ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SPIRITUAL CHURCHES
HOODOO HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2019
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Association of Independent Spiritual Churches and Ms. Robin Present
2019 Hoodoo Heritage Festival For the twelfth consecutive year, the Association of Independent Spiritual Churches is sponsoring our annual Hoodoo Heritage Festival in Forestville, California. Join presenters Jon Saint Germain, Catherine Yronwode, Lady Muse, Papa Newt, Deacon Millett, Mama E., Angela Marie Horner, Ms. Robin, and other special guests for classes, hands-on workshops, and panel discussions in African-American folk magic, rootwork, and hoodoo. These classes will teach you practical tricks and tips to take your conjure work to a new level of confidence and knowledge. In addition to spell-casting, we also showcase the mystery and magic of worldwide folk religions. Make your travel plans now to attend this unique 2-day Festival of Hoodoo Heritage, African-American folk magic, and spiritual spell-casting! REGISTRATION FOR CLASSES Registration for classes begins during the month of January, 2019. Pre-payment is by Paypal. We encourage folks to sign up well ahead of the event - and offer price discounts for early registration. PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS NOW!
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Gate Ticket Prices!
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SATURDAY-ONLY 1-DAY TICKET: $160.00
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Saturday Presenters' Banquet Tickets
LIMITED TO Non-Alcoholic Beverages Included |
SATURDAY PRESENTERS' BANQUET TICKET: $55.00
This event allows an informal and social engagement There are 3 entrées from which to select:
A mixed green salad and dessert will be included with the entrée. The banquet site is at the Union Hotel Restaurant in Santa Rosa, a 30-minute drive from the Festival site. Prepare to carpool, drive, or arrange a ride through Uber or Lyft. |
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Gate Ticket Prices!
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SUNDAY-ONLY 1-DAY TICKET: $160.00
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Gate Weekend Ticket Prices!
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FULL WEEKEND 2-DAY TICKET: $280.00
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OUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES
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Saturday, May 11, 2019 |
Sunday, May 12, 2019 |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Saturday, May 11, 2019 Continental Breakfast and Reading Tent Open
Enjoy a continental breakfast included in the price of your registration.
Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader.
Food provided by the Ladies Auxiliary of Missionary Independent Spiritual Church, under the direction of Heidi Simpson! |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Sunday, May 12, 2019 Continental Breakfast and Reading Tent Open
Enjoy a continental breakfast included in the price of your registration.
Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader.
Food provided by the Ladies Auxiliary of Missionary Independent Spiritual Church, under the direction of Heidi Simpson. |
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Saturday, May 11, 2019 Opening Ceremony: Lady Muse and Company A Gospel Ministry of hope and self-empowerment with Sermon and Music by Rev. Lady Muse and Company welcomes us to our 12th Annual celebration of African American traditions of folklore, folk magic, and conjure culture. This sacred service features the personal anointment of participants for cleaning, blessing, and protection, as experienced in the Black Baptist, Holiness, Pentecostal, Sanctified, Deliverance, New Thought, and Spiritual Church movements. Join the congregation and lift every voice in praise! TAKE-HOME: Lyrics to old-time favourite Black Protestant gospel songs that hold powerful meaning for today, plus a vial of Holy Anointing Oil. |
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Sunday, May 12, 2019 Catholic Folk Magic and Saints with Papa Newt Catholic folk magic is as wide-spread as the Catholic Church, and its practices vary by region and culture. In this workshop, Papa Newt follows up the presentation he gave last year on patron Saints and the Altar of Saint Joseph, with a survey of the many saints called upon by Catholic rootworkers and spiritual mediums for aid and intercession in matters of love, money, health, and protection. The use of framed chromolithographic prints -- popularly called chromos -- is described in old conjure grimoires like "Genuine Black and White Magic of Marie Laveau" and each participant will receive a selection of these old-school adjuncts to Catholic folk magic. TAKE-HOME: A two-page flyer on the veneration of Catholic saints in hoodoo folk magic, plus an assortment of saint medals and full-sized chromo prints of favourite saints to frame and place at your altar. |
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10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Saturday, May 11, 2019 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader.
Massage Tent Open |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Sunday, May 12, 2019 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader.
