As a newbie, I wanted to say that I'm thrilled to have the chance to walk this path. As I don't live in Austin or San Francisco, Gods know if I'd ever have found it otherwise! But I would never claim to understand the whole from the published material - so I've joined lists and taken classes and *listened* a lot.
"Almost makes me want to write a book, "Secrets Of The Feri Wytches," about drug-enhanced orgies and demon-summoning rituals and six years of training involving 14-day fasts and consumption of cobra venom."