American Folkloric Witchcraft: an Introduction

What is American Folkloric Witchcraft? Is it one tradition or many? What are the defining features? What are some examples? We'll cover ALL of those in this intro video.

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0:00 - Intro
1:35 - History (and Terms)
6:20 - Traits
11:31 - Examples
13:55 - Blended Practice
14:39 - Wrap-Up / Reminders

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RESOURCES MENTIONED TODAY:
American Folkloric Witchcraft – http://afwcraft.blogspot.com/
Spiral Castle Tradition – https://spiralcastletrad.wordpress.co...
“American Folk Magic” – from Otherworldly Oracles – https://otherworldlyoracle.com/americ...
“How to Be a Folkloric Witch in 5 Steps” – by Otherworldly Oracles – https://otherworldlyoracle.com/how-to... (Note: the two witches in Indiana were me and my ex!)
Witch of Forest Grove blog via Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine – https://web.archive.org/web/202200000...
“Forgetting Human” by Robin Artisson (guest posts at AFWCraft) -- http://afwcraft.blogspot.com/search?q...
New World Witchery blog and podcast – https://newworldwitchery.com/
New World Witchery book – Cory Thomas Hutcheson – https://amzn.to/3RzYH9z
“You Don’t Know African Diasporic Religions” – by Keeping it 101 – https://keepingit101.com/e402
“The Origin and Practition of Pow-Wow” – Berks History Center – https://www.berkshistory.org/multimed...
Folkloric American Witchcraft and the Multicultural Experience – by Via Hedera – https://amzn.to/3qsCRZD
Powwowing in Pennsylvania – book – https://amzn.to/3qultUC
Ozark Folk Magic – Brandon Weston – https://amzn.to/3B1zPRb
Roots, Branches and Spirits – H. Byron Ballard – https://amzn.to/3RMT8nO
Southern Cunning: Folkloric Witchcraft in the American South – Aaron Oberon – https://amzn.to/3RPaoce


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