• A stack of booklets or books titled "Children of the Blood: A Child's Book of Folk Magic" by Annie Dowell, featuring a beige cover with black branch illustrations, photographed outdoors among green leaves and small flowers.
  • An open book spread with gothic text reading 'Calling on the Spirits' and a black-and-white skull illustration with flowers in its teeth, photographed outdoors among green leaves and small yellow and pink flowers.
  • An open book or card with black-and-white illustrated tree branches and the text 'A Spell to Protect You from Darkness,' styled with flowers and green leaves around it.
  • An open book or journal lying outdoors on the ground, showing printed pages with black gothic-style text and tree illustrations. Green leaves and a pink flower are visible around the book.
  • An open book spread titled "Magic and the Moon" with a black-and-white moon illustration on the page, photographed outdoors among green leaves and small yellow and pink flowers.
  • An open book or journal showing a black-and-white illustration of a gnarled tree with the text 'A Spell to Protect You from Darkness' on the left page, photographed indoors with flowers at the top edge.
  • An open book spread with printed text about 'What is Magic?' and 'What is Folks Magic?' and a black tree illustration across the top, photographed in a warm indoor setting with blurred background lights and a person out of focus.
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Children of the Wood

Children of The Wood

Children of The Wood

$16.50 USD
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Local Author Annie Dowdell

Part of the Witch of the Wood Library

Children of the Wood: A Child’s Book of Folk Magic.

By the Author: "This is a handmade black and white picture book of whimsical folk magic spells and practices for Children. This is my most popular and largest title. Written, illustrated, and hand-bound with great devotion by Annie Dowdell. 40 pages approximately 6x9 inches. This edition was professionally printed on high end recycled linen by an eco-friendly employee-owned company in the US. I bind each copy personally using red linen. I want to stitch roots between our children's feet and the earth, so that they have the tools they need to weather the hard times with grounded resilience, and fully experience and relish the joys of the good. From that space, I’ve written this book with complete faith in every child’s ability to have a strong, FUN, and supportive magical practice that brings their world to life. Nothing is mundane when you find the magic in taking a bath or doing your homework!"

"I also made another subtle change to this edition in order to be more inclusive and authentic. While themes and practices certainly overlap, I chose not to use the words: “Witchcraft,” or “Witch,” anywhere in this book. Instead, I used a much more fitting term for my purposes: Folk Magic. Folk Magic, is the magic of the common folk, done for common reasons. It is practiced cross-culturally (including in Christianity), and is not bound to any one religion or gender. Its wisdom is not "gate-kept." Anyone can do it. There are strong themes of Animism (the belief that everything inherently has a soul or a spirit), Ancestor worship, and somatic (how does my body feel?) meditation/visualization in this book. Rather than elaborating on culturally or religiously specific practices or traditions, I tried to keep it pretty secular, and wanted to leave younger readers with a desire to deepen their relationship with nature, their families, and their ancestors."

This book is for Young Adults.

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