num_pages: 256
description: Learn the ways of magic and healing from the living oral tradition of Appalachian Conjure in The Candle and the Crossroads. Orion Foxwood offers a primer on the real magic and techniques of Southern root magic knowledge he learned first-hand growing up in rural Appalachia.Foxwood explains magical techniques including:Spirit SightWorking by the Signs (the ability to synchronize work such as farming fertility of humans and animals orcharding)ConjuringFaith HealingSettling the Light (candle magic)Doctoring the Root (the ability to use herbs roots stones or animal parts--bones claws fur etc. for magic or the clearing cleansing and blessing of the spirit of a person also known as his or her root)Praying or Dreaming True (Blessings of spirit/God to a person place or thing as well as prophetic or predictive dreaming)Blessing or CursingThe Candle and the Crossroads shows how to create magic in todays world with the old ways and traditions of Appalachia.
language: English
title: The Candle and the Crossroads: A Book of Appalachian Conjure and Southern RootWork
publisher: Weiser Books