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Ozark Folk Magic Topics
Practitioners can often get overwhelmed by all of the different traditions and methods available to us today. In this course, we’ll look at five important topics common to many folk traditions: amulets, candles, defense against the dark arts, string, and magic of the hearth and home. These methods and traditions will be taught from an Ozark perspective but with the understanding that these traditions are open to anyone who might want to deepen their own practice.
This class series is taught by Ozark folklorist and writer Brandon Weston of Ozark Healing Traditions and is great for beginners as well as seasoned practitioners from any and all traditions.
This class series is taught by Ozark folklorist and writer Brandon Weston of Ozark Healing Traditions and is great for beginners as well as seasoned practitioners from any and all traditions.
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Discounted bundle for all classes in the Ozark Folk Magic Topics series, Spring 2026
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Date: February 09, 2026
Time: 6:30-8:00pm (Central Time) Location: Zoom (meeting link sent before each class session) A workshop on crafting and using amulets and talismans as part of your magical practice. We’ll explore traditional Ozark “charm bags” for protection and prosperity. We’ll also look at curio objects like whole roots, nuts, and animal parts that are held and carried as natural amulets. |
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Date: March 09, 2026
Time: 6:30-8:00pm (Central Time) Location: Zoom (meeting link sent before each class session) A workshop on using candles and lamps as part of your practice. Some topics covered include: color and shape symbolism, "dressing" your candles using oils and herbs, working with oil lamps, and using candles without fire. |
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Date: April 13, 2026
Time: 6:30-8:00pm (Central Time) Location: Zoom (meeting link sent before each class session) An exploration of magical protection against all those things that go bump in the night. We'll look at traditions of spirit-detection, methods of magical exorcism, and wearable amulet wards. |
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Date: May 11, 2026
Time: 6:30-8:00pm (Central Time) Location: Zoom (meeting link sent before each class session) A look at the mighty, wonderworking powers of ordinary household string. This often overlooked item has been used by healers and practitioners since ancient days for everything from creating blessed amulets, catching and destroying curses, and even setting magical traps for bothersome spirits. |
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Date: June 08, 2026
Time: 6:30-8:00pm (Central Time) Location: Zoom (meeting link sent before each class session) Let’s gather together around the hearth or the “heart” of the home, the magical center of our lives and practices. In this class, we’ll look at the magic of the home itself, from cleansing and clearing practices, to feasting traditions, to maintaining good relationships with protective spirits of the home and our ancestors. |
Retribution Magic: Cursing with a Cause
Cursing has long been controversial in the Ozarks as well as in the wider magical community. Yet amongst Ozark healers and practitioners themselves, retribution magic has gone right alongside other more common practices like protection work, love spells, and good luck charms. Retribution work at its heart is a cleansing act, but one that seeks to "return to sender" any hexes and other malign work that might have been put onto a person. In this class, we'll look at the place of curses and hexes in the Ozarks and how practitioners here have traditionally justified these taboo acts.
This class series is taught by Ozark folklorist and writer Brandon Weston of Ozark Healing Traditions and is great for beginners as well as seasoned practitioners from any and all traditions.
This class series is taught by Ozark folklorist and writer Brandon Weston of Ozark Healing Traditions and is great for beginners as well as seasoned practitioners from any and all traditions.
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Discounted bundle for all classes in the Retribution Magic: Cursing with a Cause series, Spring 2026
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Date: February 23, 2026
Time: 6:30-8:00pm (Central Time) Location: Zoom (meeting link sent before each class session) Working from a basis in Ozark folk magic and healing theory, we begin our series looking at what a curse is, how they are formed, and traditional cleansing methods to remove them. We’ll also look at the role of the Ozark healer in the process and how these individuals have walked the line between magic that was acceptable and magic that was condemned. |
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Date: March 23, 2026
Time: 6:30-8:00pm (Central Time) Location: Zoom (meeting link sent before each class session) Element of destruction and release. The active element of Fire is the most popular to use in Ozark retribution magic. In this class, we’ll explore rituals of burning and heating including roasting an enemy over hot coals and breaking the power of a malicious foe through sparking an illusory explosion. |
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Date: April 27, 2026
Time: 6:30-8:00pm (Central Time) Location: Zoom (meeting link sent before each class session) Element of energy and movement. The active element of Air is used in Ozark retribution magic to disperse energies. In this class, we’ll explore rituals of wind and smoke including breaking apart an enemy’s power and throwing it into the seven winds and smoldering a slanderer alongside sacred incense. |
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Date: May 25, 2026
Time: 6:30-8:00pm (Central Time) Location: Zoom (meeting link sent before each class session) Element of cleansing and clearing. The active element of Water is used in Ozark washing rituals where it’s used to carry away curses. In this class, we’ll explore retribution rituals of river and waterfall, looking specifically at work to get our enemies to move away from us or to send their power downriver with the current. |
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Date: June 22, 2026
Time: 6:30-8:00pm (Central Time) Location: Zoom (meeting link sent before each class session) Element of stability and burial. The passive element of Earth is used in Ozark retribution magic to bury and neutralize energies. In this class, we’ll explore rituals of stone and dirt including burying the power of an enemy in a graveyard and making use of our powerful tree allies to help us remove and nullify curse work. |