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The Crooked Path: An Introduction to Traditional Witchcraft by Kelden · Published by Llewellyn Worldwide, 2020 · ISBN 978-0738762036 · Available everywhere books are sold
If you have spent any time in witchcraft spaces online, you have probably noticed a growing divide. On one side: Wicca and its many eclectic descendants, the tradition most people encounter first. On the other: Traditional Witchcraft. Older, thornier, less codified, and significantly harder to find a clear entry point into. Most of the serious books on the subject are either dense academic texts, obscure small-press publications, or written by British practitioners working from a very specific regional lineage that can feel remote to a newcomer.
The Crooked Path by Kelden was written to close that gap.