What decades of paganism taught me about magic
9 min readApr 29, 2021
Yes, it works, but no, not the way you probably think.
I spent more than two decades as a practicing modern pagan. The Wiccan reverence for nature offered a compelling framework for my environmentalism, and I found the community far more tolerant than other faith groups. Eventually I acknowledged that at heart I am a rational atheist with no…