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He examines the many mask traditions around Europe and shows how mask rituals are similar to shamanic journeying and near-death experiences and can induce ecstatic states that allow the power signified by the mask to take possession of the individual wearing it

" Their compilation of magical operations contains historical spells and rituals alongside passages about fairies

and other traditional ingredients for success and domination

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Backwoods Witchcraft elements seasons He examines the many maskBackwoods Witchcraft Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia by Jake Richards Weiser In Backwoods Witchcraft, Jake Richards offers up a folksy stew of family stories, lore, omens, rituals, and conjure crafts that he learned from his great grandmother, his grandmother, and his grandfather, a Baptist minister who Jake remembers could rid someone of a fever with an egg or stop up the blood in a wound. The witchcraft practiced in Appalachia is very much a