A person who pretends to be something such as a Wiccan or Witch or magician after reading a few books on the subject or seeing some movies. They often will mix Wicca, paganism, psuedo-Native American and New Age concepts into a single composite often filled with inner contradictions. Because a wanna-be is doing this for himself or herself and not trying to show off, a wanna-be is often considered to be a step above the Insta-Witch.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Pamela Chen and Samantha Blossom, authors of the new The Mandarin Tree.
As modern Asian American mystics, we love to work with the heavenly creatures, or what you may know as mystical beings in...