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The Conjure Workbook Volume 1: Working the Root
Momma Starr is so thankful to announce the release of "The Conjure Workbook," a truly magical tome for all spiritual workers whether you're a novice, debutant, or experienced hoodoo practitioner. There's something special in this 'traditional conjure diamond in the rough' for all magical workers Christian and non-Christian alike. Are you ready to learn how truly seasoned and experienced conjure workers of the past and present "work both hands" to overcome mountains keeping you from reaching your peak of success? Then Momma Starr's "The Conjure Workbook Volume I - Working the Root" is the remedy for your daily ailments. If you are ready to draw total success into your life that can't be knocked down then "The Conjure Workbook" is for you.
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First published April 27, 2013
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May 7, 2013
I Will be reading this book over and over, it is one that will always be by my side! Lots of useful information and LOVE how Starr communicates. She tells it how it is, no Bullshit but real respect for what she lives and it shows. The information provided was full of helpful tips, tricks and more. She really walks you through step by step. The only critique I have is the fact that the book is full of typos.
August 10, 2014
A fabulous, modern book on traditional hoodoo. Just what the doctor ordered.
For those looking for a more 'complete' modern guide to workin' the root, this is it! Star Casas prevents a completely straight forward, no gimmicks book designed to help you get started on your road to conjuring.
This is not simply a book of formulas or of spells. This is a workbook- designed not as a faraway thesis about the history of hoodoo or a spellbook filled with workings- it is a guide to helping you understand and work with the various elements of the hoodoo tradition, including creating oils, honoring your ancestors, working with the bible, and creating your own spells.
What I enjoy most about all of Starr Casas books is her emphasis on tradition while emphasizing the differences between personal and regional practice. With practicing hoodoo there is much room for personal creations and practice, but still a line between hoodoo and other forms of magic.
Starr Casas gives you the information to create your own traditions while providing gems from her own personal conjure work.
If you are looking for a more practical, modern working guide to African American conjure, then this is it!
For those looking for a more 'complete' modern guide to workin' the root, this is it! Star Casas prevents a completely straight forward, no gimmicks book designed to help you get started on your road to conjuring.
This is not simply a book of formulas or of spells. This is a workbook- designed not as a faraway thesis about the history of hoodoo or a spellbook filled with workings- it is a guide to helping you understand and work with the various elements of the hoodoo tradition, including creating oils, honoring your ancestors, working with the bible, and creating your own spells.
What I enjoy most about all of Starr Casas books is her emphasis on tradition while emphasizing the differences between personal and regional practice. With practicing hoodoo there is much room for personal creations and practice, but still a line between hoodoo and other forms of magic.
Starr Casas gives you the information to create your own traditions while providing gems from her own personal conjure work.
If you are looking for a more practical, modern working guide to African American conjure, then this is it!
September 20, 2017
This book was recommended to me as a must have resource for growing and deepening my magical practice and if what you work in is American Conjure then I agree, you probably should read this book. But before we get into that I can't really talk about what I think about this book overall without first spending some time talking about the writing.
It is clear that the author of this book is not a writer. I think it's easy to think that anyone can be a writer and there's no special skill that goes into making a solid, coherent non-fiction book - until you read one written by a not-writer. The book has little to no coherence, there is no through-line that carries you logically through the whole of the book or even through the individual chapters. The book feels more like scatter shot, as if the content was loaded into a shotgun and shot off at the pages and where bits fell more was written about them. There were a handful of places where the author started explaining a thing and then just stopped, sometimes saying that she wasn't going to teach how to do this kind of thing (but then why did I just read 4 paragraphs about how to get started), that she talks about it more elsewhere (but where, where I ask you), or sometimes just.... stopping. And the repetitions, let's not even get into the repetitions, we'll just say this book clearly did not get the editor it so desperately needs (and deserves). If the author had made a series of say, 20-30 Youtube videos on how to do Conjure and then had someone transcribe those videos verbatim and bound them into a book unedited I imagine it would read exactly like this book.
Part of the reason I say that is because the book is full of digressions and rants ( and mostly the same rant repeated over and over). The author rants about the "Hyatt books" and how wrong all the people who learned conjure from them are, about the problem with learning from books and the need to learn in person (this threw me as why then would I buy or read this book), and how bad/wrong/crap all those internet teachers are. Another reviewer mentioned that if you removed all of these rants you would lose half the book, and while I think it's more like a quarter to a third of the book, I agree that you'd also gain more coherence and flow in the writing without them. Overall the ranting started to wear and grate on me and then eventually annoy me; I felt like it gave the book a very "this is just my way, but if you do it any other way you are clearly ridiculous" kind of vibe.
