Chapter Summary Of The Mum's Book Of Shadows

With that, Amaranth and Kamra get out of the tree, and follow Kutcher to the balefire. Up close, Amaranth can feel the heat and energy within it. It warms her almost instantly. And as she follows Kutcher’s movements in the prayer, she gets heated with exertion and excitement. She mumbles along with the words, trying to say them as he does. When that fails, she decides to simply listen. They both hold their hands up as Kutcher shouts the Hymn. Amaranth laughs and smiles, happy, as she thinks about how ridiculous they must look. But she doesn’t care. She is finally within sacred space with Her, the Goddess. And that fact makes her happiest of all.
After ten more minutes, Kutcher and the girls finally take a break. They go back to the tree and
I mean, the coven is electic.”
“Exactly,” Amaranth agrees. Curious, she asks, “Kutcher, you practice on your own right?” He nods. “What’s it like?”
Kutcher starts to explain, “Basically everyone in my family practices. Mum’s Book of Shadows is the one we use. That’s basically the only religious rule we have: we follow Mum’s Book of Shadows. But, oi, I’m not complaining. Being able to practice is definitely something.”
Amaranth nods, “Maybe Esther will let us
However, Amaranth’s eyes fall onto the circle just a few feet from it. The only thing she can really see is the white of the salt. Oi, there’s a lot of salt. She tells Kamra she’ll be back, and decides to go get a closer look. She hops down from her tree, and makes her way towards it, saying excuse me as people eagerly walk around her. At last, she reaches it. Closest to her is the pillar that represents spirit. On the pillar is a white burning candle, a necklace with all of the zodiac symbols as charms, and she can also see various offerings that people left upon the pillar. Deciding, Amaranth takes off one of her black jewel earrings, and leaves it on top of the pillar. She smiles as she gazes at