![]() After I read the book, I researched anything I could about Margot Adler because I wanted to go see her speak or contrive some way to meet her. For a book written 40ish years ago, it's still highly relevant. ![]() She puts herself into situations in this book that make her uncomfortable, that give her spiritual awakenings, that make her (and therefore you) LOL. She meets and interviews all different kinds of people with various believe systems throughout the book and the only time that she's ever slightly judgemental at all is when she can tell someone is full of shit and moreso using "ritual" as a power grab and not for spiritual enlightenment. As she learns more, she gets drawn in and it changes her life by the end. ![]() However, this book also reads as a memoir because she starts out really looking at this from a detached, non-believer academic standpoint but then begins participating in rituals (to various both positive and negative results). Margot Adler took an academic/historical approach to researching various areas of Paganism, Witchcraft, Wicca, Druidism, etc. A friend had highly recommended it to me but I work in a publishing company so people are always HIGHLY recommending books to me LOL. I read a lot of "witchy books" and didn't have any preconceived notions about this book when I read it. ![]() ![]() Fascinating historic and personal analysis ![]()
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