aren’t into makeup and jewelry and whatnot. My religion and way of life should NOT BE TAUGHT AS A WAY TO SCARE MEN OR HEX PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE AN ASS! Biology isn’t destiny - your assigned sex at birth isn’t your gender - but identity isn’t destiny either. I’ve realized that the reason I haven’t been doing Goddess work is because I’m mentally uncomfortable with myself as a woman, and I could use some reclaiming of that. This book does not explain healthy use of herbal remedies (that’s a little beyond its depth), but it does explain the virtues of simple household folk remedies like aloe vera, ginger, turmeric, and green tea, which is a safe place to start.