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In Backwoods Witchcraft, Jake Richards offers up a folksy stew of family stories, lore, omens, rituals, and conjure crafts that he learned from his great-grandmother, his grandmother, and his grandfather, a Baptist minister who Jake remembers could "rid someone of a fever with an egg or stop up the blood in a wound." The witchcraft practiced in Appalachia is very much a folk magic of place, a tradition that honors the seen and unseen beings that inhabit the land as well as the soil, roots, and plant life.  

Living Conjure is a beginner's guide to Conjure written by an authentic Conjure woman with over four decades of working experience. Starr Casas learned Conjure the old-fashioned way: at home, from her relatives and ancestors. She would like to share that knowledge with a new generation of practitioners.

Ossman & Steel's Guide to Health or Household Instructor (its original title) is a collection of spells, remedies, and charms. The book draws from the old Pennsylvania Dutch and German powwow healing practices that in turn helped shape Appalachian folk healing, conjure, root work, and many folk healing traditions in America. Jake Richards, author of Backwoods Witchcraft and Doctoring the Devil, puts these remedies in context, with practical advice for modern-day "backwoods" healers interested in using them today.

Tantra for Couples is a book that explores the tantric sex positions. It brings a slower yet effective way of making love to the ones we adore. It beats the regular quickies and fast sex styles that many are used to. In this book, you will be able to not only experience sex on a new dimension, but you will also learn how to reduce your stress levels to enable you to enjoy the experience.

Who were the old conjurors and witches of Appalachia? What were their practices and beliefs? How can you learn the ways of conjuring for yourself? Appalachian folk magic and conjuring are little known today, but 40 or 50 years ago just about every person you might ask in Appalachia either knew something about it themselves or knew someone who did it. These practices and “superstitions” are at the core of Appalachian culture. In Doctoring the Devil, Jake Richards speaks to those questions and more.

Salary to CEO is the show to take you from the 9 to 5 to small business owner.Jake sits down with experienced entrepreneurs and investors to uncover their secrets on how to launch, acquire, scale and sell SMBs to generate life changing wealth.Leave the sexy unicorn startups for Silicon Valley and pursue an achievable, profitable path to becoming your own CEO by either buying small businesses that already exist or starting your own.Jake shares his own journey learning from the show's expert guests and applying their lessons to go from salaried employee to SMB owner… in real time – ...

Each episode, lifelong friends and film enthusiasts Adam and Jake each assign a movie the other person has never seen before. Reviews, reactions, and rants of all things cinema are had. Here's to the movies!

Buffalo Bill Cody, Bat Masterson, and other legendary heroic figures of America's Old West get the royal treatment in White Hats, a collection of stories by esteemed Western authors. This anthology is expertly compiled by Robert J. Randisi, who has gathered extraordinary stories of those who wear the white hat from well-known authors like John Jakes, Richard S. Wheeler, James Reasoner, and others.

Accompany me on a poignant journey as I recount my experiences as a father, husband, veteran, and embracing sobriety. I share the harrowing struggle of living with PTSD and the impact it had on my life, nearly leading me to my untimely demise through alcoholism. My story encapsulates the challenges of facing death, receiving a life-saving liver transplant, and navigating the path to recovery and sobriety. My journey speaks of resilience, the tenacity of a survivor, and the beauty of life.

This podcast is a published series of the Nightly Address for the members of the ADJUST THIS! movement and supporters of the A Just This Political Action Committee.