Modern Magic by Michelle Tea is an insightful and informative guide for anyone looking to explore the world of witchcraft and spiritual practices. Tea’s approachable style makes complex concepts easy to understand, offering practical tools for incorporating magic into everyday life. Whether you're a beginner or experienced practitioner, this book serves as a helpful resource for deepening your magical journey.

This is not what I thought it would be. I was expecting an explanation of what magic would look like in this day and age, and this read more like a person's memoir or advice book. It was charming on occasion, but not particularly interesting overall. It didn't have the narrative theme I was expecting.

Another refreshing read from Michelle Tea! She reads as so much more real and grounded than many witchy authors. I will definitely recommend her book to witchy folks looking for a more radical perspective - Tea cares about cultural appropriation and virtue signaling. She's realistic about using all of our resources intentionally. Though this book isn't ideal for folks wanting quick spells and references, as it's full of storytelling, it's a great recommendation for a thoughtful magical feminist who wants to read and ask questions. Her voice really stands out in the world of witchy books.

Practical, doable, and fun. This book had a bit of everything. I enjoyed the down-to-earth approach to witchcraft and how inclusive Tea was as she was writing. A great starter volume!

I feel like this was marketed wrong... I thought I was going to be reading about magic and spells, but this is more of a memoir/ autobiography. It's interesting, don't get me wrong, it's just not what I signed up for.

As a practicing Witch for over 30 years, I am always excited to read new "magic" books, because witchcraft is a life long study. I had high hopes for Modern Magic, by Michelle Tea, but it wasn't quite what I was expecting. I wouldn't call it a "magic book" it's more of a conversational, anecdotal book by an interesting person. Who would be fun to invite to a dinner party, or hangout with. I REALLY wanted to love it, but it missed the mark.

I love Michelle Tea’s Modern Tarot book. She is so real and strong in her descriptions of the card and I love her personal anecdote.

I found her book Modern Magic to have the same vibe as the first, but it may not be exactly what people are expected when picking up a book for their spiritual rituals and practices. It’s definitely more of an autobiography and her gritty sarcastic personality just didn’t hit the spot for me regarding my spiritual practice as it did when dissecting and interpreting tarot cards. This is more of a reflection of my own practice however! I think her style may really resonate with both seasoned and baby witches! It takes all kinds of styles and voices to make a strong coven!

"Modern Magic" by Michelle Tea details how the author goes about her witchcraft practices. An interesting read and I think would even be a good reference for creating a fictional witch character due to how this book is a combination of personal stories, her mindset on things, how she approaches her various tools like tarot, an altar, etc. There's a bit of everything above throughout the book.

I am noting here for others that there are briefly some feminist and LGBTQ themes discussed in the book. Really only obvious in the beginning pages. It didn't affect my reading experience at all, but I did send a suggestion to the publisher to include that as part of the book's tags.

Thank you again, NetGalley, the author, and the publisher(s) for the advance copy of "Modern Magic." I will look into Michelle's other book, "Modern Tarot."

Michelle Tea did with this book what no other author has managed to do: make me feel like I can really do magic and have it matter for myself in my life, without some kind of twee cottage-core existence. After this I will for sure read her tarot book as well. I absolutely loved learning about the historical witches she writes about as well.

This is more of a memoir than anything else. The subtitle is "Stories, rituals, and spells for contemporary witches," but it's mostly just stories. I enjoy memoirs, but I don't know this author and (no offense) I don't care to learn about her life. I was expecting more rituals and spells, but there weren't that many.

In a follow-up to her book Modern Tarot, Michelle Tea offers up her perceptions and practices of magic. She explains the historical origins of magic and the violence connected with fear of witches. She introduces the reader to various methods she uses employing magic: tarot, protective amulets, crystals, honoring divinity through understand that some rituals have a long and storied history.

She discusses the evil eye, meditations done with focused breathwork, She writes about seeking ones’ familiar, or to my understanding karmic animal companion. In fact, she writes quite a bit about animals and their place in metaphysical study.

Michelle offers a potpourri of techniques to get in touch with ones’ inner witch, intuitive, spiritual power. Take what makes sense and leave the rest.

Thanks to NetGalley, Edelweiss Plus, and the publisher for the eARC.