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The Reluctant Witch is an independent publication launched in August 2024 by Petrus.

The initial goal is to catalog Petrus' journey into discovering wicca, high-magick, witchcraft and the occult. His origin story involves being raised in the rural Midwest in a Southern Baptist church. Fast-forward, Petrus left institutional religion after years of heavy involvement in evangelical Christianity.

Petrus longs for the time when he was a child, and the world was full of wonder and imagination. Feeling the freedom from shedding the weight of dogma and oppression, Petrus has decided to explore the edges of his spirit and the world, looking to find that lost spark. Here's a short list of intentions.

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