Llewellyn's Complete Book of North American Folk Magic: A Landscape of Magic, Mystery, and Tradition

From the cohost of the popular podcast New World Witchery, more than twenty diverse traditions from New England to the West Coast.

Drawing on the expertise of twenty-four renowned practitioners, this book features contemporary folk traditions from all over North America. Diverse as the landscapes they thrive on, these authentic practices will expand your worldview and inspire you to enrich your own spirituality. Explore the history, tools, and spiritual beliefs of many different paths of folk magic from Mexico, the United States, and Canada. You'll tour the continent’s rich and varied cultures region by region, taking an insider’s look at more than twenty traditions, including:

• Appalachian Mountain Magic • Brujeria • Curanderismo • Detroit Hoodoo • Florida Swamp Magic • Irish American Folk Magic • Italian American Magic • Melungeon Folk Magic • New England Cunning Craft • New Orleans Voodoo • Ozark Folk Magic • Pennsylvania Powwow & Braucherei • Slavic American Folk Magic • Southern Conjure

Contributors include:

Stephanie Rose Bird • H. Byron Ballard • Starr Casas • Ixtoii Paloma Cervantes • Kenya T. Coviak • J. Allen Cross • Alexander Cummins • Morgan Daimler • Mario Esteban Del Ángel Guevara • Lilith Dorsey • Morrigane Feu • Via Hedera • Cory Thomas Hutcheson • Melissa A. Ivanco-Murray • E. F. E. Lacharity • Dee Norman • Aaron Oberon • Robert Phoenix • Jake Richards • Sandra Santiago • Robert L. Schreiwer • Eliseo “Cheo” Torres • Benebell Wen • Brandon Weston

“Rich, engaging, and incredibly diverse, this book gives us irreplaceable and enlightening glimpses into every folk magic you can imagine from the South to the North and all the way out West. A must-have book for any folk practitioner.” —Frankie Castanea, AKA Chaotic Witch Aunt, author of Spells for Change

© 2024 Llewellyn Publications (E-bog): 9780738768038

Release date

E-bog: 6. november 2024