Catalog: Kitchen Witch: A Memoir

by Cora Anderson, author of Fifty Years in the Feri Tradition

Autobiography, Cooking, Poetry, Body/Mind/Spirit
ISBN 978-0-9710050-7-5
Paper, 168 pages
List price: $14.95

Also available in a special cloth edition, previously titled Childhood Memories, and limited to 600 numbered copies. Click here to ORDER.

An Inspiring Recollection from a Beloved Craft Elder

That night I had a very strange experience. I lay on my bed, half-awake and half-asleep. I glanced toward the window and saw a most delightful sight--there was the most beautiful creature I had ever seen. Before me was a real fairy. She was about a foot tall and very slender. She looked like a tiny golden girl, with blond hair and sparkling blue eyes."

A personal narrative filled with homespun wisdom, this memoir recounts the life and times of one of the foremost elders of the Fairy (Feri) Faith of the Old Religion. Her journey proceeds from an impoverished childhood in rural Alabama before the Great Depression to her marriage to the blind poet, shaman, and co-teacher of the Feri Tradition, Victor H. Anderson, and their life together. This warm, intimate, and bittersweet life story provides a glimpse into the world of a true American kitchen Witch, and includes her recipes, personal spells, and poetry.

Cora Anderson helped train some of the most influential voices in neo-Paganism, including Starhawk and Gwydion Pendderwen. She worked as a hospital cook for many years and was a contributing writer to Potpourri of Cookery. Her articles were featured in Witch Eye and Circle magazines, and her recipes were published in Women's Circle.

Endorsements

Like her face-to-face teaching, her wisdom and knowledge are here for those who can see them.
—Michele Jackson, from the Foreword

A delightful, sorrowful, but overall amazing account of a woman’s and a witch’s life. Cora was such a gem to the community and will be greatly missed. An autobiography that any hearth or kitchen witch would love, as at her core, it was who Cora Anderson was. A daughter, a sister, a witch, a professional cook, a wife and mother, Cora’s long life was full of as much joy as it was hardship. Her tales from the Depression caused tears to roll down my cheeks, while others from her childhood had me giggling. ... It is not one fluid story, but instead each chapter is a tale from her childhood, youth, to womanhood. ... A beautiful book full of beautiful tales and wisdom.
—Pagan Bookworm, Book & Media Reviews for the Magical Masses