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I was clicking around Amazon doing some research when I ran across Witches of America. I then proceeded to read the top 5 star reviews and the top 1 star reviews. The 5 star reviews were mostly short and simply said it was a good read. The 1 Star reviews were long, thought out in depth and even went as far as to cite specific chapters from the book. The 1 Star reviewers made a very convincing argument that this book is abusive towards the witches interviewed in it, that the author blatantly falsifies some info and outright makes other stuff up, and is a total waste of time for anyone interested in learning more about witchcraft. Since there were actually more 1 star reviews than anything else, I figured the 1 stars were right and moved on. That turned out to be a major mistake.Lucky for me, I was cruising through Amazon.com one day continuing my research. I ended up running across a documentary titled American Mystic. It turned out to be done by the same woman who wrote the book on witches that had so many bad reviews. I was hesitant but my curiosity got the better of me and I watched it. In the documentary, Alex Mar interviews a witch named Morpheus. Alex does an excellent job of helping the viewer gain insight into Morpheus’s world of witchcraft. As soon as I was done with Alex’s documentary, I realized I’d likely been misled by the 1 star reviews of her book. There was no way the same woman who did this insightful documentary involving modern day witchcraft, magically turned into an evil person who was guilty of all the nasty things the 1 star reviewers were accusing her of. I immediately went onto Amazon and ordered Witches of America.I’m now 90% of the way through Witches of America. It by far is one of the most interesting books I’ve read on modern day witchcraft in the past few years. It’s well researched and insightfully written. It’s SO REFRESHING to actually read a book that brings forth a lot of new information that I’d previously never read (many of the books on witchcraft I’ve run across seem to be rehashing all the other books written before them). Now to specifically address the 1 star reviewers accusations…Witches of America by Alex Mar Is NOT Abusive Towards Witches InterviewedMorpheus and Karina are two witches that Alex spends a lot of the book talking about. For the life of me, I can’t see how what Alex wrote is abusive towards these women. Furthermore, I googled to see if either Morpheus or Karina published anything themselves claiming they were abused. I couldn’t find a single thing. As to the other things Alex says that the 1 star reviewers didn’t find very flattering, I can see why they feel that way. However, that doesn’t mean Alex’s comments are abusive, in reality what her comments are is blunt. I suspect the 1 star reviewers failed to take into account that Alex is from New York City. Every New Yorker I’ve ever met is blunt. It’s not my favorite thing about them but nobody can claim their blunt comments aren’t honest.Witches of America by Alex Mar Is NOT UnethicalPart of what makes the book so valuable is it lets the reader in on conversations she had with the people featured in the book. I learned so much from those conversations! Alex is a journalist. She never hid that fact she was writing a book. If the people who said the things they said, didn’t want those things printed in a book, then it would have been very smart of them to NOT HAVE SAID THEM TO A JOURNALIST WHO TOLD THEM UPFRONT SHE WAS WRITING A BOOK. And frankly, I don’t feel any of the conversations I read caused me to view anyone in a negative light, if anything it helped me understand their views more.Witches of America by Alex Mar Likely Does NOT Contain Falsified InformationAs best as I can tell, the accusations that the book contains false information are all related to chapter 17, where Alex reports on what she learned from a necromancer she met. The 1 star reviewers feel that this chapter is highly suspect, that the necromancer couldn’t really be doing what he claims. I understand their disbelief because it’s hard to believe anyone would go to the lengths described. Yet, what we all know is that people go to crazy lengths to practice what they believe. If you told me that a person would strap a bomb on themselves, and go blow up a building because God was going to reward them, if I didn’t know better, I’d think surely the person was lying too. However, we all know people do that. Is it possible that the necromancer misled Alex? Absolutely, but it’s just as possible that guy really does that stuff. The reality is the 1 star reviewers have no way of knowing if the necromancer is lying or not. And they DO NOT put forth any info proving the guy is lying so the reality is that their accusations are just opinions. My suggestion is you buy the book and decide for yourself.