Can someone point me at some introductory materials on becoming a witch? I don't really know what I'm looking for or where to start.
@binary you may be interested in picking through the #UmbraLibrary ?
I've found cartomancy is a decently easy place to start - buy a tarot or Lenormand deck and learn how to do readings and other things. it's a witchy activity that's low-stress, relatively low-impact, and genuinely pretty fun. c: also, tarot cards in particular are used elsewhere.
practicing meditation is another good preliminary that's useful for a wide range of disciplines, if you want pursue something stronger
@typhlosion @binary Seconding tarot and meditation; with meditation you don't even have to worry about 'think nothing'; a good start that will get you pretty far is 'observe thoughts, and let them pass'; just try not to get stuck on any specific train of thought.
For witchcraft/paganism more broadly, there are a zillion-and-a-half intro books and blogs and stuff, all pretty interchangeable. Read some, and feel free to mentally bin huge chunks of them as ridiculous nonsense. ;)
