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Herbal medicine is useful for a range of common complaints

and werewolf legends offer both fascinating tales of horror as well as advice for thwarting these creatures or breaking the werewolf curse

He examines the many mask traditions around Europe and shows how mask rituals are similar to shamanic journeying and near-death experiences and can induce ecstatic states that allow the power signified by the mask to take possession of the individual wearing it

Backwoods Witchcraft elements seasons and other traditional ingredients forBackwoods Witchcraft Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia by Jake Richards Weiser 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