Not In Kansas Anymore by Christine Wicker

[catherineyronwode]

Christine Wicker's new book "Not in Kansas Anymore" is just out from
Harper Collins, and is available at Amazon.

For those who are new here, Christine is an hrcourse graduate, a
journalist, and the author of "Lilydale, the True Story of the Town
That Talks to the Dead," which is about one of the oldest remaining
Spiritualist campos in the USA.

In her new book, which is an account of her travels around America
meeting magical people, she interviewed Dr. Kioni, Adele Ford, siva,
and me, as well as our friends Zardoa and Silver Flame (the Silver
Elves), and Joseph Max 55 and Sam Webster of the Open Source Order of
the Golden Dawn. We are very pleased with Christine's interest in
hoodoo and her respectful treatment of her interactions with us. Not
only does she present a fairly accurate of the Lucky Mojo shop circa
2002, she also describes her road trip with Dr. Kioni to visit the
grave of Zora Neale Hurston in Florida.

I think that many of the folks here will enjoy this book.

Oh, and because the book is essentially a memoir, it has no index, so
dear siva is making an index for it, and he will put the index online
when he has completed it.

cat

[Tanisia Mooney]

Hi Cat!

I saw this book in Barnes & Noble the other night. I was so
excited!! It was a beautiful, balanced essay on the shop, you and
Siva. I had glanced through it briefly, but it's definitely on my
list to add to my library. I didn't realize she was a HRCourse
Grad.

Bravo on such a wonderfu book!

Tanisia Mooney

(Thanks. We are carrying the book in the shop... --cat)

[Quimbisero]

I picked it up today. In a little while I will sit back and have a
nice, long read.

I don't believe in coincidence, so I know there's a message somewhere
in the fact that when we went to Target (pronounced Tarjeh for those
of you who don't parlay Francis) We saw a pair of Red Ruby slippers
(ok so they were red sequined pumps -picky, picky.)

I look forward to digging in for a pleasant read. See ya'll as I turn
the pages!

Eoghan

[Quimbisero]

With great enthusiasm, I rushed out yesterday and bought a copy of
"Not in Kansas Anymore." Having read it, I can now say that I am not
disappointed by decision.

Having spent years reading mostly academic works or writings of
religious practitioners and journals, I had to make some mental
adjustments when I started reading this book. It's been a while since
I read an essentially Journalistic account of religious practices and
it is quite a different style. That being said, Ms. Wicker is skilled
in her trade and her prose is easy to follow and her style quite
engaging. "Not in Kansas Anymore" provided a refreshing change of pace.

I found myself a little irritated at times by her self described
"fluffy-bunnyisms". Actually, she quoted someone else as calling
Wiccan's "Fluffy bunnies," if I recall correctly. Anyway, remembering
that I am probably the sort she finds gives her the willies, that is
not to be surprised. Those observations are however a legitimate part
of her text, and her personal experience. Since this book, like most
journalistic endeavors, is in part as much about the writer as what
she writes about, it is perfectly appropriate. She recognizes her own
issues and perspectives and does a good job of not only keeping them
distinct from those of the people she writes about, but successfully
documents her own mental and emotional shifts as a result of her
experiences.

I will not go into details because I don't want to be a spoiler. I not
only enjoyed reading "Kansas" but ended up with the distinct feeling
that Ms. Wicker is not as typically Suburban as she would have us
believe. Hat's off to you Christine, not that my endorsement has any
particular value, but I really had an engaging evening reading this
book. It was of course fun to read about my friends, and events which
I was aware of from a slightly different vantage point, such as the
visit to Zora's grave. Reading about Christine's visit to Lucky Mojo
was especially delightful. The description of Nagasiva however, was
worth the purchase price in itself. Above and beyond that, the book
as a whole is a delight.

I encourage everyone to buy it right away. Let's support our fellow
classmate and add a well-written book to our collections. I am
thinking about adding Lily Dale to my reading list as well.

Eoghan

[Maria Montgomery]

--- Quimbisero <quimbisa@inquiceweb.com> wrote:

> > With great enthusiasm, I rushed out yesterday and
> bought a copy of
> "Not in Kansas Anymore." Having read it, I can now
> say that I am not
> disappointed by decision.

I just received a copy from Amazon and have started
reading it. My friend Lisa, also a fellow student of
Cat's, has been urging me to read Lily Dale for MONTHS
(hanging my head in shame). I plan to read that too.

Maria

[Rebecca]

>I encourage everyone to buy it right away. Let's support our fellow
>classmate and add a well-written book to our collections. I am
>thinking about adding Lily Dale to my reading list as well.

>Eoghan

I've got it on my wish list!

Rebecca


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[CKioni]

Yall pardon me while I grin alot.

Christine Wicker sent my copy of Not In Kanasa Anymore a litle over a
week ago. I have been engaged with work to the point of neglecting
email, so I am a little late joining this message string.

Christine's new book is definitely a page turner and thought
provoking. I couldn't help but chuckle about the "computer geek next
door who is a hoodoo doctor". She sure knows how to engage your
thinking process and takes you on a journey across Magical America
that ends far beyond the rainbow and light years away from Oz.

Oh yeah, just remember if Christine ever comes to visit you; hide the
taper candles! <VWG> A sex magic joke she attributes to her four day
visit here.

Buy the book . . . you will love every word of it!

