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    Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia
    Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia
    Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia
    Audiobook7 hours

    Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia

    Written by Jake Richards and Starr Casas

    Narrated by Ian Andrews

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    In Backwoods Witchcraft, Jake Richards offers up a folksy stew of family stories, lore, omens, rituals, and conjure crafts that he learned from his great-grandmother, his grandmother, and his grandfather, a Baptist minister who Jake remembers could "rid someone of a fever with an egg or stop up the blood in a wound." The witchcraft practiced in Appalachia is very much a folk magic of place, a tradition that honors the seen and unseen beings that inhabit the land as well as the soil, roots, and plant life.

    The materials and tools used in Appalachia witchcraft are readily available from the land. This "grounded approach" will be of keen interest to witches and conjure folk regardless of where they live. Listeners will be guided in how to build relationships with the spirits and other beings that dwell around them and how to use the materials and tools that are readily available on the land where one lives.

    This book also provides instructions on how to create a working space and altar and make conjure oils and powders. A wide array of tried-and-true formulas are also offered for creating wealth, protecting one from gossip, spiritual cleansing, and more.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 28, 2020
    ISBN9781494548513
    Author

    Jake Richards

    Jake Richardswas born and raised in East Tennessee and holds his Appalachian-Melungeon heritage close in his blood and bones. Jake has practiced Appalachian folk magic for over a decade and is the creator of the Conjure Cards deck, and author of Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia (2019) and Doctoring the Devil: Notebooks of an Appalachian Conjure Man (2021). Jake still lives in East Tennessee.

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    • 5/5
      So good, would recommend to anyone interested in the subject
    • 5/5
      Great book with great content, it gives you exactly what it promises.
      The narrator is amazing, his voice give the perfect vibes to match the text.
    • 5/5
      Jake Richards gives us an insightful and interesting looking into Appalachian culture from folk healing, to faith, spirituality, good luck charms and divination.
    • 5/5
      So packed with history! I'll be adding this one to my physical collection, too. There are MANY pieces and parts to work into my personal craft to round it out. Thank you!
    • 5/5
      I live here in East TN and can strongly confirm the accuracy of this book. Like the author states, they didn’t call it magic… they just… did it.
    • 5/5
      What a brilliant book! And the narrator’s accent was perfect!