In my mind, if you want to learn the old ways, there are certain skills that will help you, start out. The first of these is learning herbalism, or botany. Get a field guide on plants. Learn your local flora and fauna, any stories, legends, and properties. Now, I don't know if this particular skill includes learning the medicinal attributes (as well as the metaphysical), but I include them. If you are not into herbs and plants, you can learn crystals, rocks and minerals or about birds, as an example. Build a relationship with what you are learning, and see if you can implement it into other skills, you learn along the way.
The second is learning a divination method. This could be anything. Cartomancy, Tarot, I ching, Ogham. Pick something that calls to you, or draws your attention. And once you have, start getting to know how to use your tool, start doing reading on yourself, family and friends. Third, learn a form of "mysticism". By Mysticism, I mean to Meditate, Drum, Sing, Dance. The task here, is to "daydream" until you can get far enough along, where you leave your own consciousness. Lastly, do a simple form of magick. This can be a simple candle spell or cord magick. I recommend these to start out with, as other forms of magick such as bottle magick, using poppets and mojo or gris gris bags; are more "complex". The point here is to find a simple form that speaks to you and do it, to discover your own power and how to make things happen for yourself.
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