Happy Hoodooing!
Dr. Kioni

[Jon Hughett]

Hello all!,
I just wanted to add that I saw Christine Wicker in person last night
at a book signing and I want to tell you she is as engaging and
effervescent in person as her writting style! I spoke to her briefly
and to my surprise, she recognized me from the Hoodoo Hour as 'Jon
fom Milwaukee'! I only wished we would have had alittle more time to
talk together but others were waiting to get their books signed too.
If you get a chance to see her at a local book signing, do it.

Jon

[Honeybeelight]

I agree! I bought it! I loved it!

Actually, I was touched to tears several times while reading it. And of course, I loved
the large chunks on Dr. Kioni, on Cat, and on the Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour
crowd "Ooo--that's good."

Especially the bits on Dr. Kioni just confirmed the reasons I respect him so much. (I
already knew why I respect Cat!)

Melissa

[CKioni]

Melissa,

You are too kind, however I am honored by your sentiments. I am
completing my second reading of "Not In Kansas Anymore". I am
impressed deeply with how Christine Wicker treats the subject of
Hoodoo especially with her background as a hard nose, skeptical
reporter. She and I talked for an hour and a half Sunday. 20/20 is
interested in doing an interview with Christine. However, they aren't
interested in the Hoodoo foundation of the book. Instead they want to
talk about Hot Wiccan Soccer Moms instead. I don't see that as being
odd in light of TV series like Charmed and other metaphysical series
like Medium. The face of spirituality for the networks is white not
black. This is by conditioning and not overt nor covert racism,
although the conditioning is a result of racism from decades ago.

Anyway, I ask you guys to consider lighting a road clearing candle for
Christine and if you like, a purple and gold candle for the success
of her book. Use Van Van oil for the road clearing dressed with
grated orange peel. Use Crown of Success oil for the gold candle and
JTC on the purple candle. I like JTC root chips, lightening struck
wood and master root as complements with the gold and yellow candles.

Happy Hoodooing!
Dr. Kioni

Rev., Dr. Christos Kioni, Ph. D.
Metaphysical Consultant, Spiritual Practitioner
321- 214 - 0865 by Appointment - DrKioni.com

[CKioni]

--- In hrcourse@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Hughett" <jhughett@m...> wrote:

> > I just wanted to add that I saw Christine Wicker in person last night
> at a book signing and I want to tell you she is as engaging and
> effervescent in person as her writting style!


Hi Jon!

Christine told me she met you. Yes she is a radiant, wonderful soul
isn't she? Hope you enjoy the book.

Happy Hoodooing!
Dr. Kioni

Rev., Dr. Christos Kioni, Ph. D.
Metaphysical Consultant, Spiritual Practitioner
321- 214 - 0865 by Appointment - DrKioni.com

[MissMichaele]

While we're at it, how about we call on the spirits of such powerful workers as Aunt Caroline Dye, or Mother Leafy Anderson to promote the book?

And let's not forget ZORA, of course!

Michaele/Mother Pyrite

[Dr Johannes]

I read Christines book a couple of days ago.

Quite fun to read about Lucky Mojo, Cat, Nagasiva (who, by Christine's
description, seems to be like like some sort of strange magical being
conjured up from another realm ) and Dr Kioni.

I liked the book and think it is excellent for all "mugglers" who
really wants to be in "the club" (or at least get to know it) but
didn´t get any kind of magic or spirituality in their mothers milk and
have adapted fully to "normality" by western rational indoctrination.
What i did miss a bit was the part about "soccermoms getting a voodoo
headwash...". She doesnt make me beliave in the term that "the
computergeek next door" is a "normal" man and ALSO a Rootdoctor.
*a bit fuzzy but I think you get my point*.

Anyway, Christine, thanks for a good read!

With best wishes for success/
/Johannes

[christinewicker]

Thank you for reading the book and for the nice things you said
about it. I appreciate them all.

Would you be willing to write a review for Amazon or B&N? Dr. Kioni
wrote one and for quite a while he was the only person who did. The
book is doing all right but not as well as my previous one. The
editor says he believes it's because the Spiritualist community
supported that book so much. They put it on their websites, touted
it to their friends and they wrote great reviews on the book sites,
which helped enormously because so many people believe other readers
and use those opinions in their book buying. But also because just
the number of reviews creates a sense of excitement about the topic.

But there's another factor, too. In the media interviews, I'm
finding much more fear of the topic than I found with Spiritualism.
So there's interest but also a sense that this topic might be
dangerous and not apply to "normal" people's lives. I love what you
wrote about this being a good introduction for "muggles."

Anyway, whether you write a review or not, thank you.

Christine Wicker

(Y'all hear that, folks? Let's give our fellow course member Christine some good words at amazon and b&n. I'll add a link to the amazon page from the web site in our links section. Just give me a minute... --cat)

[catherineyronwode]

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Not in Kansas Anymore: A Curious Tale of How Magic Is Transforming America</span by Christine Wicker. Originally published in 2005, this is a first edition copy, Christine Wicker is a former religion reporter for the Dallas Morning News and the author of the highly acclaimed national bestseller about contemporary spiritualism, "Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town that Talks to the Dead." In this book she tours magical America, visiting vampires, hermetic occultists, elves, and several hoodoo rootwork practitioners, including catherine yronwode and nagasiva yronwode, the co-owners of The Lucky Mojo Curio Co. producers of he Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour Radio Show. If you have ever wondered about the lives of modern day conjure doctors, this book provides the closest thing to a personal visit. Written with deep insight and a sly sense of humour, and focussing on hoodoo more that other systems of magic, "Not In Kansas Anymore" is a rare glimpse behind the scenes of today's sorcerers, spiritual consultants, witches, and wizards. 276 pages, hardcover with dust jacket.

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