{"id":624,"date":"2009-06-07T06:49:17","date_gmt":"2009-06-07T10:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=624"},"modified":"2009-06-07T06:49:17","modified_gmt":"2009-06-07T10:49:17","slug":"the-spirit-of-youth-a-review-of-spirited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=624","title":{"rendered":"The Spirit of Youth: A Review of &#8220;Spirited&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Often times when reading a book about magical practices I tend towards reading past the how-to and getting to the magic user themselves.  I\u2019ve always been described as a people person, but at the end of the day, I\u2019m just nosey and prefer to learn about magic practicing individuals so much more than about the magic they practice.  Try saying that line 5 times fast!  With this in mind, I must say I truly enjoyed Gede Parma\u2019s book \u201cSpirited: Taking Paganism Beyond the Circle\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/spirited.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"189\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-625\" \/>\u201cSpirited\u201d gives me a perspective that I hadn\u2019t encountered before, and that is one of youth.  Parma has been a practicing Witch since he was 12 years-old.  If \u201cSpirited\u201d is a reflection of his writing skills and insights now, I cannot wait to see what he has to share 20 years from now.  Parma\u2019s book is knowledgeable, insightful, full of personal anecdotes, and laced with a passion and idealism that only comes with youth.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpirited\u201d covers any topic you could imagine: dealing with peers and schools, performing rituals, solitary practices verses covencraft, Pagan ethics, and more.  The thorough nature of \u201cSpirited\u201d paired with the youth of its author provides a perspective making this book useful not only to other teenagers, but to any adult who wants a better understanding of the youth in the Pagan community.  I would say this is a must read to anyone who considers themselves a leader in the Pagan community, or is working towards becoming a High Priest or High Priestess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rebecca reviews Gede Parma&#8217;s book &#8220;Spirited: Taking Paganism Beyond the Circle&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,16,30],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}