Early on in the book the author goes into why true Conjure must be done using the Bible (it's the first rant really) because the Bible is a powerful book and a core part of original Conjure. And honestly, if an overwhelming amount of "Christian" pushing is something you can't handle then you just shouldn't read this book as the Bible is the core activating prayer for basically every single working** throughout. In her initial rant about the Bible the author claims that it doesn't matter if you yourself are Christian or even believe, that you still need to use the Bible as your source of power for the workings and here I respectfully disagree. I do agree that the Bible would be a powerful source of energy for any working both because of what it is and because it's been used for so long by so many people as a power book, but I, as someone who doesn't believe in the power or validity of the book (for my life specifically) as a non-follower of the Spirits the book is dedicated to and about, would struggle to be able to tap into and use that energy for my own workings. (In fact, there are a few stories in the New Testament that directly talk about non-believers trying to use this power.) I also feel that even if I could forge enough of a link to use the power of the Bible I wouldn't feel connected to the working myself and therefore my own energy wouldn't be strongly connected. Either way, I'm definitely not going to start using Bible verses to power my work; which leaves me in a situation where I need to ponder if any of these workings (especially the ones in the early sections, once past the mid-point this is less of an issue) are useful to me at all - do they work without the Bible verses? And should I be pulling them apart in that way to begin with? If you read this book and you, like me, are not Christian, not a believer in the Bible but are conscious of the construction and root of the working as well as of appropriation these are probably questions you're going to have to answer for yourself.
Thankfully not absolutely everything in the book is dependant on the Bible and there are lots of great little tips and suggestions that can be applied to the tech** as you use it in your own practice, the author also does a great job in the first few sections of explaining the connection between what is being done in the working and the Bible verse it's built from or the part of the Saint's story it's using as it's foundation. So even if you don't use either of these sources you can use her showing of the construction to help you build solid workings within the tradition and stories you do adhere to.
The whole book is organized by tech, the author carefully goes through about 17 or 18 different types of tech from brooms and chicken feet to washes and candles. She talks a little bit about a few tools that aren't as commonly used nowadays but were traditional which I really appreciated, though I wish she had spent more time explaining the why and how of them. If she's likely to be the only source that teaches about it I'd hope that I'd be able to get enough of a grasp on it to feel comfortable integrating it into my work from this one source, but that's not how I found it to be. In fact, I found the general info about each type of tech to be cut short and often left each chapter wishing she'd spent a little more time on the tech itself and less time on the rants and ramblings and repetitions. For example, she tells us in the Conjure Ball chapter that balls are a lot like dollies, but having read both chapters I have no clarity on when I would choose to use a ball over a dollie or why. And this book suffers from a definite lack of an index. Because the book is sorted by tech there are workings for things like healing, drawing money and protection scattered throughout and without an index there's really no way to go back through the book and find what you need when you need it (unless you have the ebook and use search). It's not the be all and end all but an index would have been thoughtful and a huge help.
Basically, Working the Root reads like a practitioners personal magical journal and reference not a public teaching work. If you are looking for a coherent and thoughtful teaching book this is not that thing, but if you want some good hands on tips and tricks to experiment with and integrate into your practice, or if you are looking to add some traditional teaching and thinking to your foundation you will definitely find what you want here. Unfortunately you can't just read the workings and the pieces you want ignoring the rants and repetitions because she mixes the needed information in amongst rambling which means you need to read the whole book to be sure you don't miss anything. A plus on that is that the book is not at all dense and won't take long to get through. Other reviewers mentioned the content is probably beginner content and I agree, you'll get the most out of this book if you are new to Folk Magic and Conjure and the teaching in it will give you a solid foundation to build on though I do worry a bit that beginners would take all the ramblings and rants on too. More experienced practitioners may find a tid bit here or there that's interesting or worth adopting, but they'll have to decide if it's worth wading through the mire to get 3 or 4 pieces of usefulness, I certainly found it to be but not everyone will.
So now you might be wondering why I'm not rating this lower, the truth is that I do recommend that you read it, it might read like a practitioner's personal ramblings, but the practitioner herself has the experience and training and lineage that means it's well worth sorting through all of this to learn from her. I just think you need to go in prepared for the crap and be reminded that despite her clear opinion otherwise, you can (and should) take what's gold and leave what isn't behind.
