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Page spread from Chaweon Koo, Spell Bound: A New Witch\u2019s Guide to Crafting the Future<\/i>, Smith Street Books, 2022 (all images courtesy Smith Street Books)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Many years ago, during a time of great confusion and loss in my life, I stayed with a friend who identified as a witch. She performed a divination ritual for me that left a deep impression, as it charted out the sequence of events that would play out in my life for about a decade. At the time, many women and queer people in my life hid their identities as witches, but in this late pandemic era, more and more are comfortable proclaiming this side of themselves publicly. Indeed, the rise of \u201cwitch\u201d as a public identity is helping to cast off the stigma of that phrase, at least in certain circles.<\/p>\n

Spell Bound: A New Witch\u2019s Guide to Crafting the Future<\/a> <\/em>(Smith Street Books), written by Chaweon Koo<\/a> and illustrated by Kring Demetrio<\/a>, contributes to the growing literature on modern magic and witchcraft. With rich illustrations and a multicultural perspective that encompass both Eastern and Western traditions, it helps readers curious about the craft to both see and understand the wide array of expressions that magic can assume, including in the context of new technologies.<\/p>\n