Massage Tent Open |
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Saturday, May 11, 2019 Genuine Black and White Magic with catherine yronwode Hoodoo's first grimoire and spell-book, originally edited by the famed folklorist and novelist Zora Neale Hurston, holds a place that no other conjure book can claim, for it provides the modern practitioner with practical training in authentic New Orleans rootwork, circa 1928. Although the author was certainly not Marie Laveau, the more than 50 rites and rituals in this volume present the classic hoodoo spells of the Crescent City, using herbs, candles, incense, powders, baths, and mojo hands to get your way in matters of luck, love, money, family, friendship, protection, uncrossing, and cursing. Lucky Mojo Books presents a new edition of this seminal text, restored and revised by catherine yronwode. Black and White Magic is truly the one book that every conjure doctor must posses! TAKE-HOME: The 96-page book: "Genuine Black and White Magic of Marie Laveau" and a powerful Yard Sprinkle to Control Evil Neighbors, as described in the book, which we will prepare during the class. |
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sunday May 12, 2019 Foot-Tracks in the Dust with Papa Gee How to collect, work with, and make your own dirts, dusts, and powders in the Southern Folklore Tradition. From Graveyard Dirt, Goofer Dust, Magnetic Sand, Red Brick Dust, and Highly Perfumed Sachets to the dredging flour used in preparing Fried Chicken and the sweet and spicy sprinkles on Cinnamon toast -- Powders are everywhere in both African American hoodoo and European American folk magic. In Papa Gee's hands-on class, you will earn how to tap into this vital form of magic, and he will guide you as you prepare two powders -- one to jinx your enemies and one for the establishment of domestic happiness and prosperity in the home. TAKE-HOME: A two-page flyer and two spiritual powders that you will make during the workshop. |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Saturday, May 11, 2019 Buffet-Style Lunch Enjoy a delicious buffet-style lunch, included in the price of your registration. Food provided by the Ladies Auxiliary of Missionary Independent Spiritual Church, under the direction of Heidi Simpson. Special Lunchtime Entertainment with Master Mind-Bender Jon Saint Germain Take your lunch plate out under the tents and join our mystic gathering with a question in your mind, because Jon Saint Germain will answer it for you. You will be amazed and enlightened as Jon, one of the foremost practitioners of the mantic arts, recreates for your enjoyment the style of public reading made famous more than 100 years ago by "Alexander, The Man Who Knows" -- the same man the world knows today as Claude Alexander Conlin, the founder of the Crystal Silence League. |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Sunday, May 12, 2019 Buffet-Style Lunch Enjoy a delicious buffet-style lunch included in the price of your registration.
Food provided by the Ladies Auxiliary of Missionary Independent Spiritual Church, under the direction of Heidi Simpson. Special Lunchtime Entertainment with The Shock Doc, Jeremy Weiss Take your lunch plate out under the tents and watch The Shock Doc Show, a presentation of the old-time carnival freak show and "escapology" stunts of the past, recreated by our very own Dr. Jeremy Weiss, the man who eats lightbulbs! You will gasp in horror and roll with laughter as you see this amazing event unfold before your very eyes! |
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12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Saturday, May 11, 2019 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader.
Massage Tent Open |
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Sunday, May 12, 2019 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader.
Massage Tent Open |
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Saturday, May 11, 2019 Making and Using Jewish Amulet Bowls with Dr. Jeremy Weiss Some of the very oldest written charms and talismans of protection and desire are the Jewish Amulet Bowls made of clay and buried in the foundations of ancient homes around the Middle East. In this world-wide folk magic workshop, Dr. Jeremy Weiss, the author of "Vulvamancy" and a noted expert on the history and practice of historical and contemporary Jewish magic, will reveal the secrets of these ancient artifacts and lead a workshop in which every participant will fashion a personal, highly effective, and spiritually charged Amulet Bowl to take home for private use. No prior experiences with pottery, the Kabbalah, or the Hebrew language are required -- everyone can make a full-size Jewish Amulet Bowl, and hands-on instruction will be provided to all. TAKE-HOME: A two-page flyer on Jewish Amulet Bowls -- and your own Amulet Bowl, which you will make and inscribe at the workshop under the direction of Dr. Weiss. |
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Sunday, May 12, 2019 Fertility, Childbirth, and Baby Blessing with Lady Muse Enhancing fertility, enjoying a safe pregnancy, delivering the baby, and blessing the newborn child are all passages in a family's life, and, as you can imagine, there are hoodoo spells and devout spiritual prayers for every portion of this cycle. Whether you are hoping for a child yourself or are just a fond family member or friend who wants to unobtrusively assist the lives of those you love, this special workshop will provide you with the time-tested spiritual knowledge and traditional conjure methods that surround the mysteries of reproduction. TAKE-HOME: A two-page flyer of spells, plus spiritual supplies you will make during the workshop. |
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2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Saturday, May 11, 2019 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader.
