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.