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[felifey]

Research is perhaps the most important aspect of learning the craft as such I have acquired many texts to peruse in my endeavour.

The first is perhaps one of the two most important topics when on the road to witchcraft, as the name of this Tumblr suggests the path I am walking is the traditional one, as such the first book I purchased and the one I will rely most heavily on whilst on my journey is

The Crooked Path: An introduction to Traditional Witchcraft by Kelden.

This is an amazingly wonderful text for any who chooses to undertake the traditional path, it’s filled with much information that is factual and unbiased. It covers many topics from creating tools, introducing yourself to spirits, digging deeper and learning who you truly are, and providing tips for your journey, it also provides of texts that were used in the creation of this book if you wish to further per-sue certain topics .

[felifey]

I grew up rurally, nestled against the bosom of the Southern Downs and dipping my toes into the English Sea, the spirits sang to me as a child with abundant power and in my youth I had a deep and strong connection to it, for the Wights of the land taught me to sense and understand the energy that is always and ever present, at their knee I learned about the flora and fauna of the land and encouraged me to continue my learning through various texts, it was not an uncommon sight to see my head buried in books of history and mythology, I was fascinated and devoured any scrap of information I could gleam, I spent my childhood deeply entranced by the beauty and intensity of my homeland and spent every free moment immersed within the teachings of my Genius Loci.

But I grew up

With expectations and responsibilities I forgot much of my learnings and buried that part of myself deeply away and gradually my knowledge was lost to time, regarding those memories as childish flims of fancy and fantasy.

Life became very dull and mundane, mindless and empty I existed with the feeling of a great emptiness in my heart, like a piece of myself had gone missing. I worked to earn money and buy my right to live on these lands, buy mass produced food to fill my stomach, I stopped living and merely existing, forced into contentment I was never happy, the feeling of something missing never left.

Until one day mindlessly scrolling through TikTok I stumbled upon WitchTok, for the first time in so long a spark ignited in the empty cavernous space within me and the more I watched the more that spark grew into a flame and then a roaring fire and I remembered.

A gateway opened up for me to re-enter that what I was once becoming, the roaring flame within fuelled my desire to learn and I began to gather every and any book or materials I could find and immersed myself deeply into the practices of Witchcraft.

I researched many paths for Witchcraft is a tree with many branches, I was always more curious about the roots and delved more deeply into the traditional path.

The Crooked Path by Kelden became my bible my constant companion into my journey to becoming a witch.

In this Tumblr I will document my journey through the roots of this tree and learn to embrace the part of me the is emerging from its slumber.