#southern magic

This is a working my teacher taught me to help remove a person from your life. This was giving out to me in the 90s way before books.

Get yourself a bottle any one will do. Get a picture of that person you want out and put that photo in the bottle. Fill the bottle with surfer and red pepper. (Pepper flakes will work too)

Add a little of your pee and fill the rest with water.

Go out a find a flowing steam, or river. As long as it flows. Then throw the bottle in and as the bottle flows away they will flow out of your life.

In my research as a beginner witch, I've found little-to-no records and evidence of witchcraft in my home state, Texas. So, I've taken it upon myself to do as much research as I can, and compile it for my fellow Texan witches! This series will be a continual work-in-progress, so check back if this is something that interests you! And, of course, if you have any specific requests for information, don't hesitate to shoot me a message in my ask box!

Folk Medicine

I have a few small tricks I use for warding my home. I won’t list everything I do here, of course, but here are a few simple ideas.

1. SATOR squares

SATOR squares are a very old charm. There are similar compositions with different words, but the concept is basically the same: the words read the same forwards, backwards, top-to-bottom, and bottom-to-top. Any spirits who wish to do you harm will be stuck trying to read the entire thing.

2. MIrrors

I use small craft/mosaic mirrors for this. There’s a very affordable brand called Darice, but any mirrors will do. I place the mirrors face-out in windows that cover every direction of my house. So one in the front of the house, one in the back, one on the left side, one on the right side. This is to “reflect” anything that tries to get in back out. I use very small mirrors to: 1. avoid being that weirdo with a bunch of random mirrors in the window and 2. avoid causing glares that might cause trouble for people on the street.

3. Cobalt blue glass

Traditionally, the idea is to put a bunch of cobalt-blue bottles on a dead tree in your yard. This would trap spirits who wandered at night and they would be purified by the sunlight in the morning. There are several reasons why blue is chosen for this. Blue is associated with water (for cleansing properties), the sky (for purity/Heaven), etc.

I don’t have a dead tree in my yard. Instead, I place cobalt glass around the house/in the windows. The concept is basically the same. Most of my cobalt glass is in the shape of a container, like a bottle, a vase, a cup, etc., but I have a few items that are simply glass ornaments.

It's a glass of sweet tea on a hot summer's night.

It's catching fireflies in the pale moonlight.

It's short days and long nights and dreams of being able to fly.

It's wind and rain thru the spring days and fall nights.

It's a cup of hot cocoa when the weather is just right.

It's home-cooked meals and grandma's house.

It's slipping in through the back door, quiet as a mouse.

It's knowing you're safe and sound inside.

It's dancing in the kitchen to an old folk song.

It's laughing and hollering as everyone sings along.

It's early morning church services and late night fires.

It's knowing where you come from and the magick it inspires.

It's howling at the moon from a pier on the lake.

It's realizing the water's too cold, too late.

It's a late night bonfire when the wind dies down.

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Traditional Southern root magic and conjure from someone who learned the old ways growing up in rural Appalachia.

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. From the oral tradition of his ancestors to the voices of the spirits themselves, Foxwood brings readers the secrets of Southern magic: -

Working by the signs (the ability to synchronize work such as farming, fertility, and orcharding) -Faith healing -Settling the light (candle magic) -Doctoring the root (the ability to use herbs, roots, stones, or animal parts for magic or for clearing, cleansing, and blessing a person) -Praying or dreaming true (blessings of spirit/God to a person, place, or thing as well as prophetic or predictive dreaming) -Blessing or cursing

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Orion Foxwood