The Stob

Pennsylvania German Braucherei Excellent site about one man's journey toward and through Braucherei (using, trying, need in U.S. English).  He seems to have been through many phases of the 'Arte' like, most of us.  I however, disagree with his 'wholly good' stance.  People usually favor/are the Gray/Grey, whether they admit it or not.  Defeating Hexerei (Witchcraft) is Grey Magic because you are harming another person, just as 'hurt done' (hexing) is grey magic because it is protective and malefic.  We all are benevolent and malevolent within the same breath, even some 'greater' and 'lesser' spirits ascribed with kindness.  Only the ultimate source is without 'human' characteristics.  Ask yourself this, why would the ultimate source have anger, love or any 'human' emotion? 

I'm always puzzled as to why people would want to believe, yes 'it' too is a belief, in nothing.  I realize that people think they're being logical and scientific.  It seems fairly boring.  Yet, many Atheists believe in 'alien civilizations', which will come and destroy Earth or save it from itself.  This is a mystical belief, creatures who can manipulate physics or worm-holes, to even visit Earth.  Also, believing that 'mankind' will pull itself out of it's problems and that we are generally benevolent (secular humanism) is a mystical, quite religious idea.  People are neither completely 'good', intellectually inclined or neither completely evil and destructive.  I also wonder, why Atheists think they need to teach Atheism ( which amounts to dogma) to others, as it is the absence of belief.  Atheism is old as Theism, but Theism has many facets.  I  believe that there is a Ultimate Void in the 'Universe', the source of all things, but

Peter Cornelius - Drei Könige   ^9-C+M+B+2016...Caspar, Melchior, Baltasar

Opale - Les Champs Magnetique

A fairly good 'oldie'...Faith and the Muse - 'Wassail'

According to the 'Pillars of Tubal Cain' , co-authored by Nigel Jackson and the late Michael Howard, there was a Christmas 'Parade' with a Bull in Gloucestershire (Pronounced Gloster-scheer or shire according to how 'posh' you consider yourself).  'The Broad' was accompanied by a group bearing a Wassail bowl decorated by ribbons and greenery.  They also state that the old Mari Lwyd 'parade' had a leader with a Bull's Head carved on the staff.  I've noticed that a 'woman in black' on the 'youtube' video has a pewter or silver Wren.  The Wren is the winter bird in some Welsh and Cornish folk traditions, while the Robin is the spring/summer bird.  Jackson and Howard hint around that such folk imagery was used in witchcraft to summon the powers of the constellation of the Wain (Wagon), known as the 'Big Dipper' in North America and the powers of Saturn (The Spiritual Attributes/Power of the Planet), ( Roman Saturnalia)

Apple Stack Cake

Ole' Buck Parade, North Carolina....dating to the Middle Ages.

Apparently extinct Ole' Buck Ole' Buck used to feature in North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee Christmas play actin' and parades.  Up to the 1940's and 50's in TN and KY and until the 80's in the Outer Banks, NC.  Unfortunately, people are obsessed with fake culture, now, i.e. 'Rebel Flags' and Christian Left Wing activities (Or non Christian Politics in my opinion)...

Mari Lwyd

Mari Lwyd, Old Welsh Christmas Custom being revived

Perchten

Haxsey Hood Game, Old Christmas    Lincs UK

Thomas Aikenhead    "...he had learned magic in Egypt"

Old Man Stout (surname) from Fentress County, was supposedly the only witch, who went to trial in Tennessee.  There are several other incidents from the 19th century, which might qualify.  The Southeast US (Virginia, North Carolina, and deep south Georgia, Louisiana, Florida ) were more 'liberal' in its punishments for witchery, than Puritan New England.   These colonies in the south had also existed since or before the 1600's.  If a person had been accused of witchery in the 17th and 18th century south and lost the trial, huge amounts of Tobacco were usually levied.  Although, a person at that time could counter sue for slander/defamation of character, unlike 17th century New England. Old Man Stout was said to study 'arcane' books at night.  He supposedly had power over many things; people, animals, the weather and the course of his trial.  Oddly, he supposedly tried to charm a local young woman into marriage.  The charm went awry and 'landed' on a local c

