Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

by Grady Hendrix

We were too young to understand that their job was to convince us that the most natural thing in the world was evil, and the most evil thing in the world was natural.

‘Knowledge is a kind of power, and the knowledge you find in this book will help you find power inside yourself. Power is not a material possession that can be given. Power is the ability to act and that must always be taken, for no one will ever give that power to you. Those who have power wish to keep it, and those who want power must learn to take it.’ ”

You can’t beg the world to do what you want. You can’t ask it nicely. You must bend it to your will.

This was the Great Mystery that lay at the heart of all things. This was the miracle that passed all understanding. First there is nothing. Then there is.