**This is my terminology I can't remember what the author calls an individual "spell" or individual types of working
It is clear that the author of this book is not a writer. I think it's easy to think that anyone can be a writer and there's no special skill that goes into making a solid, coherent non-fiction book - until you read one written by a not-writer. The book has little to no coherence, there is no through-line that carries you logically through the whole of the book or even through the individual chapters. The book feels more like scatter shot, as if the content was loaded into a shotgun and shot off at the pages and where bits fell more was written about them. There were a handful of places where the author started explaining a thing and then just stopped, sometimes saying that she wasn't going to teach how to do this kind of thing (but then why did I just read 4 paragraphs about how to get started), that she talks about it more elsewhere (but where, where I ask you), or sometimes just.... stopping. And the repetitions, let's not even get into the repetitions, we'll just say this book clearly did not get the editor it so desperately needs (and deserves). If the author had made a series of say, 20-30 Youtube videos on how to do Conjure and then had someone transcribe those videos verbatim and bound them into a book unedited I imagine it would read exactly like this book.
Part of the reason I say that is because the book is full of digressions and rants ( and mostly the same rant repeated over and over). The author rants about the "Hyatt books" and how wrong all the people who learned conjure from them are, about the problem with learning from books and the need to learn in person (this threw me as why then would I buy or read this book), and how bad/wrong/crap all those internet teachers are. Another reviewer mentioned that if you removed all of these rants you would lose half the book, and while I think it's more like a quarter to a third of the book, I agree that you'd also gain more coherence and flow in the writing without them. Overall the ranting started to wear and grate on me and then eventually annoy me; I felt like it gave the book a very "this is just my way, but if you do it any other way you are clearly ridiculous" kind of vibe.
Early on in the book the author goes into why true Conjure must be done using the Bible (it's the first rant really) because the Bible is a powerful book and a core part of original Conjure. And honestly, if an overwhelming amount of "Christian" pushing is something you can't handle then you just shouldn't read this book as the Bible is the core activating prayer for basically every single working** throughout. In her initial rant about the Bible the author claims that it doesn't matter if you yourself are Christian or even believe, that you still need to use the Bible as your source of power for the workings and here I respectfully disagree. I do agree that the Bible would be a powerful source of energy for any working both because of what it is and because it's been used for so long by so many people as a power book, but I, as someone who doesn't believe in the power or validity of the book (for my life specifically) as a non-follower of the Spirits the book is dedicated to and about, would struggle to be able to tap into and use that energy for my own workings. (In fact, there are a few stories in the New Testament that directly talk about non-believers trying to use this power.) I also feel that even if I could forge enough of a link to use the power of the Bible I wouldn't feel connected to the working myself and therefore my own energy wouldn't be strongly connected. Either way, I'm definitely not going to start using Bible verses to power my work; which leaves me in a situation where I need to ponder if any of these workings (especially the ones in the early sections, once past the mid-point this is less of an issue) are useful to me at all - do they work without the Bible verses? And should I be pulling them apart in that way to begin with? If you read this book and you, like me, are not Christian, not a believer in the Bible but are conscious of the construction and root of the working as well as of appropriation these are probably questions you're going to have to answer for yourself.
Thankfully not absolutely everything in the book is dependant on the Bible and there are lots of great little tips and suggestions that can be applied to the tech** as you use it in your own practice, the author also does a great job in the first few sections of explaining the connection between what is being done in the working and the Bible verse it's built from or the part of the Saint's story it's using as it's foundation. So even if you don't use either of these sources you can use her showing of the construction to help you build solid workings within the tradition and stories you do adhere to.
The whole book is organized by tech, the author carefully goes through about 17 or 18 different types of tech from brooms and chicken feet to washes and candles. She talks a little bit about a few tools that aren't as commonly used nowadays but were traditional which I really appreciated, though I wish she had spent more time explaining the why and how of them. If she's likely to be the only source that teaches about it I'd hope that I'd be able to get enough of a grasp on it to feel comfortable integrating it into my work from this one source, but that's not how I found it to be. In fact, I found the general info about each type of tech to be cut short and often left each chapter wishing she'd spent a little more time on the tech itself and less time on the rants and ramblings and repetitions. For example, she tells us in the Conjure Ball chapter that balls are a lot like dollies, but having read both chapters I have no clarity on when I would choose to use a ball over a dollie or why. And this book suffers from a definite lack of an index. Because the book is sorted by tech there are workings for things like healing, drawing money and protection scattered throughout and without an index there's really no way to go back through the book and find what you need when you need it (unless you have the ebook and use search). It's not the be all and end all but an index would have been thoughtful and a huge help.
