Question: "I've enjoyed your recent podcasts. I'm new to magickal philosophy. Any suggestions on how to get a reluctant wife to provide support, or to generate interest amonst the unsupportive in ones family? Probably a stupid question, but I bet it comes up a lot within relationships and this work. One person discovers while the others fears whats going on. Looking forward to picking up your book."

First, this is absolutely not a stupid question.

In the USA, we supposedly live in a country that is supportive of religious differences. In practice, most of the time our conditioning is very extreme against any sort of self-change or empowerment. Additionally, there is a tendency for any self-improvement to be met with extreme suspicion. It does not matter if this change comes from dedicated self-work or magic, but magic is a convenient and cultural accepted scape goat. Any self-change may produce friction, smoothing that out depends on communication.