She mixes incisive observation with elegantly written dialogue to paint a textured picture. Wicker’s writing style is highly entertaining. Much is borrowed from the past and adapted to suit the laptop and cell-phone age. Spirituality, it seems, takes many forms in modern America. Amongst others, she uncovered a family of elves, US soldiers who chant to pagan gods for strength and power as well as soccer moms who practice real magic spells as voodoo rituals. She also stumbled across the “Magical Community” that operates beneath the surface of our technologically controlled country.Īnd so her travels began. While she was researching her best seller “Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead”, Wicker discovered that real wizards still exist in 21st Century America. Christine’s research began innocently enough. The corners, it seems are a lot bigger than you would expect and they all reveal different types of religion.Īpparently we are practicing ever more diverse rituals according to our beliefs. She probes the shadowy corners of current American culture for clues and discovers a treasure trove of the magical and the mysterious. In her book “Not in Kansas Anymore: A Curious Tale of How Magic is Transforming America”, Christine Wicker makes a real journey of discovery. Like most people who have an interest in the spiritual and the mystical, I have often questioned the connection between magic and religion in our times.
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