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How do you tell your mother you're a witch?
Coming out as a witch isn't easy. You may feel misunderstood, rejected, even discriminated against by friends, family, and coworkers. If you haven't come out, you may be leery of criticism from those who don't really know what it means to be a witch. In this one-of-a-kind collection, you'll meet fifty witches just like you who reveal what drew them to the craft and how they dealt with coming Out of the Broom Closet. Inside you'll find inspiring stories like:
Out of the Broom Closet will give you the encouragement and inspiration you need to practice magick with pride and dignity, no matter where you are on the path.
Coming out as a witch isn't easy. You may feel misunderstood, rejected, even discriminated against by friends, family, and coworkers. If you haven't come out, you may be leery of criticism from those who don't really know what it means to be a witch. In this one-of-a-kind collection, you'll meet fifty witches just like you who reveal what drew them to the craft and how they dealt with coming Out of the Broom Closet. Inside you'll find inspiring stories like:
- Empowered by My Faith: Debra's belief in the God and Goddesses is strengthened when she asks for their guidance during energy-healing to save her son from a near-fatal gunshot wound
- Yes, We Are Working Professionals: Deb stands up against discrimination and shows her Wiccan pride during a meeting at work
- I Am Pagan and I Am Proud: Gwinevere explores her faith and strength when she becomes a published Wiccan author at sixteen years old
- An Exercise in Tolerance: Joshua risks at losing the woman he loves when he has to convince her strict Christian family that he doesn't worship the devil
Out of the Broom Closet will give you the encouragement and inspiration you need to practice magick with pride and dignity, no matter where you are on the path.
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Mikala
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amberoodle
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“This book was such an interesting read. I picked it up because I was curious to see the differences between the atmosphere for magic use and identity in a "then vs. now" sense. It's so much more common today and fewer people raise an issue with witchcraft. I remember a time not that long ago when it was scarier to let people know that you identified in the realm of magic. As a queer person I have come to understand that every few years you look at your community and see ways that things have changed so vastly and other ways that things have very little difference. I really like looking at other communities that I either identify in or have loved ones who do and observing the changes and growth.”

Cat Treadwell
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“While both Witchcraft-focused and American, this little gem of an anthology may well be of interest to those just finding their feet in paganism of all stripes anywhere in the world, being a selection of very honest and heartfelt mini-tales of how fifty very different individuals found their way to pagan spirituality in very different circumstances.
Yes, some of the tales could easily be marked as ‘fluffy’ (the movie ‘The Craft’ gets an inevitable mention!), but to disregard the book as such is misunderstanding its purpose. Each story IS very different. Each person is unique, and in several cases very brave in telling their story. It’s not all ‘I wanted to be a witch in college so bought myself a ton of black clothes and silver jewellery’. Some participants are teenagers – and tell of the problems they have had being ‘out’ as pagan in very traditionl Christian environments. Some are mature adults, parents from ‘Muggle’ families. Some are dealing with issues of life and death. Some just try to explain what it’s like coming to understand the joy they feel from standing outside to watch the sun rise.
This book contributes by telling the myriad different ways that finding your faith inspires, and fuels lives in a positive way. It isn’t ‘enlightenment’, it’s living truthfully and honestly, with all the mistakes and pitfalls along the way – and picking yourself up to keep going. It’s easy to dip in and out of, to witness different perspectives but also to remind us that we were all beginners once. And I’m sure Muggle friends and family would get something out of it too, if only an understanding of the wondrous variety there is out there!”
About Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Arin Murphy-Hiscock is the author of The Green Witch’s Grimoire, Spellcrafting, The Pregnant Goddess, Wicca, The Green Witch, The Way of the Hedge Witch, House Witch, The Witch’s Book of Self-Care, Pagan Pregnancy, Solitary Wicca for Life, and The Hidden Meaning of Birds—A Spiritual Field Guide. She has been active in the field of alternative spirituality for over twenty years and lives in Montreal, Canada.
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