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as "like watching a train wreck in slow motion" and called its "sheer goofiness astounding". She criticised its surface-level and "mechanistic" understanding of Wiccan practice, singling out its ignorance of the role of willpower in the religion's rituals. Though Fisher considered
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was negative. Reviewers described the book as unintentionally comedic, criticising its understanding of neopagan practice, its rewrites of existing Wiccan creeds, and its unusual spells. The book was published during a period of rapid growth of online communities dedicated to
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focus on "personal, instinctual associations" and explicit acknowledgement that its readers may disagree with its conclusions, describing this as part of an "often exuberant attitude of religious individualism" amongst neopagans. Cowan referred to
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