Massage Tent Open |
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Sunday, May 12, 2019 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader.
Massage Tent Open |
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Saturday May 11, 2019 How to Attract New Love with Deacon Millett The time is right, the birds are singing, the flowers are in bloom. Now is the season for finding New Love! In this upbeat, positive, and life-affirming class, Deacon Millett shows you why you need not be alone -- and how to use traditional hoodoo spells to bring your perfect future mate into your life! Deacon Millett will guide class participants through the working of traditional folkloric methods of attraction, employing an ancient love formula described in the Bible, plus a seductive love attractant attributed to a Queen of ancient Egypt. TAKE-HOME: A two-page spells flyer, plus spiritual supplies to draw in a romantic partner and enhance your love-life. |
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Sunday May 12, 2019 Numerology Training with catherine yronwode Godfrey Spencer's "Secrets of Numbers Revealed" was, until it went out of print, the best known hoodoo book on the science of "Numberology." To this restored and revised edition of a well-loved classic, catherine yronwode has added much more information, gleaned from 19th century texts and from her own research into the so-called Saturn or Lo Shu Square. Using nothing more than your birthdate and full name, this workshop will teach you how to derive a startlingly accurate character analysis, how to create a run-down that reveals your minor and major lucky numbers for betting, how to determine the lucky and unlucky days in any month, and how, if you are so inclined, to subtly change the spelling of your name to make yourself a luckier, happier, and more successful person. TAKE-HOME: A brand-new 96-page book on Numerology for character reading and lucky numbers, plus two personal work-outs on your own name and birthdate. |
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3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Saturday, May 11, 2019 Reading Tent Open |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Sunday, May 12, 2019 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader.
PLUS! Special Treat! The Jenny Kerr Band will perform between 3:30 and 4:00pm Sunday! 
Massage Tent Open |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Saturday, May 11, 2019 Panel Discussion: How to Catch Good Luck with Ms. Robin, Mama E., Angela Marie Horner, Papa Newt, Elle Duvall, and catherine yronwode Luck! Everyone wants it, but not everyone knows how to get it. Whether you are looking to catch a winning number, meet the right person at the right time, or be the one who wins a special prize, these simple conjure tips and tricks will open your door to good luck, and plenty of it. Our six panelists include Mama E., Angela Marie Horner, Ms. Robin, Elle Duvall, and catherine yronwode. As a bonus, during the course of this workshop we will test the audience's luck by conducting an old-style raffle! As you enter, you will receive a ticket, and each panel member will pull two tickets from our raffle bowl, so that 12 lucky winners (one for every year this festival has been in existence) will receive a FREE copy of "The Black Folder," the 136-page guide to all the workshops held up through 2013, and the perfect companion to this year's give-away, "The Red Folder." TAKE-HOME: A two-page flyer containing SIX practical rootwork spells that you can try at home, plus spiritual supplies for your use ... and TWELVE LUCKY WINNERS will each receive a copy of the 136-page book "The Black Folder." (It's like Facebook Fridays -- on Saturday!) |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Sunday, May 12, 2019 Secrets of the Crystal Silence League with Jon Saint Germain Over the years, the Crystal Silence League has been there for those in need, sharing online prayers of support and success for all, and teaching ancient methods of Crystal Divination, Silent Influence, and Remote Healing. Now, on the 100th Anniversary of its founding, the collected CSL instruction pamphlets of our Founder, Claude Alexander Conlin, have been collected into a brand-new 96-page book, filled with the age-old wisdom, New Thought affirmations, and practical magical techniques you can use to better your life and the lives of those you love. Jon Saint Germain, the great Crystal Worker, will introduce this beautiful contribution to occult literature, and will guide the class in scrying for visions with a very small crystal ball that everyone can use.
