A review by mslundstrum
What We Knew in the Night: Reawakening the Heart of Witchcraft by Raven Grimassi, Deidra Catero

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I found this book interesting to read, but I found there were some elements that just weren't for me. I appreciated that this was essentially the authors own traditions, probably created and cultivated within his lifetime (he passed last year), I found his lack of reference within the text to be a little...annoying. Though he did make his references known at the end of the chapter, I would have liked footnotes explaining his reasons for his statements. I didn't get a whole lot of why about his beliefs within this tradition, why he felt the way he did, just a lot of what he believed and felt. Which is fine, and may be fine for others. But I guess I was looking for some sort of look into the Grimassi's mind on how he came to these decisions. Maybe its in his other works, which I will check out eventually. It was well written, very heartfelt, and I liked his interpretation of ritual. But I don't think the tradition it for me, specifically.