Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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It's Reshelving Day!

Part of my writing process is letting my books pile up around me as I'm doing research and drafting. Then, when I'm finally done, I get to take a day and reshelve all the books back to their homes (and remove a LOT of sticky notes). It's a peaceful and calming ritual that also reminds me just how many giants' shoulders I'm standing on every time I write.

So I thought I'd share that with you and let you see some of the books that were with me this time around! Great ones include:
-Popular Magic, Owen Davies
-Cunning Folk, Tabitha Stanmore
-Tradition of Household Spirits, Claude Lecouteux
-Dictionary of Superstitions, Opie & Tatem
-Witches, Ghosts, & Signs, Patrick Gainer
-Tao of Craft, @bellwen
-Cunning Man's Handbook, Jim Baker
-Annotated African American Folktales, Henry L. Gates, Jr. & Maria Tatar
-Book of English Magic, Carr-Gomm & Heygate
-Distaff Gospels, trans. Jeay/Garay
-Cunning Folk & Familiar Spirits, Emma Wilby
-Mules & Men, Zora Neale Hurston
-Spiritual Merchants, C. Morrow Long
-Mojo Workin', K. Hazzard-Donald
-Secret History of Memphis Hoodoo, Tony Kail
-Voodoo & Power, Kodi Roberts
-Herbal & Magical Medicine, J.W. Kirkland, ed.
-Slave Religion, A. Raboteau
-Witches of the Atlantic World, E. Breslaw, ed.
-Sigil Witchery, Laura Tempest Zakroff

So many sticky notes! So much to reshelve! (and I know I look more and more deranged as I go on, but the books are just so good!)

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