TIMING AND WEATHER The earth and the weather have an effect on conjuring and this is paid attention to when working roots or working with spirits. This is old conjure information that many folks today don’t know of and don’t share, but it needs to be shared with the resurrection of Appalachian folk magic and conjure. Spiritually, heat, cold, moisture, and dryness work about the same here, but only on “essence,” as Nana said. This is the reason many spiritual encounters, often those scary stories you hear about, happen at nighttime, when there’s an increase in essence and it isn’t being cut down by the sun’s energy. Moisture and coolness generally increase essence while heat and dryness decrease it, although there are some accounts where the presence of a ghost or haint is detected by a warm spot. The large majority of spirit and phantom appearances occur at night, usually when there are clouds, when steam is rising off the roads beneath the street lights, or when there’s a fog rolling in. CUTS, WOUNDS, BRUISES, AND SWELLING To this day, a cut or wound can lead to death, especially if you don’t have health care. While it’s less likely today, it was common less than four generations ago, when hygiene was poor. In cities like Knoxville and Chattanooga, waste and all kinds of stuff was just dumped right in the street where everyone walked—you can imagine all the diseases and infections that resulted from that. For cuts and wounds, it was always advised to use the instrument that caused the wound in some way. If you get cut by a knife, the knife is driven into the ground to staunch the blood. If it was a large wound, you’d lay your hand over it while looking at the growing moon while saying, “What I see will increase; what I feel will decrease, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” SPIRITUAL BATHING Cleansing by water has been done for thousands of years, and in Appalachia this was often achieved at the river—especially one where baptisms often took place. This is a sort of baptism itself, returning you to your organic self. A reset. We go through life today subconsciously sticking things to ourselves, such as stress and burdens. This weight further weakens you and will lead to haints wishing to follow you home and play with you and your life. A haint is any spirit with ill intentions, whether it be an ancestor who lived and died bad, a wandering soul, a demon, or something else. The worst haints are those who have been long forgotten at their graves. They get bored sometimes, and you don’t want to be their new form of entertainment! Fill a bathtub with warm water. Once the tub is full, add the apple cider vinegar, ammonia, and salt as you pray Psalm 30 over the bath three times: When taking the bath, recite the psalm again three times as you wash from head to toe in downward strokes only. When you have finished, drain the water, saving a cup or bucket of it for later. Once the rest of the water has drained, without drying off, you can take a normal shower or bath. Afterward, anoint your head, hands, and feet with blessed oil while saying the Lord’s Prayer General Cleansing Bath 1 cup apple cider vinegar 1 capful ammonia 3 tablespoons new salt bought specifically for this purpose Blessed oil
✔ Author(s): Jake Richards
✔ Title: Doctoring the Devil: Appalachian Backwoods Witchcraft for Conjuring Love, Money, Justice, and Success
✔ Rating : 4.8 out of 5 base on (277 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1578637333
✔ ISBN-13: 9781578637331
✔ Language: English
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