The Serpent and the Dove   Lisa Gerrard "Mediterranean" myth...Dove and Serpent/Beetle and Frog, Dolphin and Whale (Ancient Greek Funerary Symbols).  The Dove (Holy Spirit), The Serpent- the cunning/power of Jesus, until he had given himself as sacrifice.  The Pen-Dragon (Welsh for Chieftain),  Vlad Tepesh the Dracul (Tepesh the Royal Dragon),  Quetzacoatl (White-Serpent),  Uktena (Jeweled head Dragon of the Cherokee), China (People of the Dragon), White Snake/Dragon-standard of  Mercia (Murshuh-Medieval English Kingdom) and sacred meal Seer-Magicians in England and Germany (nick-named 'the otter' in Medieval Germany- which some interpreted literally).                                                                                                                                                           Oddly enough, the Dove or 'Rain-crow' is considered a symbol of 'ill-luck' in Appalachia, more-so, than the serpent or 'sarpent' (although

I was watching "The United States of Hoodoo (2012), which is about U.S. Voudun, more so, than Hoodoo.  This was the first time I heard another Sorcerer say, it makes your life worse!  I have told many people the same (as have many witches, witchdoctors, hoodoos, witchmasters, braucherei, 'two-heads', 'conjures',) etc. have said for many generations.   People expect wealth, recognition, earthly gain.  I'd say the best part is that you realize that most things are without merit in this life and that knowledge and wisdom are more priceless, than material things.  The ability to create from the eternal void (the first source and the indefinable) is a better reward, than all the rewards of 'human' belief.   And laughing at people who want a physical 'show', when there are worlds/universes of gnosis outside the mundane.  Those who see need no explanation and those who do not, can't be given an explanation... And regardless of current or old belief

Beth Gelert- Grave of the faithful Greyhound Beth is Welsh (Cymraeg) for 'Bed or Grave'.  Gelert's Hounds' Grave is considered a holy place and Ysbryd (Famulus) to one certain group/Aelwyd (family/hearth/kin-group) in Merionethshire (Northern Wales). The point being the famulus is 'ever faithful', whereas, the human companions may or may not be 'ever faithful'.  Notice the triangular pattern of the stones (blessed manifestation and re-manifestation-my interpretation).  One wide stone, one tall stone, one short stone (The upper, middle, and underworld-my interpretation- the three sorcerer's worlds).

Blessings upon Russia and France! "Hakim Bey" -The Anti-Caliph No, I do not endorse all of Peter Lamborn Wilsons' beliefs.  I hatefully oppose any encouragement of pederasty.  So, don't get on your high-horse.  

I suppose this refers to dead witches and those who are quite alive, but 'beyond the pale' of normal society. How one can know/see the witches / The 126th 'Art' from page 119 of  "138 Entirely New Mysteries" by Ben Johann Martin Hagen, Anno Domini 1744? My Translation from German/auf Deutsch: "Find a grave of a woman who died in childbirth, with a dead FIRST son, buried by her side.  If there is a tree near the graves, take a sizeable branch from the tree.  Then auger a hole in the branch and through the hole you will see all witches." The book was published in old Fraktur script, so many people in 'modern' Germany and the U.S. are unable to translate it, unless they have had good teachers or professors, who took the time to teach the old script (thankfully, I did).  One may also see the incredible through a knothole (The Old Folk - The Good People),  A Vesica Piscis  (a 'crotched' tree grown together at the top), a loop/noo

http://atriumtapes.bandcamp.com/album/night-city Ritually influenced music...I know him personally and the themes within the music have to do with the Genii Loci (Spirits of place-which are not exclusive to rural areas, I know this personally) of the city, the healing and revelatory nature of sleep, hence the name.  Also, the thin distinctions of sleep, meditative, trance and the waking/wake world.

A Troy Stone or Mazey Stone is a small rock with a labyrinthine pattern carved on the surface.  It's used access certain realms or Troys (spiritual worlds) through trance.  (I.e. Kynethel). I'm interested in what Gemma Gary is writing because she is honest about her sources, old folklore and personal inspiration.  These are my sources somewhat, as well, although I do claim oral sources back to the 1920's to 1980's, like it or lump it.  I don't care one way or another, as East and Middle Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina were different from the rest of the US and UK until the late 80's. I can also tell you quite confidently, that North Carolina's folk spirit Ole' Buck is one and the same as Bucca Du and Bucca Gwid, in Cornwall, Puck in England, and Phooka in Ireland.  Ole Buck (North Carolina) and Bucca (Cornwall) both have to do with the beach (liminal space) and part of the sea... Anyway: http://www.troybooks.co.uk/traditional-witchcraft.htm