Basically, Working the Root reads like a practitioners personal magical journal and reference not a public teaching work. If you are looking for a coherent and thoughtful teaching book this is not that thing, but if you want some good hands on tips and tricks to experiment with and integrate into your practice, or if you are looking to add some traditional teaching and thinking to your foundation you will definitely find what you want here. Unfortunately you can't just read the workings and the pieces you want ignoring the rants and repetitions because she mixes the needed information in amongst rambling which means you need to read the whole book to be sure you don't miss anything. A plus on that is that the book is not at all dense and won't take long to get through. Other reviewers mentioned the content is probably beginner content and I agree, you'll get the most out of this book if you are new to Folk Magic and Conjure and the teaching in it will give you a solid foundation to build on though I do worry a bit that beginners would take all the ramblings and rants on too. More experienced practitioners may find a tid bit here or there that's interesting or worth adopting, but they'll have to decide if it's worth wading through the mire to get 3 or 4 pieces of usefulness, I certainly found it to be but not everyone will.
So now you might be wondering why I'm not rating this lower, the truth is that I do recommend that you read it, it might read like a practitioner's personal ramblings, but the practitioner herself has the experience and training and lineage that means it's well worth sorting through all of this to learn from her. I just think you need to go in prepared for the crap and be reminded that despite her clear opinion otherwise, you can (and should) take what's gold and leave what isn't behind.
**This is my terminology I can't remember what the author calls an individual "spell" or individual types of working
May 29, 2014
Amazingly powerful
Amazingly powerful
If you want an insight to traditional conjure this is the book for you. Starr Casas has really delivered a big ole slice of traditional conjure that will enlighten the seasoned worker and set a new worker in the right direction. Not only is it easy for new workers to understand there are many jewels between the lines that more seasoned workers would do well to pick up along the way. This book is a must in any conjure book collection!
Amazingly powerful
If you want an insight to traditional conjure this is the book for you. Starr Casas has really delivered a big ole slice of traditional conjure that will enlighten the seasoned worker and set a new worker in the right direction. Not only is it easy for new workers to understand there are many jewels between the lines that more seasoned workers would do well to pick up along the way. This book is a must in any conjure book collection!
June 10, 2013
I just read this book, and love it! Starr is very knowledgable about her path, and it shows. I really like how she explains the connection between prayer, and manifestation.. And the power of conjure around biblical passages of power.
Most of all, I enjoy how Starr isn't preachy and explains conjure can work no matter what your belief system. Quantum thought.. As above so below, the power of words/faith/will can move mountains..
Most of all, I enjoy how Starr isn't preachy and explains conjure can work no matter what your belief system. Quantum thought.. As above so below, the power of words/faith/will can move mountains..
July 19, 2016
Starr has a great book here. I absolutely love it. She provides us with so much information and practical insight that you feel like you are working alongside her.
"Always remember use what you have and don't limit yourself by what you don't have. That is what Conjure work is all about."
"Always remember use what you have and don't limit yourself by what you don't have. That is what Conjure work is all about."
February 16, 2021
I love Starr Casas. From her down to earth style to her refreshing lack of new age goodness and white light. This is a book I will be opening again and again.
October 21, 2018
Lessons forgotten
This was a great read, there are so many things I grow up with knowing, but for some reasons forget. This read cause me to remember all that I use to do and how things flowed smoothly. Starr is so correct old style hoodoo is being lost. Those who are new to the work are lacking the know and the how and why the work works. She explains it well.
This was a great read, there are so many things I grow up with knowing, but for some reasons forget. This read cause me to remember all that I use to do and how things flowed smoothly. Starr is so correct old style hoodoo is being lost. Those who are new to the work are lacking the know and the how and why the work works. She explains it well.
January 23, 2020
This book has some great info, AND it desperately needs to be edited! As others have stated, enough of the same rant over and over. Also, maybe take into consideration that root work came from slaves who had the Church shoved down their throats, and those folx might not want their descendants to use the Bible in all their workings anymore. Just a thought.
April 19, 2019
A Must-have Resource
This is a must have resource for any one interested in the culture and traditions of southern spiritual practices. Authentic information introducing the reader to the workings of a living spiritual traditions.
