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A review by donmartin
New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic by Cory Thomas Hutcheson
5.0
Practitioners of magic are often drawn to practices and cultures separated by oceans and centuries. Cory Hutcheson accomplishes a feat rarely found in Pagan publishing with his exquisite book New World Witchery. In a voice that is equal parts kind, funny, and scholarly, he sits the reader down, points to a forested horizon, and says that there is magic in the hills and creeks in your own backyard and that he will help you find it.
Hutcheson guides the reader through folklore and traditions from a number of cultures in what he dubs the “New World” in a way that invites the reader to learn from but never take, to appreciate but not appropriate. His gentle, magical voice takes the reader through one of the most expansive and thorough examinations of North American folk magic I’ve ever seen. It is a masterwork and a worthy inclusion in any witchy library.
Hutcheson guides the reader through folklore and traditions from a number of cultures in what he dubs the “New World” in a way that invites the reader to learn from but never take, to appreciate but not appropriate. His gentle, magical voice takes the reader through one of the most expansive and thorough examinations of North American folk magic I’ve ever seen. It is a masterwork and a worthy inclusion in any witchy library.