Appalachian Witchcraft for Beginners: The History, Remedies, and Spells of a Rich Folk Magic Tradition by Auburn Lily

3.84 AVERAGE

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dancerd1798's review against another edition

4.0
informative fast-paced

maggiereadsbooks's review

3.25
adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
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caroledford's review

2.25
fast-paced
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xoperidottea's review

3.0
Honestly this book wasn't quite what I expected. I was looking for more folk practices and everyday rituals as part of Appalachian culture and instead got something that sounded like a youth pastor and a beginner spell book. It's good for if you are starting off and wanting to just learn the basics of general witchcraft but I wouldn't necessarily call the second half of this book Appalachian focused...

thevampirereads's review

4.25
informative medium-paced
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ascreenwritersbooks's review

3.0
informative fast-paced

vermonstergirl1966's review

3.0
Mostly for Southern Appalachia

Why is it when people speak of Appalachia, they only think of the South?
The Appalachian Range extends from Georgia through Northeastern Canada.
This book is no different in not including Northern Appalachian traditions as well.

sjj169's review

3.0
This book was fine. It's a sweet beginning into Appalachian witchcraft with the basis of peace and love kinda stuff. To me it was more heavy on the peace within you aspect more than the Appalachian part. Which is fine but not exactly what I wanted. I'll back track myself and admit that it did give some peace to my weekend.

I'd recommend to beginners (which it is intented for) and people wanting to find their selves.


Booksource: I bought this one in paperback for myself.
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daration12's review

4.25
informative relaxing fast-paced

crispinsday's review

2.75
fast-paced
I don't know why I expected rigour from this book, but I didn't get it. If you're genuinely interested in sourced information about Appalachian folk practices, this book is useless, but if you'd like a collection of generic but well laid out spell recipes, then go for it.