This is a must have resource for any one interested in the culture and traditions of southern spiritual practices. Authentic information introducing the reader to the workings of a living spiritual traditions.
July 25, 2017
Wow
It's an easy read but has so many questions answered. Great book completely, I will be referring my friends in hopes they care Lear .
It's an easy read but has so many questions answered. Great book completely, I will be referring my friends in hopes they care Lear .
February 1, 2018
The Conjure workbook volume 1
This is a small intense booklet with plenty of good information. Would love to sit and read her work all day.
This is a small intense booklet with plenty of good information. Would love to sit and read her work all day.
December 1, 2020
Really good intro to to hoodoo
March 12, 2014
The Conjure Workbook Volume 1: Working the Root is an excellent tome on Southern Conjure work. When I picked up this tome I knew that it was going to be full of Christian mysticism and biblical references. That is what Hoodoo and conjure is. The Southern Hoodoo and conjure traditions are a mixture of folk beliefs from pre-slave days in Africa and the various Christian faiths in the south. This was how the slaves were able to hold on to a bit of their previous culture and identity.
If those who are looking to learn about Hoodoo and conjure work are expecting information to come from a pagan perspective and are looking at this work they will be disappointed. Mama Starr is very clear about her roots and the roots of Southern Conjure which are in Christian belief systems of the south. While she does say that you can be of any belief system and still work the spells and rituals she provides, unless you respect the Bible and understand that it is filled with lore, spells, and practices you will not get anything out of this book.
The author begins the book by discussing the work of ancestors. Here the author begins explaining one of the core concepts and beliefs across Conjure/Hoodoo/Rootwork traditions. There is an overall belief in an existence of an afterlife and that our ancestors will be there to answer us. The author starts by describing how they help us and work with us and finally ends with setting up an altar to venerate and pray to your ancestors.
I mentioned the importance of respect for the Bible as a sacred text and as a book of power as that is the second topic discussed in the book. As I said early on the author is clear in that this book is a southern conjure book which is going to have referenced to the Bible in there. Most of the references are in the Old Testament but they are still Bible references.
After working with the ancestors is covered, crafting altars and work spaces is discussed, and the Bible is mentioned as an important source the Author gets into the spirits and beings that are often worked with in her practice of Hoodoo. Prior to reading this book I was aware of the work with the archangels and the saints. Here I learned of new spirits and beings also associated with Conjure as well as how we can even work with the prophets in the bible.
Each being mentioned came with several different prayers and ways that you can work with them. These early workings are here to give you an idea about the powers each spirit has. These workings also introduce you to the concepts of repeating works, and how actual effort is put into the work. The author makes it clear that these things are repeated several times for effectiveness.
As the book continues the author mentions and focuses on another core belief in rootworking traditions. That belief and practice is one of divination. Starr provides many different ways of working divination including a very traditional practice of reading the bones. While the actual practice of bone reading is not discussed, the author does include its history of use. The author included a photo of her own bone set.
As the book continues the author continues an easy to follow step by step instruction on workings. The author also continues her straight talk. The author is very serious about their work and their tradition. Throughout the book the author mentions how some of these works are dangerous and are not to be simply played with. She does this not to discourage people from doing these works, but to encourage people to take the work seriously.
The author does speak only of their own tradition and practices. While the author does give you all the information you need to create your own Hoodoo/Conjure practice she does encourage you to find an actual teacher to learn more complex works. As an example the author explains why some packet spells written by other authors aren't as effective as they could be because of folding the paper of the packet in a different manner than she was taught with an explanation of why the other method may actually backfire.
This book is filled with practical information. With the authors attitude, explanations, and the step by step processes in the book the tome The Conjure Workbook volume 1: Working the Root provides everything you need to know in order to effective start working your own spells and rituals. By working the spells in the book you develop understanding of associations and correspondences which can be useful in creating your own effective spells.
If those who are looking to learn about Hoodoo and conjure work are expecting information to come from a pagan perspective and are looking at this work they will be disappointed. Mama Starr is very clear about her roots and the roots of Southern Conjure which are in Christian belief systems of the south. While she does say that you can be of any belief system and still work the spells and rituals she provides, unless you respect the Bible and understand that it is filled with lore, spells, and practices you will not get anything out of this book.
The author begins the book by discussing the work of ancestors. Here the author begins explaining one of the core concepts and beliefs across Conjure/Hoodoo/Rootwork traditions. There is an overall belief in an existence of an afterlife and that our ancestors will be there to answer us. The author starts by describing how they help us and work with us and finally ends with setting up an altar to venerate and pray to your ancestors.
