From Our Shelves: Backwoods Witchcraft
by Angel Rivera on 2023-08-31T09:00:00-04:00 in Appalachian Region, Appalachian Studies, Biographies, Folklore / Folktales / Storytelling, Social Life and Customs | 0 CommentsThis week we are featuring Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure and Folk Magic from Appalachia by Jake Richards. You do not need to be a conjurer or witch in order to enjoy this book. This is a good book if you want to learn more about Appalachia and its tradition of conjure magic. Richards writes with a knowledgeable and welcoming style that draws you in whether you are a native, a transplant, or just a visitor. This book is as close as you can get to sitting with the author on a porch just listening to the stories, traditions, and conjures. The book explores some parts of Appalachia that few people in the region talk about, and Richards is generous with the knowledge. See below for book description and location details in the library.
Backwoods Witchcraft by
Call Number: 133.4309 R516b 2019
ISBN: 9781578636532
Publication Date: 2019-06-01
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. Readers 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.
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