The Candle and the Crossroads : A Book of Appalachian Conjure and Southern Root-Work

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:
<ul> <li>Spirit Sight </li> <li>Working by the Signs (the ability to synchronize work such as farming, fertility of humans and animals, orcharding) </li> <li>Conjuring </li> <li>Faith Healing </li> <li>Settling the Light (candle magic) </li> <li>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) </li> <li>Praying or Dreaming True (Blessings of spirit/God to a person, place, or thing as well as prophetic or predictive dreaming) </li> <li>Blessing or Cursing</li> </ul>