I mentioned the importance of respect for the Bible as a sacred text and as a book of power as that is the second topic discussed in the book. As I said early on the author is clear in that this book is a southern conjure book which is going to have referenced to the Bible in there. Most of the references are in the Old Testament but they are still Bible references.
After working with the ancestors is covered, crafting altars and work spaces is discussed, and the Bible is mentioned as an important source the Author gets into the spirits and beings that are often worked with in her practice of Hoodoo. Prior to reading this book I was aware of the work with the archangels and the saints. Here I learned of new spirits and beings also associated with Conjure as well as how we can even work with the prophets in the bible.
Each being mentioned came with several different prayers and ways that you can work with them. These early workings are here to give you an idea about the powers each spirit has. These workings also introduce you to the concepts of repeating works, and how actual effort is put into the work. The author makes it clear that these things are repeated several times for effectiveness.
As the book continues the author mentions and focuses on another core belief in rootworking traditions. That belief and practice is one of divination. Starr provides many different ways of working divination including a very traditional practice of reading the bones. While the actual practice of bone reading is not discussed, the author does include its history of use. The author included a photo of her own bone set.
As the book continues the author continues an easy to follow step by step instruction on workings. The author also continues her straight talk. The author is very serious about their work and their tradition. Throughout the book the author mentions how some of these works are dangerous and are not to be simply played with. She does this not to discourage people from doing these works, but to encourage people to take the work seriously.
The author does speak only of their own tradition and practices. While the author does give you all the information you need to create your own Hoodoo/Conjure practice she does encourage you to find an actual teacher to learn more complex works. As an example the author explains why some packet spells written by other authors aren't as effective as they could be because of folding the paper of the packet in a different manner than she was taught with an explanation of why the other method may actually backfire.
This book is filled with practical information. With the authors attitude, explanations, and the step by step processes in the book the tome The Conjure Workbook volume 1: Working the Root provides everything you need to know in order to effective start working your own spells and rituals. By working the spells in the book you develop understanding of associations and correspondences which can be useful in creating your own effective spells.
February 3, 2014
I like directions I can understand, and work that is practical...however I felt as though there was a lot lacking in the explanations of energetic equivalents, because it is an extremely christian-based material, and felt as though it was over-simplified. The work blatantly refuses suggesting material or solutions for other belief systems, and matter of factly states that it is original conjure, which very well may be considering American southern conjure, but not the "root" of "rootwork", in my opinion, as the author appears to disregard and brush off other rootworker's opinions when regarding non-christian based conjure in the beginning of the book.
I felt as though I was being harassed while reading it.
The workings are basic, and revolve almost entirely around the authors altars, and all of the work requires a bible to read passages from, and in one instance, requires the practitioner to rip a page out of one.
I can see where this book would be helpful to a new rootworker or conjurer, with no previous knowledge or understanding of it, and who is, well, Christian.
I don't usually have a problem converting workings to suit me, but I was disappointed that the work was a rehashing of what I felt is basic material. It is "volume 1", so I guess I should have expected that perhaps it would be an "intro to conjure work". In that respect, it's my fault for getting my hopes up too high.
I felt as though I was being harassed while reading it.
The workings are basic, and revolve almost entirely around the authors altars, and all of the work requires a bible to read passages from, and in one instance, requires the practitioner to rip a page out of one.
I can see where this book would be helpful to a new rootworker or conjurer, with no previous knowledge or understanding of it, and who is, well, Christian.
I don't usually have a problem converting workings to suit me, but I was disappointed that the work was a rehashing of what I felt is basic material. It is "volume 1", so I guess I should have expected that perhaps it would be an "intro to conjure work". In that respect, it's my fault for getting my hopes up too high.
January 26, 2014
The dialect made the book hard to take seriously. Also, if the author had omitted 90% of her complaints about individuals coming to traditions such as these via the internet and the written word the book would have been less than half the length.
April 20, 2017
I love this book.
Starr's writing is warm and conversational and she has no time for garbage. I'm a big fan of her podcast and she has the most amazing accent which you can hear in her writing.
I learned a lot of stuff I didn't know and refined what I knew about folk magic and conjure.
Starr's writing is warm and conversational and she has no time for garbage. I'm a big fan of her podcast and she has the most amazing accent which you can hear in her writing.
I learned a lot of stuff I didn't know and refined what I knew about folk magic and conjure.
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