Dorothy Morrison

Curses, Hexes & Other Unsavory Notions

Utterly Wicked

Cheyenne Kinney 

Over hyped and holds too much appropriation. 

I bought this book as a way to learn about darker magic as my practice is leaning towards the grey area. I had read a few reviews about it and believed it would be a decent start. The writing style is not a personal favorite, far too much anecdotal talk for me, though it is easy to understand. The book was going pretty well until we got into the appropriation points. She talks about using hoodoo and voodoo and worshiping deities from closed practices. Even going so far as having an entire section on Hoodoo and not once mentioning that it is a closed practice. She also states that she is a 'true child of the south' and her ancestors were confederates, so why would she use pieces of a closed practice that the slaves of her ancestors used? She also mentions dream catchers and making them, something that is part of Native American culture and, again, is closed. It could have been a great book, Dorothy kept out the appropriation. Some of the spells are interesting and do seem like something I could use. Truly the number of good reviews on this book is astounding considering all that is wrong with it. 

Do I recommend this book? It is a good book to learn what not to do from an appropriation standpoint and that is about it. I would suggest finding another book on hexes, curses, and other unsavory notions.

Utterly Wicked Curses, Hexes & Other Unsavory Notions

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