Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Charlotte Wilde, author of the new Eclectic Witchcraft. Some of us openly practice, while many of us consider hiding our practices as the only viable option. There are many reasons for this, such as having a devoutly religious family, a conflicting career, or other relationships that we believe would be compromised by being forthcoming. While the stigma towards witchcraft seems to have decreased in recent years, it still exists. As a naturally private person, I've spent the better part of my practice skirting the explanation of my beliefs and reserved them only for the people I trusted. This certainly doesn't appear to be a case that is