I also really wish I'd had some awareness of Traditional/Folkloric Witchcraft. It likely would have changed the trajectory of my journey.

That could be! Maybe there just needs to be more normalizing of things looking and smelling weird and that being absolutely okay, desirable even. 😊

It's so hard for me to hang on and keep reading when I come across things that strain the credibility of the author, but you have a great point! There still might be some valuable insights.

Oh, I really like this. I’m fond of the idea that consciousness is a fundamental property of the universe, and us being spun into existence through magic would be a wonderful product of that.

It’s like a vast mycelium, a pervasive fabric of interwoven, living threads that occasionally produces fruiting bodies above the surface of our awareness.

Work with, yes. Dedicated to a particular deity or working with one exclusively, no. Some more than others, and it changes over time. I tend to approach deity as I would other spirits, but the respect due someone that has inspired the devotion of countless others over the span of millennia.

I once rented a house that had a huge stand of motherwort in the front yard. It was such a magical place, and your post reminded me of it--thank you! ❤️

I just picked that one up too, but haven't started reading it yet. It's such a beautifully bound book! The edges, end papers, cover, dust jacket... so yummy.