This chapter is an autobiographical essay in which the author briefly describes the origins and characteristics of paganism (and its most popular branch, Wicca) and shares details of her spiritual journey to uncovering her inner pagan. From shaking hands to blessing someone when they sneeze to wearing the colors of one's sports team at a game to giving a toast to sending flowers to making a home altar to wild dancing at a club, the author shows how people already engage in a rich variety of Wiccan rituals in daily life. By making visible some of the paganism threaded through daily life, the author dispels stereotypes about magic and witchcraft, helps legitimate paganism as a religious paradigm, and showcases our deep and intuitive pagan spirituality. Paganism is hiding in plain sight because, as the author demonstrates, we are all witches.
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