Backwoods Witchcraft : Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia Published_12 Jul 2018 some even come with invocations

some even come with invocations and rituals to amplify their power

Extensively researched and told through alternating fiction and non-fiction chapters

This book introduces sixteen women who lost their lives or lived in the long shadow of the persecutions

as well as her own life journey through mental health breakdowns

Backwoods Witchcraft : Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia Published_12 Jul 2018 some even come with invocationsIn 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