TAKE-HOME: A brand-new 96-page book on "The Secrets of the Crystal Silence League," written by Claude Alexander Conlin, plus a tiny crystal ball for student practice. |
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5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Saturday, May 11, 2019 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader.
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5:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Sunday, May 12, 2019 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader.
Massage Tent Open |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Saturday, May 11, 2019 The 9 Stages of Court Case and Legal Work with Ms. Robin Even if you think you know how to conduct Court Case work, Ms, Robin can teach you a thing or two! She has identified NINE stages of spell-work that apply to every kind of Legal Magic, and she shares them here, with practical spells and tips that you can use to help yourself or those in trouble with the law. From Arrest and Arraignment through Probation, Parole, and Pardon, you will learn how to manage and mitigate some of the most difficult situations in which conjure is called for. You will learn when (and how) to freeze out witnesses, how to use herbs, roots, and seeds to improve your chances in court, and how to work from the outside for those who are on the inside. A complete education in one workshop -- this is a class not to be missed. TAKE-HOME: A two-page flyer on Court Case spells and spiritual supplies for your use. |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Sunday, May 12, 2019 Business Card Exchange and Building a Professional Psychic Career
Many Hoodoo Heritage Festival attendees are psychics, mediums, readers, and rootworkers. Some keep metaphysical shops, and some teach classes. All of us, no matter what our business, career, or profession, can learn from this workshop on how to influence business contacts with hands-on work. BRING YOUR BUSINESS CARDS (You still have time to get them printed! Do it!) and we will show you how to dress them, and how to dust your hands. Many of the Board of Bishops of the AISC and our pastors will embrace you with a sacred Buddhist token of our love and affection, in the form of a blessed khata scarf. As all good things must come to an end, join the circle of new friends and old as we say goodbye and wish each other well! Hang out with our presenters, exchange business cards, share our specialties, and continue to reach out to one another! Until we meet again, we hold each and every person, being, and ancestor in our highest thoughts. TAKE-HOME: The 96-page book: "The Fortune Teller's Guide to Success: Creating a Wonderful Career as a Psychic" by Valentina Burton, a two-page flyer on effective outreach through social media, and your spiritually dusted business cards, and a sacred khata scarf. |
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6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Saturday, May 11, 2019 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader.
Massage Tent Open |
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Sunday, May 12, 2019 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader.
Massage Tent Open |
7:00 pm, Saturday, May 11, 2019 Saturday Presenters' Banquet, Tickets Available Now Until the event, $55.00 admission - Rain or shine! The annual Presenters' Banquet event allows an informal and social engagement in which workshop attendees and presenters enjoy a fabulous meal together at the enclosed patio of the Union Hotel Restaurant in Santa Rosa. There are 3 entrées from which to select:
A mixed green salad and dessert will be included with the entrée. The banquet site is a 30-minute drive from the Festival site. Prepare to carpool, drive, or arrange a ride through Uber or Lyft.
Note: This event takes place in SANTA ROSA, California (tickets required)
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Saturday and Sunday, Open to Close Fund-Raising Sales for our Non-Profits YIPPIE, the Yronwode Institution for the Preservation and Popularization of Indigenous Ethnomagicology, is hosting its annual YIPPIE Occult and Magic Book Sale at the Festival site. This is a chance to browse through donated used books, CDs, and DVDs on magic, the occult, psychology, religion, spirituality, and folklore -- and take home some bargain treasures for your own collection. Buy: All sales benefit the Institution's publishing program of books on culture-specific folk-magic. Our first two books were "Trolldom: Spells and Methods of the Norse Folk Magic Tradition" and "North Asian Magic," and there are more projects in the pipeline. Donate: If you wish to donate, you can ship anything from a single volume to a carton of books to YIPPIE for the Annual Book Sale, we would be most grateful, YIPPIE is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization. The address is YIPPIE, 6632 Covey Road, Forestville, California 95436. Trade: If you bring books to the Festival, you can trade two-for-one at the YIPPIE Book sale. 
