{"id":4969,"date":"2020-09-30T08:45:51","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T16:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/tempest\/?p=4969"},"modified":"2020-09-30T08:45:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T16:45:51","slug":"6-minutes-of-witchcraft-regarding-experienced-witches-newbies-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tempest\/2020\/09\/6-minutes-of-witchcraft-regarding-experienced-witches-newbies-books.html","title":{"rendered":"6 Minutes of Witchcraft: Regarding Experienced Witches, Newbies, & Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"After seeing yet another thread on social media where a new Witch is seeking book recommendations, and the comment thread looks like it came straight out of the late 1990\u2019s, I had some feelings. Like this is still<\/em> happening?\u00a0 Are you telling me there\u2019s nothing published in the last 10 years worth recommending? Because that\u2019s bullshit, there\u2019s a LOT of good books. So maybe either folks aren\u2019t updating their reading list or they haven\u2019t revisited those books themselves in years.<\/p>\n

And when it comes to be the time of the Full Moon, for a multitude of reasons, I tend to let my thoughts slide out a little more easily. (Often with more snark).<\/p>\n

So I posted the following tweet:
\n\u201cIf you haven\u2019t re-read that introductory Witch\/Pagan\/Esoteric text you\u2019re about to recommend to a newbie in the last 10 years, maybe do that first. Override nostalgia & look at that book with what you know now & see if it\u2019s still worth recommending.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Image of tweet from 9\/29<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I then screenshot it and shared it to my Instagram account (@owlkeyme.arts).\u00a0 On both social media networks, it was very well-received, but there were some questions and comments that went beyond or past what I was addressing\u2026..and I really hate typing out long comments via my phone for Instagram. (Yeah, I know I could probably do it via voice, but I\u2019m often reading these in bed while my partner and cats are asleep, so\u2026it\u2019s either madly try and type on my phone, or not).<\/em>\u00a0 SO I made a video to dive a bit deeper into the how and why:<\/p>\n