The Pilot Wheel and Grandmother Spider

This was originally a series of posts in the State of Scott Facebook group. For the complete articles, please feel free to join! Pilot Mountain, North Carolina Pilot Mountain. known to the Cheraw as “Jomeokee”, which was their great guide. The Cheraw people were also known as the Saura and Jomeokee is of the Sauratown…

Finding Your Magick

If you ever walked into one of the high-end esoteric shops, often the helpful person behind the counter will show you the fine selection of athames, altars, and other tools that you may need in your magickal endeavors. You could easily spend hundreds of dollars after you get all the books and supplies you “need”….

The Creepy Picture

We look at a popularly shared image on the Web and it’s ripple effect into my own family history.

The Witches of Appalachia

It’s your birthday, your friends and loved ones are gathered around you, suddenly there is a cake, waxed candles melting, bright flame illuminating your face as you make your wish. You blow your candles out to much applause. Congratulations, you just performed magick. We spell it a little bit different to denote the difference between…

The White Woman of Dean

October 1941 The first ghost story I ever heard as a child was about “The White Woman”. Dean was the mining camp along Roach Creek. My Grandfather, Hubert, owned a store across the Dean post office, about a mile outside the community. The road to Dean though was filled with terror. She would appear on…