THRIFTY WITCHERY is The most underrated book for witches in 2023! And this is why.

The most underrated book for witches in 2023!

Every year, publishing houses make a creative splash to open up even more space in a market oversaturated with books of all genres. Witchcraft and mysticism is no exception.

Every year, between 300 and 500 new witchcraft titles are published, only in English, not to mention the multiple publications in other languages and other countries.

And yes, more than 90% of the authors are still white male authors who belong to the same "we are anti-capitalist but buy my book, listen to my podcasts, and pay for my expensive classes where not everyone is welcome" group... But that's it—the topic of another blog.

Anyway, if like me you like to read, really read the books, not just buy them because they have pretty covers, you will have noticed that although a large part of the witchcraft books are just more of the same, in the past years after COVID the number of publications by authors who currently have something new or authentic to say is much higher. Don't get me wrong (or do it and take my words out of context if you want, not like I care, lol), you could always get some good book with authentic content among the pile of "Chapter 1: what is witchcraft. Chapter 2: A rehash of Scott Cunningham for beginners. Chapter 3: a bunch of spells the writer just made up." But these recent years, witchcraft books have not only given space to authors from other cultures; current Mexican authors are writing about Mexican stuff, Cuban authors are writing about Cuban stuff, British folk authors are writing about British folk magic, etc.

This year, 2023, I have come across only four books that are a rehash without anything interesting that can keep me awake. It is not worth mentioning them; it is just a waste of paper and ink. My books could be more interesting, but wow... The standards could be higher in some cases. Still, there have been some incredible titles this year, which has kept me more than busy managing my Instagram account to promote books (Solitarywitchbooks) and Facebook page (Solitary Wicked Witch).

But one book stood out this year not only for authenticity but for the language used in the book and the interest of both authors in trying to teach the reader what to do and how to do it.

I'm talking about "Thrifty Witchery: Magick for the Penny-Pinching Practitioner" by Vincent Higginbotham and Martha Kirby Capo.

Vincent Higginbotham is also the author of "How Witchcraft Saved My Life," Martha Kirby Capo is one of those great personalities regularly associated with pagan festivals around the country, as well as a blogger and teacher. The book includes an excellent foreword by Jason Mankey, one of the most prolific authors in the esoteric community.

Most witchcraft books tend to inevitably fall into the rehash of "these are the 200 tools you need to have on your altar for each spell you are going to cast" because they are written by authors who have read a lot of the same three books of witchcraft from 20 years ago, those same ones who told you that you need to have on your altar a sword, a statue, and a gigantic ritual space to set your table and call the elements... It would make sense if these books were written by someone who follows the Gardnerian tradition or some other tradition where all these ritual elements have a function and symbolic representation. Still, unfortunately, the majority of these authors do not belong to these traditions. They do not work with these tools either; they only place them there to fill space and gain validation from the reader: "Oh, a sword at the altar, so cool, she/he probably knows what he is talking about."

Vincent & Martha at Thrifty Witchery did what a large majority of witches on TikTok have been trying to do for years, but they usually fail in the attempt because they only seek to be trending. Thrifty Witchery seeks to make witchcraft available to all readers and seekers, guides readers in the process of creating magic and learning to formulate their incantations with whatever they have on hand, and inspires those who are most interested in not settling for what is written in the book, but in continuing to practice, learn, delve more profound, and develop your tools, incantations, and spells.

A considerable amount of books by "respectable" authors out there are more focused on making witchcraft look like some kind of elitist, racist, and classist secret society that only specific individuals can enter. At the same time, the rest of "us simpletons" and "We mortals" must settle for simply reading books about "what witches do."

Vincent & Martha, in this little book, break this stereotype without much effort and teach the reader to enter a magical and limitless world in which we are all at the same level and have the same capacity, being the level of experience and dedication of each person the only variant.

This book feels underrated because we appreciated and cared for the few books we got like treasures when I was growing up without too much money to buy books. They were those books that, even though they were mostly loaded with spells, we read repeatedly. Once, you carried them everywhere; they were the books from which you took notes, and you did not lend them to anyone for any reason for fear that they would not return them to you. Unfortunately, few books feel that way today, even many good ones. We just read them and never return to them, leaving them in the shelter and other books. Still, Thrifty Witchery feels like one of those books where the author is trying to teach you something, that something in the book stays with you, that you learn and create your path.

The authors here are not trying to sell you a religious belief or another made-up millennial Tradition of Witchcraft for them to make money "while you learn." the authors tell you and repeat, use the tools you have at hand, build with whatever you know how to create, and go outside and find your way, claim it and make it yours.

If you still need to read the book, Click Here to Grab your copy, or look for it at your nearest local bookstore. If you have already read it, You can always take a moment to write a review on the book's Amazon or Goodreads page to thank the author.

The authors here do not assume that you, as a seeker interested in the esoteric path, have a vast room and the money to go out shopping and have all the tools and altars made with specific measurements for your solitary practice. On the contrary, the authors do what the best human beings know how to do; They level themselves up to whatever the reader's level is, and from there, without any pretense or condescension, they elevate the reader to the next level.

Please read more books like this in the future, focused on teaching everyone without excluding anyone.