English | ASIN: B0B72HPXK4 | 2022 | 2 hours and 27 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 134 MB
Ossman & Steel's Classic Household Guide to Appalachian Folk Healing: A Collection of Old Time Remedies, Charms, and Spells
A long-treasured but forgotten classic of folk healing. Ossman & Steel's Guide to Health or Household Instructor (its original title) is a collection of spells, remedies, and charms. The book draws from the old Pennsylvania Dutch and German powwow healing practices that in turn helped shape Appalachian folk healing, conjure, root work, and many folk healing traditions in America. Jake Richards puts these remedies in context, with practical advice for modern-day "backwoods" healers interested in using them today. The first part contains spells and charms for healing wounds, sties, broken bones, maladies, and illnesses of all sorts. The second part includes other folk remedies using ingredients based on sympathetic reasoning, including sulfuric acid, gunpowder, or other substances for swelling, toothache, headache, and so on.