Poso Lipamai (I'm Sorry)-Selofan

1.  Boil Capsicum sp. in water or vinegar, then throw it into the 'four corners' of the home or apartment (north, west, south, east- counterclockwise).  This inflames or provokes the spirits of the house or apartment, to reject the tenants.  Obviously, this involves 'breaking and entering', unless the neighbor has given you a set of spare keys.  In some British and Irish folklore, the spirits of the home 'live' or enter through corners, literally open ended 'triangles' (one symbol of the 'manifest', as is the circle and 'perfected cube').  The same is true in South Eastern U.S. folklore, as well as the chimney and hearth/oven/cook-stove. 2.  Steal a sock from the neighbor tie it to a train or throw it into a river moving west.  They will move (preferably the 'head' or the 'heads' of the household. 3.  Obtain the hair of  a deceased 'criminal' and place it in a northern or western facing door or window (to inv

Forever Grey -Sourland

This fume is used to commune with the dead or ancestors.  Some do not recognize the new Gregorian dates as the holidays which our ancestors would have celebrated.  So for the 17th century (1600s) add 10 days to October 31 ( Gregorian/New Style Hallowe'en).  The 18th century, 11 days are added and the 19th century, 12 days are added.  Those of Germanic and Norse ancestry do not have Halloween, so Old Style Epiphany, Old Christmas, ' die Zwölften',  'Mother Nights' are similar traditions.  'New Style Date' Halloween has only come into 'vogue' in England within the last 25 to 30 years. 1.  Dried Apple Peels (Malus sp. Pericarp) or Apple Tree roots 2.  Lobelia (Lobelia inflata)  (If you have COPD or lung problems avoid this smoke or any smoke for that matter). 3. Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) 4. Crow/Raven Feather  5. Acacia Flowers, Gum or roots (Acacia sp.) 6. Pine gum or roots (Pinus sp.)  Literally the 'pine box' 7. 'Ellum'

A little "parable", if you will: The native cultures of Meso-"America" and North "America" raised civilizations on a grain, Corn or "maize".  Corn, unprocessed is fairly useless as a food.  Someone or a group of people were 'inspired' to process Corn with the mineral, "Lime" or Calcium Hydroxide.   Lime unlocked the nutrients in Corn and therefore opened the door to feeding a whole group of people and a workforce.   The workforce built civilizations in Meso-"America" that surpassed the cultures of Europe, at the time.  This in turn, lead to time to develop a scholarly class, highly advanced in mathematics and astronomy.  From this we can discern that 'keys' are simple things, that unlock untold complexities.        The simplest answer is usually the 'key'.   I will venture a guess that there was no science at the time (repeatable observed facts).  So the 'spirit/intelligence' within or the one

"The Sheffield Apprentice"   'Appalachian' or mountain music

Clarence Ashley - Omie Wise "Oh, listen to my story, I'll tell you no lies, How John Lewis did murder poor little Omie Wise. He told her to meet him at Adams's Springs. He promised her money and other fine things. So, fool-like she met him at Adams's Springs. No money he brought her nor other fine things. "Go with me, little Omie, and away we will go. We'll go and get married and no one will know." She climbed up behind him and away they did go, But off to the river where deep waters flow. "John Lewis, John Lewis, will you tell me your mind? Do you intend to marry me or leave me behind?" "Little Omie, little Omie, I'll tell you my mind. My mind is to drown you and leave you behind." "Have mercy on my baby and spare me my life, I'll go home as a beggar and never be your wife." He kissed her and hugged her and turned her around, Then pushed her in deep waters where he knew that she would d

The Wife of Usher's Well - Hedy West A song about the Dead.  The Dead cannot partake of physical food or comforts (except in essence) and the living cannot partake of spiritual foods or comforts (except in essence-The Communion).   The Left (Clockwise) is Right (Death).  Fall is Spring in 'Elphame'.

Quiet Evenings - Sediment

Cindytalk - Silver Shoals of Light

Angels of Fall:  Tarquam and Gualbarel Head of the Fall Zodiac Signs:  Tolquaret The name of the Eath in Fall: Rabianira Name of the Sun in Autumn: Abragini Name of the Moon in Autumn: Matasignais It's always interesting to find these 18th and 19th century correspondences, that are obscure, as the popular ones are useless, common and ineffective .  Like most popular things...

