American Folk Magick: Charms, Spells & Herbals

by Silver RavenWolf

Book Overview

The roots of American Witchcraft, also know as Pow-Wow Magick, can be found in a 17th-century settler tradition comprising of a variety of cultural and religious influences. Today Pow-Wow Magick has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156718720X
• ISBN13: 9781567187205
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful introduction to Pow-Wow.

I thought that this book was great. I had never really been into Pow-Wow much before, but I decided to get this book to see what it was all about. Pow-Wow is a very interesting, very simple form of magick that can be practiced by any religion and has been for thousands of years. Thanks for another great one, Silver!

Lets all remember...this book is about Folk Magick

I found this book to be informative and practical, as well as useful. But some people do not seem to realize that this book is about Pow-Wow magick and folk charms, not Wicca or the Craft. The traditional healing and other useful charms and spells of the Pennsylvania-Dutch Pow-Wow artists is what is featured in this book, not Wiccan theology or religion. Thank you Silver, for another great publication

Pow-Wow still lives

Although this book may not appeal to many Wiccans as much as her previous book, this is a book based on tried and true methods. This will complement anyones magical library. I love RavenWolf's work and she has amazed me again. This book is based her training and it has helped me to look into more than just the realm of Witchcraft in which I am trained.I reccomend this book to anyone.

An accurate presentation of traditional american hexcraft!

I first ran into this book when it was called "Hexcraft." As a hereditary, traditional pow-wow, I was imediately suspicious of what looked like another shallow attempt to graze on the fertile field of occult literature. To my surprise, Silver treats the subject with respect and actually does know what she is talking about with regard to pow-wow and how it works. I think that many traditionals wince a bit with her attempt to remove the christian trappings and make it palatable to the wicca crowd, but even we know the tradition adopted these trappings to avoid the conflict that surely would have resulted from keeping the "old names". The magic works regardless of in whose name you invoke. After all, most of us have never had a quarrel with Jesus, only the organization that rose up as a religion about him rather than as the religion of Jesus. I also wish Silver would have addressed the spirit-world aspect of pow-wow in greater depth, but maybe that's for another book. Speaking of books, get yourself a copy of "The Long Lost Friend" to get a sense of more traditional pow-wow incantations. Well done Silver, you've done a nice job presenting our sacred art.

Great resource!

In the past, Silver RavenWolf would write her books in general context, trying not to let her traditional teachings overshadow her writing so that her readers may find their own paths to walk on. While this was perfect for beginners, many began to wonder whether or not Silver was capable of teaching her tradition. This book proved she could. She did an excellent job at teaching the ancient art of Pow-Wow, adaptable to both Wiccans and other religions. I'd recommand this book to thoose looking into both folk magick and alternative/faith healing.