Magical Destinations of the Northeast by Natalie Zaman

I think it all started in 5th grade when Sr. How long have you been interested in magic, witchcraft, paganism, etc.? Or, I know you’re active in the Wiccan world (and forgive me if I’m not using the right terms, I’m still learning), how did you get involved? What does witchery mean to you? I’ve been in love with the occult since I was a child. It’s any place that makes my heart flutter, and I’ve been to lots of places that do that! “Magical”( when it comes to places anyway) is a very broad term for me - it’s sacred, but at the same time fun, serious, but doesn’t take itself too seriously. You really get a different perspective seeing it from the road the way we did. We drove to California (from New Jersey) and back again, and I was pretty much floored by how awesome America is. What drew you to this topic for a book? Why are magical destinations appealing to you specifically? If you ask my friend Chris (He’s an awesome astrologer - he also wrote the Stop By For A Spell segment for New Jersey) he might say it’s because I’m a Sagittarius - writing and travel, together at last! I’ve always loved both - throw a little magic, folklore and history in there and I’m even happier! This book was inspired by a cross-country trip my family and I made a few years ago.

I’m pretty sure that’s how that works, right? So, I figured if I interviewed her about her new book, some of that attitude would rub off. More and more I want to be THAT kind of together. I wish I was around her more, because she gives off this feeling of warm acceptance and inclusion, and she is the most effortlessly cool person in the room (sometimes with purple hair). But to me, Natalie is a completely different kind of “together” that I also want to be when I grow up. I strive to be the kind of person who is “together,” which to me means always calm and organized, rather than the hot mess running out the door to get her kid to school late, usually still in slippers and pajama pants, that I sometimes am. And I want to go full apprentice to her Wandering Witch after emailing back and forth for this post. And now it’s here! She also writes the Wandering Witch column for Witches and Pagans magazine. I’ve seen her social media postings for a while now of some of the sites she’d visited for the book and the process of getting her latest print baby out into the world.

Natalie and I have been friends for a couple of years now, fellow New Jerseyans, and she is such a lovely person, with one of the warmest spirits I’ve been around in quite a long time. When Natalie Zaman’s new book, Magical Destinations of the Northeast, was finally released last week, I knew GlitterSquid should talk to her about it.

Author Natalie Zaman Finds Magic in the Northeast

Magical Destinations of the Northeast by Natalie Zaman