I think traveling so much at a young age had a big effect on me. I think as we grow, we populate our minds with the worlds we experience and imagine until we’ve created the central home of our spirit. I spent my childhood exploring jungles, crossing swelling, cobalt seas, and playing games with endless horizons. I came to populate my own spirit with these vast distances and alien worlds.

The premise of The Witching Year is simple: “A skeptic spends a year trying to find spiritual fulfillment by practicing modern Witchcraft.” From there, our author descends into introspection, insecurity, and doubt until finding a well of strength and resilience within her.