The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/author/alan)
Alan U. Dalul es un autor, blogger y periodista de Venezuela. Empezó a leer siendo adolescente, aunque le gustan los cuentos de hadas, los mitos y leyendas desde niño. Su columna en The Wild Hunt se enfoca en leyendas, folklore, creencias venezolanas, y lo que ha aprendido de ellas. También ha trabajado como columnista de salud mental y reseñado libros, cómics, películas y cualquier otra cosa que capte su atención. 99% de las veces, es algo sobre brujas. Sus historias de ficción suelen ser de romance y fantasía oscura con temas sociales. Actualmente busca un proveedor de chocolate 24/7. Alan D.D. is an author, blogger and journalist from Venezuela. He started to read as a teenager, although he likes fairy tales, myths and legends since he was a child. His column in The Wild Hunt focuses on Venezuelan legends, folklore, beliefs, and what he has learned from them. He has also worked as a mental health columnist and reviewed books, comics, movies, and whatever else grabs his attention. 99% of the time, it's something about witches. His fictional stories are usually romance and dark fantasy with social themes. He's currently looking for a 24/7 chocolate supplier.
Alan U. Dalul reviews this new book from podcaster Jennie Blonde, which promises information about Witchcraft in a comfortable way tailored to the reader. But while the message is great, Alan writes, the execution is inconsistent, leading to a book that doesn’t seem sure of what it’s trying to be.
“I’ve long been a lover of all things folklore – and all things Witchcraft and Witchy,” writes Alan U. Dalul. “This book was everything I thought it would be and then some. As a collection, it works amazingly. As an illustrated book, it is gorgeous. As a narrative text, it is immersive, creative, complete, and addictive.”
There is a question that I’ve asked myself sometimes and that I haven’t had an answer to for a long time: What do I get from working with the ancestors? From all the spirits and all the entities that I could work with – the deities, the fae, spirits of the land, egregores – why should I work with the departed specifically?
Sin embargo, hay una pregunta que me he hecho en ocasiones y para la cual aún no tengo respuesta: ¿por qué debería trabajar con los ancestros? ¿Qué gano al hacerlo? De todos los espíritus y entidades con los que podría trabajar —deidades, fae, espíritus de la tierra, egregores—, ¿por qué elegir a los ancestros específicamente?
La brujería es algo serio, pero también divertido. La brujería es, puede y debería ser ambas cosas. Para mí, la brujería se trata de libertad, entonces estar restringido a ser siempre serio y lógico es agotador. No funciona para mí.