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H. Byron Ballard, BA, MFA, is a ritualist, teacher, speaker  and writer.

 She has served as a featured speaker and teacher at Sacred Space

 Conference, Pagan Unity Festival, Pagan Spirit Gathering, Southeast Wise

 Women’s Herbal Conference, Glastonbury Goddess Conference, FaerieFest and

 other gatherings.

 

 She serves as elder priestess at Mother Grove Goddess Temple, a church

 devoted to the many faces of the Divine Feminine, where she teaches

 religious education and leads rituals.

 

 Her writings have appeared in print and electronic media. Her essays are

 featured in several anthologies, including  “Birthed from Scorched Hearts“

(Fulcrum Press), “Christmas Presence“ (Catawba Press), “Women’s Voices in

 Magic” (Megalithica Books), “Into the Great Below” and “Skalded Apples”

(both from Asphodel Press).  She blogs as “Asheville’s Village Witch”

(myvillagewitch.wordpress.com) and as The Village Witch for Witches and

 Pagans Magazine (witchesandpagans.com/The-Village-Witch), where she is

 also a regular columnist.

 

 Her pamphlet “Back to the Garden: a Handbook for New Pagans“ has been

 widely distributed and her first book “Staubs and Ditchwater: an

 Introduction to Hillfolks Hoodoo” (Silver Rings Press)  debuted in June

 2012.  Byron is currently at work on the companion volume “Asfidity and

 Mad-Stones” and “Earth Works: Eight Ceremonies for a Changing Planet”.

Contact her at www.myvillagewitch.com, info@myvillagewitch.com

 

Basic Practical Magic—Make magical practice a part of your everyday

 life—never be “mundane” again. From a nifty Parking Spell to the fun

 Marshmallow Hex, add some work-a-day spells to your work-basket for a more

 efficient, juicy life. Magic is afoot!

 

 Hillfolks Hoodoo: Appalachia’s Living Folk Magic Tradition—With its gnarly

 roots in the British Isles, the German Palatinate and in indigenous

 American tribal practice, Appalachian folk magic is characterized by its

 hands-on and practical approach, as well as its use of available

 materials. Though it has come down to us through a Protestant Christians

 filter, this system is easily adapted to modern Pagan sensibilities.

 

 Willful Bane: the History, Techniques and Ethics of Hexing

 Willful Bane is about the ethics of banework, the history of it in

 Appalachian folk magic, plus lots of practical experience that includes

 dollies, sachets, vinegar, chicken feet, marshmallows etc. We'll dive into

 history, legend, techniques and--perhaps most important--ethics. Come

 learn about the joy of hex.

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