A skeptic\'s year-long quest to find spiritual fulfillment Through Modern Witchcraft, perfect for fans of A.
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Jacobs, Mary Roach, and Caitlin Doughty, who knit humor and reportage together in search of something worth believing..
Whether she\'s trying to perform a full moon ritual on a cardboard box, summon an ancient demon with scotch tape and a kitchen trivet, or just trying to become a calmer, happier person, her biggest question remains: Will any of this really work? The Witching Year follows in the footsteps of celebrated memoirs by journalists like A.
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Along the way, she travels to Salem and Edinburgh (two very Crafty hubs) and attends a week-long (clothing optional) Witch camp in Northern California.
As with life, Diana will have to define the craft for herself, looking past the fashionable and figuring out how to define the real.
But there\'s one glaring problem: no Witch can agree on what the right rules, liturgy, and incantations are.
She wants to follow all the rules, memorize all the incantations, and read all the liturgy.
Diana is eager to join them.
Witches today are often presented as confident and finished, proud and powerful.
The result is 366 days of observation, trial, error, wit, and back spasms.
So, she decides to try on the fastest growing, self-directed faith in America: Witchcraft.
But, more than anything, she is tired of God being dead.
She is also skeptical of disorganized religion.
Diana Helmuth, thirty-three, is skeptical of organized religion.
Jacobs and Mary Roach.
A skeptic\'s year-long quest to find spiritual fulfillment Through Modern Witchcraft, perfect for fans of A.
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