Abstract
Traditionally, Wiccans are initiated through a ceremony with a High Priestess. But even though Amanda Yates Garcia's mother, a practicing witch herself, initiated her into the earth-centered practice of witchcraft when she was thirteen, Amanda's real life as a witch only began with initiations of her own. Descending into the underworlds of poverty, sex work, and misogyny, this book describes Amanda's journey to return to her body, harness her power, and create the magical world she longed for through witchcraft.