Southern Witchcraft

Appalachian Witchcraft Explained: Folk Magic, Granny Women, Healing Charms, Omens, and Protective Rituals of the Mountain South examines the everyday beliefs and practices that shaped spiritual life in the Appalachian South. Instead of treating mountain witchcraft as fantasy, it looks at how people actually used charms, prayer, scripture, signs, herbal remedies, and inherited household customs to deal with sickness, bad luck, dangerous neighbors, childbirth, death, and unexplained events. The focus stays on lived practice in homes, farms, and small communities where oral tradition carried ...

Folk magic conjurer and root worker Orion Foxwood invites you to take a walk through his native Appalachia, through moonlit orchards and rural farms, to the dark of the crossroads. 

Venezuelan practitioner Elhoim Leafar presents more than seventy spells, charms, folk remedies, and exercises to help you understand the world of dreams. Written from the perspective of South American magical culture, this must-have compendium demonstrates what dream witchery is, why it's important, and how to practice it. You'll also learn from over fifteen contributors that specialize in Wicca, Hoodoo, Brazilian, and Cuban folk traditions, and more

Living Conjure is a beginner's guide to Conjure written by an authentic Conjure woman with over four decades of working experience. Starr Casas learned Conjure the old-fashioned way: at home, from her relatives and ancestors. She would like to share that knowledge with a new generation of practitioners.

In the hush of the Louisiana bayou, something is waiting to be found. Deep in the wetlands, where the air hums with insects and the water keeps its secrets, Marie Dubois lives alone in her small cabin on the edge of town. They call her a witch. She does not argue. Her days are quiet, shaped by river water, garden herbs, and the soft, steady rhythm of a life lived apart. Until the night the storm rolls in and leaves something behind. A baby. Alone in the wreckage of a broken airboat. Marie takes him in without question. Raises him with careful hands and a guarded heart. But in a town that ...

For the first time ever, an active practitioner describes the history, folklore, and remedies of Southern and Appalachian Folk Medicine in this groundbreaking guide for curious herbalists. This book is the first to describe the history, folklore, assessment methods, and remedies of Southern and...

Italian Witchcraft (previously titled Ways of the Strega) by respected author Raven Grimassi is more than just a book about witchcraft. It is a complete Book of Shadows. In it, you will find the history of this ancient tradition, its legends and myths, as well as the rituals and rites that you can do today. The book includes a full set of rituals that you can do. You'll find rituals for all of the Italian witchcraft holidays, including Shadow Fest, Lupercus, Tana's Day, and more.

When Dani Rosetti is hired to cater a champagne celebration in Savannah, Georgia in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Daughters of the Confederacy, she soon finds out that her life is in danger. Dani is a symbol of change that some exclusive group of women do not want in their community, and they are willing to do whatever it takes to preserve the status quo. With the help of her sous-chef and bodyguard, Arthur, Dani must put a stop to the mysterious root bundles and mojo bags that have been sent her way, and unravel the light and dark side of the Hostess City of the South. If you ...

I hope y'all have a mop, because Raven- Mama Nightshade is Spilling the Tea on Witches in The Dirty South! Being a Witch is Hard Enough, But Being a Witch in The Bible Belt Broom Closet... Entirely Different Flavor of Awkward! This Book gives you the Run Down on what it takes to be a Southern Witch. It also has some History, Some Very Useful Advice for Noobs straight from Georgia's Most Badass Coven: The Silver Moon Society! So Buckle Up Witches! Something Bitchin' This Way Comes!

When Millicent Calderwood finally receives the keys to the home she loved as a child, she expects dust and memories—not a floating man in a red mist and a web of old magic that reaches for her head. But the estate won’t wait: a revenant keeps replaying the witch’s cruelty, an imp hunts in the edges of town, and the people who shepherd her new life insist she’s the only one who can finish what was started centuries ago. Thrown into a world of ritual, reluctant alliances, and slow-burning desire, Millie must learn rites from a housekeeper who is older than anyone should be and trust a...

This bundle includes Scared Witchless, Kiss My Witch, and Queen Witch.

THE VEIL A Novel · Book Two of The Sheehy Trilogy South Boston, 1999–2002. The reign of Maeve Sheehy consolidates — and the cost begins to show. Three years after taking the matriarchal chair, Maeve has buried her father-in-law, sent her son to Columbia, watched her aunt's dementia close at the K Street triple-decker, and absorbed a Sworn Sister from the Donnelly Sept of Worcester who is already burning at the edge of her training. The Bench has stopped looking. The parish has not started. And the small specific lace curtain at the alley window of her M Street kitchen has begun to fray...

THE KEENING A Novel · Book One of The Sheehy Trilogy South Boston, late February 1998. Maeve Sheehy is forty-five, mother of two, wife of a parish accountant — and eight months into her reign as the new matriarch of a Cailleacht-tradition witch coven the city has never been told exists. Every Wednesday at three, Maeve walks the four blocks from her triple-decker on M Street to a basement cell beneath Quinn & Daughters Funeral Home and sits across an oak table from the blind druí her Sept has held there since 1980. The visit is the price of her power. The carrying is the price of her ...

When it comes to love, hex marks the spot in this enchanting romance that will delight fans of Practical Magic and The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. As a child, Delia Merriweather believed with all her heart that she was a witch. Because all Merriweather women were witches. There was...

Edith Sanderlin (1841-1939) lived in a small town in Virginia's Tidewater region. Her delightful character sketches were discovered in a dusty attic trunk many decades after her passing. This collection was first published in 2012, and a second collection, "Tidewater Tales," followed in 2014.

The Second HEX Appeal Little Book, The Brand Spanking New HEX Appeal's Little Book of Southern Folk Magick is loaded with The Silver Moon Society's Best Spells YET! See what Mama Nightshade has to say this time!

In this unique collection, Literary Witches co-creator Katy Horan unearths the true and fictional stories behind twenty traditional murder ballads, exploring the beauty and horror of the art form through stories, lyrics, and original interpretations. The audiobook includes covers of various folk...

Tucked deep within the Southern Appalachian Mountains, the counties of Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, and Perry in Kentucky harbor some of the most unsettling legends and folkloric tales in the region. In these pages, haunted schoolhouses echo with the whispers of vanished students, lonely mountain roads are shadowed by ghostly hitchhikers, and secluded hollows conceal strange lights, witch lore, and creatures that defy explanation. Passed down through generations, these stories are more than eerie campfire tales. They are reflections of the region’s cultural memory, shaped by ...

When her husband dies unexpectedly, Maggie Royal is struck with sinister visions that foretell danger for her and for her five-year-old daughter. Her mother and grandmother were said to have “the sight,” but it was never like this. With no one alive to turn to, Maggie must move quickly to uncover the meaning of her visions before her candle is snuffed out.

Southern Gothic meets slow-burn dread in this genre-bending horror novel where an impulsive outcast must confront his small town’s dark secrets. "Deeply immersive and darkly mysterious. Certain to be one of the year's standout horror reads." ―Craig DiLouie, author of Episode Thirteen...