Of Crows and Crossroads is a raw, soul-baring memoir of survival, spiritual awakening, and the sacred journey of reclaiming identity after abuse. Told with fierce honesty and haunting beauty, Zerynity Willows takes readers deep into the shadows of her Pentecostal upbringing, the trauma that followed, and the magic that ultimately saved her life. From childhood whispers of demons in the dark to divine encounters with the Morrígan and Hekate, Zerynity's life has always straddled two worlds: the rigid, punishing dogma of her religious household and the wild, ancient calling of the forest beyond.
What began as a child's escape into the timber became a sacred path-marked by signs, spirits, and secrets too potent to ignore. Trees whispered truths. Dreams came alive. And in the silence of the woods, a girl began to remember who she was before the world told her to be silent. But this is not just a story of spiritual transformation-it is a courageous exposé of generational abuse, gaslighting, and religious control.
Zerynity holds nothing back as she recounts physical violence, emotional manipulation, and the systemic failures that allowed her suffering to go unseen. Through heartbreaking accounts of growing up in a household that blurred scripture with cruelty, to surviving sexual abuse, domestic violence, and near-death experiences, she confronts every buried wound with unflinching clarity. Yet through the pain, Of Crows and Crossroads becomes something more: a powerful declaration of sovereignty.
As Zerynity steps away from the chains of fundamentalism, she rises into a sacred practice rooted in earth, deity, and ancestral wisdom. Readers follow her into rituals of self-healing, dreams of the hooded woman, and the fierce reclamation of magic as both shield and sword. This book is not about escape. It's about confrontation. It's about standing at the crossroads of who you were told to be and who you truly are-and choosing, finally, to walk your own path.
With poetic storytelling and brutal transparency, Zerynity Willows invites readers into a deeply personal world that is often silenced. This is not the paganism of fairytales or the sanitized path of crystal shops and hashtags. This is lived experience, spiritual fire, and ancestral reclamation. A memoir for the outcasts, the broken, the black sheep, and the witches forged in fire. If you've ever questioned the religion you were born into, if you've ever stood in a forest and felt something stir inside you, if you've survived what others couldn't imagine-this book was written for you.
Of Crows and Crossroads is a raw, soul-baring memoir of survival, spiritual awakening, and the sacred journey of reclaiming identity after abuse. Told with fierce honesty and haunting beauty, Zerynity Willows takes readers deep into the shadows of her Pentecostal upbringing, the trauma that followed, and the magic that ultimately saved her life. From childhood whispers of demons in the dark to divine encounters with the Morrígan and Hekate, Zerynity's life has always straddled two worlds: the rigid, punishing dogma of her religious household and the wild, ancient calling of the forest beyond.
What began as a child's escape into the timber became a sacred path-marked by signs, spirits, and secrets too potent to ignore. Trees whispered truths. Dreams came alive. And in the silence of the woods, a girl began to remember who she was before the world told her to be silent. But this is not just a story of spiritual transformation-it is a courageous exposé of generational abuse, gaslighting, and religious control.
Zerynity holds nothing back as she recounts physical violence, emotional manipulation, and the systemic failures that allowed her suffering to go unseen. Through heartbreaking accounts of growing up in a household that blurred scripture with cruelty, to surviving sexual abuse, domestic violence, and near-death experiences, she confronts every buried wound with unflinching clarity. Yet through the pain, Of Crows and Crossroads becomes something more: a powerful declaration of sovereignty.
As Zerynity steps away from the chains of fundamentalism, she rises into a sacred practice rooted in earth, deity, and ancestral wisdom. Readers follow her into rituals of self-healing, dreams of the hooded woman, and the fierce reclamation of magic as both shield and sword. This book is not about escape. It's about confrontation. It's about standing at the crossroads of who you were told to be and who you truly are-and choosing, finally, to walk your own path.
With poetic storytelling and brutal transparency, Zerynity Willows invites readers into a deeply personal world that is often silenced. This is not the paganism of fairytales or the sanitized path of crystal shops and hashtags. This is lived experience, spiritual fire, and ancestral reclamation. A memoir for the outcasts, the broken, the black sheep, and the witches forged in fire. If you've ever questioned the religion you were born into, if you've ever stood in a forest and felt something stir inside you, if you've survived what others couldn't imagine-this book was written for you.