Cindytalk- When Stars Collide "Between us lies Silver and Gold,   Between us lies Silver and Gold,   Into Temptation,   Into Temptations.   Between us, TRUTHS, hide in the Shell (Or Shoal),   Between us, TRUTHS, hide in the Shell,   A Million Years Old..."  

Halo Manash -Language of the Red Goats II

Loscil-Discrete Entropy    More 'Musicks'.

Lapis Niger - "At theThrone of MeLeK TauS" Lapis Niger - "Inside the Black Pearl" Obviously, these are more 'West Asian', influenced concepts.  Although, at one time I think Victor and Cora Anderson, said they were followers of MLK TS.  I really don't know much about so called "Feri" so I don't know if he is an 'Avatar' to that belief system, anymore.  The 'Peacock Spirit' appears and originated in Kurdish belief and is 'used'/talked about in several UK/US systems of magia. 

Each person must receive from their Spirits, whether this is your God (in the case of the 'Major' religions) or from folk beliefs, symbols of the renewed covenant.  To say that there are no new 'revelations', nullifies what one believes and causes a shell/husk of belief.  This is why 'modern' people are reluctant to believe in spiritual/non material forms, which are all that are given to us in dreams and during/after death.  Evidence, materialization, ingenuity, gnosis from the greater and lesser spirits.  There is 'nothing new under the Sun', but the presentation of the old, tried and true has a multitude of various forms and presentations.  The mark of true revelation is defined as that which holds true and is useful (helpful), even in the 'modern world'.  The ideas which are said to be universal, often apply to the privileged.   It's been said by numerous scholars, occultists, religious figures, sages, etc.; a personal relationship and sym

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5wnTb8_tQk Coil - In My Head A Crystal Sphere Of Heavy Fluid - Datenverarbeiter Video   More Modern Ritual music, causing a dissonance or shift in perception.  Daniel Schulke, surprisingly, is a fan.  The only thing I 'know' about him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cIlMBnanCc More music that pertains to ritual.  Obviously, everyone won't like or identify with this, but I'm using the blog to create an Eidolae of self.  Which some can use and others can discard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAGcXF-JbDU The Farmer's 'Curst' Wife.  The old 'lifting' song.  You can probably see why the rhythm was 'hypnotic', facilitating  mantic and trance states.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlTxrlkKzyI The Soft Moon - Total Decay Obviously, new 'ritual' music is more focused on the 'Void', the Indefinable.  Older, (60's to early aughts 00's) focused on traditional spiritual powers (vampires, Gods, Jesus, The 'Devil', Ghosts, Demons, Fairies, etc).  I'm not a fan of most Appalachian music, with the exception of old folk music, I.e. "The Old Man Under the Hill", "The Cursed Wife", etc.  The "Cursed Wife" was used as a transvection (archaic word for flying) chant for witches in North Carolina in the 1700's according to F. Roy Johnson, a 1960's folklorist in North Carolina.

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/is-there-a-mythical-vanishing-island-off-the-western-coast-of-ireland-165106796-237593621.html

There are a few definitions of a 'haunted house'.  One is the 'old world' definition; a house has been built on a track-way in the direct path from a cemetery or on a path that the old folk (fair-folk), and witches use.  The dead and the 'old people (fair folk/Seelige Leute -Blessed People-German)' are one and the same, according to old and new world lore, in my opinion.   I say this, because the customs are the same: I.e. "turn your cloaks, because fairies live in old oaks".  In the South Eastern U.S. , the old folklore is that a person must turn their coat inside out when they are pursued by a ghost.  Obviously, a reflection of the simplification of old world lore (there aren't many 'fairy-stories' in the U.S.,) also the British accents were dropped as a way of separating us from them during the "Revolutionary Period", as an example, of this simplification. The old methods were to hammer a new board in the house, which apparent

If you promise something, I think it's best to "keep your word", as much as possible.  I'm not defining the concept in a moral way, but in a "spiritual" way.  I.e., if you have told someone you will give them a "ride" to the doctor, find some information for them, bring them something, etc.;  then you must do it and try your best to fulfill your word.  There are a few reasons why I believe this idea.  It has been said/ written about that spirits (i.e. Ghosts, 'The Mighty Dead', 'Seelige Leute', The Good Folk (Fairies), find humans fickle.  So, one might acquire merit to the ancestors when one speaks "true".  "Common/Vulgar" speech is a problem, as you are constantly damning this one, cursing this one, using "foul language".  So by "cursing" or constantly speaking ill of others, you have lost the perception and power of actually "cursing" someone who has threatened Life, Limb, and Fa

Banned from the Bible Part II

Banned from the Bible...Books for some reason or another, that were left out?