The CRYSTAL SILENCE LEAGUE is a world-wide prayer chain where people in need post their prayers and people of compassion pray for them and send them brief emails of support and acknowledgement. This outreach program is funded by Missionary Independent Spiritual Church, which prints out the prayers daily and holds them beneath our large crystal ball for dissemination into the world. Spend a quiet moment in the church and see one month's worth of prayers under the crystal ball, then drop by the CSL table to learn more about crystal work. We have booklets and crystal balls for sale, and you can become a member of the CSL on the spot. Your purchases will go to fund this program of outreach, as well as the church's Pro Bono Fund, which regularly sends spiritual supplies to indigent clients. |
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6:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Saturday, May 11, 2019 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. Stay as long as there are readers available for readings. |
6:30 PM - Close, Sunday, May 12, 2019 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. Stay as long as there are readers available for readings. |
| READINGS BY AIRR MEMBERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL READERS DURING The HOODOO FESTIVAL! | LEARN CONJURE AND FOLK MAGIC FROM NATIONALLY KNOWN HOODOO ROOTWORKERS! |
Saturday, May 11 - Sunday, May 12, 2019 The following members of The Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers (AIRR) and other professionals will be on-site during the Apprenticeship Week and Workshop Weekend and will be offering readings. Take advantage of some great discount prices for attendees only, and the opportunity to get an in-person reading with someone you might not otherwise have a chance to meet. All daytime readings are scheduled at 20 minutes each, to allow time for you and your reader to leave the workshops and return to them. After the workshops close for the evening, longer readings may be accommodated ~~ just ask your reader or our Reading Wrangler, Deacon Millett!
Availability: Will help find you an available reader.
Availability: May 11 - 12 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 11 - 12 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 11 - 12 after 5:00 PM; one reading per evening only.
Availability: May 11 - 12 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 11 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 11 - 12 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 11 - 12 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 11 - 12 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 11 - 12 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 11 - 12 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
The following professional massage therapists will be on-site during
the Workshop Weekend and will be offering personal massage in a
private tent setting. Take advantage of some great discount prices for
attendees only, and the opportunity to get a relaxing "time-out" from
our busy activities with someone you might not otherwise have a chance
to meet. All daytime massage appointments are scheduled at 20 minutes
each, to allow time for you and your masseuse to leave the workshops
and return to them. Hand-and-Foot massage is performed while the
client is clothed and seated in a chair; full body massage takes place
on a massage table, in exercise clothing or swimsuit. Please dress
appropriately for your massage session, as time spent dressing and
undressing is not part of your scheduled session and should not
interfere with your attendance of scheduled workshops. After the
workshops close for the evening, longer sessions may be accommodated
- just ask your masseuse or our Massage Wrangler, Deacon Millett!
Availability: Will help find you an available masseuse.
Availability: May 11 - 12 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops. |
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Deacon Millett: 
Jon Saint Germain: 
Mama E: 
Miss cat: 
Miss Elvyra: 
Elle DuVall: 
Miss Athena: 
Ms. Robin: 
Papa Newt: 
Dr. Jeremy Weiss: 
Angela Marie Horner, CMT: 
Angela Marie Horner:
Angela Marie Horner discovered her gift for magic and dreaming true
while still a teen. She is a member of AIRR, works at the Lucky Mojo
Curio Company, and at Missionary Independent Spiritual Church,
where she gives readings, and serves as a Candle Deacon setting
lights for clients from around the world.
A graduate of the National Holistic Institute of Massage in
Petaluma, she is also a Certified Massage Therapist and health
educator, and a First aid / CPR instructor with the American Red
Cross, and has a long history of caregiving, both elder care and
diabetic care. She will be providing massage throughout the
weekend and she will be participating in this year's Panel
Discussion Workshop on Drawing Good Luck.
Papa Gee:
Papa Gee is a Nashville-based diviner, perfumer, soap-maker, concoctor of potions,
business owner, and author. After practicing Appalachian folk magic for many years,
he took up the study and African American conjure, and has brought them together
as a teacher and practitioner of Southern Folk Magic. His workshop, "Foot-Tracks in
the Dust," provides insight into the many Southern spells that incorporate dirts and
minerals, as well as a wide range of domestic magic employing edible powders, such
as flour and sugar.
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