These three books shown in the picture are by an author called Gemma Gary who practices a kind of Cornish Witchcraft. The books tend to cover the traditional witch ways of the area. Cunning Folk and Pellars were a bit like African Witchdoctors and Shamans and indeed, a good number of people today still practice this particular verson of 'The Craft'. This includes working with a lot of items called 'stangs' which are basically two prongs with a light in-between - sometimes an upturned horseshoe is used or an adapted pitchfork. The light is essentially the light between the horns of the goat - a bit like the Baphomet, who represents the balance of light and dark. The Bucca, a Cornish horned spirit is both black and white and can appear as a goat although there is a Cornish sea serpent which is also known as a bucca, so that is slightly confusing. The Old Ones also are alluded to and all in all these books are interesting reads, though some may find them a little dark in places but they are certainly entertaining and I would say also of good vibrations generally.
Some of the ideas do give rise to the thought of black robed persons on misty hillsides on in deep forests,but then Cornwall is thought to be a mysterious place of sea, old quoits (large holey stone ancient monuments), mines, caves moorland and mermaids, anyway - so all fits in well.