La Cheville -The Peg (Stob) was considered to be one of the tools of Norman (Norman- Northern French Shepherds).  Les Bergers (Shepherds) were viewed as magicians, apparently based on folklore.  Different wood stakes carried certain natural potencies and were said to be used by some Bergers (Jesus was a figurative Shepherd and carpenter). 

If it rains before and during a funeral, the deceased has ascended to heaven.  (Anglo-Irish American belief).  If it is sunny during a funeral, the deceased has ascended to heaven. (African-American belief).  I point out that both are Folk-Christianity, as the Bible speaks of 'sleep' before the Resurrection.  I surmise, the opposite African-American belief has it's roots in antinomian ("outlaw", being correct in my opinion) beliefs formed during slavery.  Opposition has it's power.

Today, I was surprised by some old lore I hadn't heard since the 1980's.  I was in the convenience store and we were discussing the weather.  The woman, next in line said, "it's sunny and raining, so the Devil is beating his old lady."  A bit of old East Tennessee, English (or German or Irish?) misogynistic 19th century folklore, which I never expected to hear again in the 21st. Surprising.  Once the Devil, was thought of as the power of air (Biblical).  In the old South, and England, the Devil and Giants were said to have 'Castles' in the air (i.e. Jack the Giant Killer).  Lightning, was considered a force of God or the Devil, equally, since the Medieval Period.  Therefore, a lightning struck tree was the special repository of 'magia/mantic power', in the South the burned/blackened portion was considered a charm to scare away thieves.  A lightning struck tree could be a special meeting place for Witches ( American Chestnut-Virginia), Oak (Tennesse

My neighbor, who is Welsh-American (Evans), has told me that older family members (1890's to 1950's?) once used Carbide, from a miner's headlamp (C2H2) for tooth abscess.  Obviously, the pain and danger were extreme, but it seemed to work for people who had no access to dentistry or funds to pay for dentistry.  The nerves were literally, burned out (over-excited and deadened) from the "cure".  People were made of stronger 'stuff' back then, apparently!  

In the next few weeks to two months, I'm releasing a book on Amazon kindle and print. Their contract stipulates that you can not have a 'press release' after you sign their contract (so this is beforehand, so not a breach). I do not know what their legal definition of 'press release' is, but other than that, the contract is favorable to a self publisher (screeeeech).  The tentative title is "Trollkarl's Svartkonstbok, Historic Witchery, Sorcery and Folk Magic in Denmark, Sweden and Germany." I've done the translations, sort of like the Galdrabok, with notations, sources, etc.  One can look at the sources, if they do not agree with my translations or notes.  It is an traditional look at Trolldom and Hekserei/Hexerei and is not representive of modern practice (and there is a modern resurgence/continuance).  So look for it and buy, if you like. 

"...A Squirrel's tooth conferred power to divine the future, and to interpret SINISTER or SERENE circumstances..."  Reminiscences of Newcastle Iowa, 1848, Harriet M. Bonebright Closz, Sarah Brewer Bonebright. 

    The Dragon-Doll was a 'spiritually imbued' figurine carved occasionally from a tree , which was said to bring money and perform 'miracles'.  People will go aha! a Mandrake...usually it wasn't, as it would have been difficult to grow and obtain that root in the far north by people that lacked the wealth to travel to Italy, the Medieval and consecutive centuries source of the plant.  The Dragedukker (Danish) was said to be able to build houses from stones that even a horse and cart couldn't carry because of the immense weight.  Sometimes, the poppet was called the Drejedok/Drejedukke (Turning Sprite/Spirit - Danish).  It was housed in a wooden coffin or box, like a Mandragora, which was turned to summon the spirit of the doll to bring shillings (coins),  Daler (a larger sum) or the 'Vekseldaler' (Money that returned to the owner once it was spent).      In folklore, everyday people said that it could be seen by a blaze of light, in the early morning, 

