<p>Learn the ways of magic and healing from the living, oral tradition of Appalachian Conjure in <i>The Candle and the Crossroads</i>. Orion Foxwood offers a primer on the real magic and techniques of Southern root magic, knowledge he learned first-hand growing up in rural Appalachia.</p>Foxwood explains magical techniques including:<br><ul><li>Spirit Sight</li><li>Working by the Signs (the ability to synchronize work such as farming, fertility of humans and animals, orcharding)</li><li>Conjuring</li><li>Faith Healing</li><li>Settling the Light (candle magic)</li><li>Doctoring the Root (the ability to use herbs, roots, stones, or animal parts--bones, claws, fur, etc. for magic or the clearing, cleansing, and blessing of the spirit of a person, also known as his or her root)</li><li>Praying or Dreaming True (Blessings of spirit/God to a person, place, or thing as well as prophetic or predictive dreaming)</li><li>Blessing or Cursing</li></ul></p><p><i>The Candle and the Crossroads</i> shows how to create magic in today's world with the old ways and traditions of Appalachia. </p>