Life as a village wisewoman in the wilds of West Cornwall
Cassandra Latham-Jones
Village Witch
Life as a village Wisewoman in the wilds of West Cornwall
Cassandra Latham-Jones
Format: Softcover
ISBN: 978-1-906958-23-7
£15.00 / US$24.00
Village Witch is an account of what it means to live and practise as a village wisewoman in West Cornwall.
The first part of the book traces Cassandra Latham-Jones’s own journey towards this unusual vocation. It is a personal story, at times difficult and demanding, in which experience becomes inseparable from practice. For Cassandra, wisdom is not something acquired simply through study. It develops through observation, endurance and direct engagement with the circumstances of life.
From there, the book turns towards the everyday practice of the Craft. Cassandra writes about the realities of being a traditional wisewoman, drawing on stories, observations and her own approach to magic. The result is very different from the familiar instructional manual built around ready-made spells and formulas.
At the heart of Village Witch is the idea that there is far more to the Craft of the Wise than learning magical techniques. Practice requires discipline, dedication, commitment and the willingness to examine one’s own experiences. The book is therefore concerned as much with the why of magic as with the how.
West Cornwall is more than simply a setting. Its landscape, community and atmosphere form part of the world in which Cassandra’s practice has developed, giving the book a strong sense of place and of witchcraft as something embedded within everyday life.
Rather than presenting witchcraft as a fixed system to be followed, Village Witch offers a personal and grounded view of the Craft as a lived path — one shaped by experience, responsibility and the gradual acquisition of wisdom.
For readers interested in Traditional Witchcraft, folk magic and the lived experience of the village wisewoman, this is both a personal record and an invitation to consider what it means to make the Craft part of a life rather than simply something one performs.
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