Gee (Yee) is an animal command for horses and in the old days, plough Oxen to turn right.  While Haw is the left directional command.  The European, Southern and Haitian term 'Horse' has the connotation of a spiritually or magically 'possessed' human, animal or spirit.  So Yee (Gee)haw is the word urging a spirit in all directions of operation.  Haw is left in the US, it is right in the UK.  Gee is left in the UK and right in the United States.  Ka and Karrender are East Anglian (sometimes invocatory) words that mean "Look Here/Manifest", sort of an 'English Amen'.   Ka is used by The Way of Eight Winds (Magister Nigel Pennick).  Please see Secrets of East Anglian Magic - Page 134 .  'Karrender' seems to be almost forgotten.  Ka is used by the Cultus Sabbati, but may be more related to the Egyptian word Ka (Soul/Double).  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gee_and_haw

Why certain cultural areas are more relevant to this blog:  We are most interested in Scandinavian, Irish, British ( East Anglian -England) Wales, German, Spanish, French, Cherokee/US, Middle-Eastern (Jewish/'European Jewish'), folklore, culture, folk-magic, witchery/witchin' because of 'genetic inheritance' .

The Counter-magic of the burial shroud/gown (17th to 19th century Sweden). Some Svartkonstboks (black books, oddly called, as they were mostly Christianized folk magic) recommend the use of the burial shroud/gown (obtaining a piece of the burial gown) to nullify the effects of Trollkonst (Witchery/Sorcery).  Contemporarily, Swedish burial gowns are only used in rural areas and that seems to be rare (I've only encountered one website for old fashioned burial gowns in Sweden).  They resembled a long collared shirt, without buttons, which reached to the ankles and were made for both men and women.  This is reflective of the old English and American folk practice of touching a 'skin disease' to cure the disease with the hand of the deceased.  Other 'artifacts' from the dead were used to stop epilepsy.  The power of the Mighty Dead's physical attributes was nullification of disease and sorcery directed against the person.  The burial gown had a strange name in old

A Southern Witchery/Folk Magic explanation of the Azoetia: Azoth=the 'fabric' of the Universe, as opposed to the Goetia, the 'fabric' of Hell.  I've noticed that some people say The Azoetia is unworkable.  This is not true, the only problem is that you must know which Aat/Cell/Letter to begin the year with (Sabbat is the Eight Winds of Medieval Practicum/ The 'Catholic' Holidays).  Does The Cultus Sabbati begin with Halloween or Christmas, this is the only prohibitive part of understanding their Art.  We do not have Sabbats or Esbats in the Southeastern US, other than May Day, Halloween (Divining/Necromancy) and Friday the Thirteenth(s) (For making weapons/countermagic called "Witchballs" (a sort of magic bullet for enemies).  There is also moonrise (rare) and Sunrise (not so rare).  Also, the 'Dog Days' which begin in July (USA's foundation to August).

Of the Biblia Arcana Magica Alexander (AKA The 6 and 7th Book of Moses/Mosha): The First Schemhamphorash ('Shining/Solar Name of God):  One who is in the greatest need pronounces with reverence "JOVE" The Second  Schemhamphorash:  "YESERAYE"...pronounced to answer questions and fulfill wishes, by Angels and Spirits. The Third Schemhamphorasch: Adonay Sabaoth, Cadas Adonay Amara- For Necromantia and answers from the mighty dead.

An explanation of 'Stob':  A stob is a wooden stake used in Mountain/Southeastern/Appalachian folk magic, as well as, in old French folk magic.  Each wooden stake has a particular property, the American differs from the European.  The stake/stob makes a certain magical principle manifest when it penetrates the ground according to the intent of the witch/sorcerer/folk-magician.  So, one may 'nail down' 'paradise' or 'hell' according to will and intent.  In the Southeast, the Stob can be as simple as a 'sound/vibrational instrument' to drive snakes and night-crawlers (worms used in fishing-  We invite you to watch the Eastern TN "Heartland Series" about fishing stobs) to stobs that cause a feeling of being watched/ moving out/ spiritual revelation, etc.  So, this is the reason for the name, a whole Arcana in wood and 'we' are surrounded by it.  I invite you to join us, but I also caution you that anything stolen from this blog (th