The late Ellen Cannon Reed was the most widely known priestess of the Isian Tradition of Witchcraft. She lived in southern California and wrote widely (most famously the book The Witches' Qabalah).
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Reed leaves no doubt in the mind of the reader where she is coming from - she is Wiccan.
Reed reinforces, at several points in her book, that if you are uncomfortable with the ideas of predators, the "dark side" of things, and difficult situations, it is YOUR problem.
Reed has devised should certainly provide some interesting results.