Overview: Southern Cunning is a journey through the folklore of the American South and a look at the power these stories hold for modern witches. Through the lens of folklore, animism, and bioregionalism the book shows how to bring rituals in folklore into the modern day and presents a uniquely American approach to witchcraft born out of the land and practical application.

Verdict: Simply put, what we have here is a book where the skilled author - Aaron Oberon - brings forth a magnificently-hued offering which presents the reader with an important glimpse into southern witch-lore and how modern folk witch practices can draw inspiration from this rich source of power.

Moreover a rather fascinating look at the practice of American folklore witchcraft, and one that helps shine a more positively revealing light on the oft-ignored and wildly misunderstood American South, Southern Cunning: Folkloric Witchcraft In The American South by author Aaron Oberon brings with it a prose chock full of regional folklore, some fun spell work, and an impassioned relayed set of experiences within the subject to hand.

I personally loved every chapter of this book, especially the chapters on Familiars and Spirits of the Land and thus this book is thoroughly recommended reading for witches with roots in the American South who are interested in folkloric craft practices [and all those just genuinely curious outsiders, of course!].

About the Author - Aaron Oberon is a Southern folk witch with a passion for bringing witchcraft to people from different roots. Aaron writes about queer magic, bioregionalism, and witchcraft that gets down in the dirt.

It is deeply important to Aaron that he helps to make witchcraft and magic more accessible to those from underprivileged areas. His goal in writing is to demonstrate that there is power in the stories of families and local land. Aaron lives in Southwest Florida.

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