Occult Needlecraft: On the intersection between hand sewing & folk magic
Written and illustrated by Sylvia Eden for Leodrune Press
Originally published 2022, revised 2024
58 pages cover-to-cover, perfect-bound with a spine, light kraft-brown cover paper
 
“Industrialization has taken its toll, but we do not have to cater to its whims. We can take back parts of ourselves that have been co-opted into consumerism where once there was craftsmanship. We canground and embody the art of sewing by returning the needle to our hominid hands. We can accept an animist understanding of the work, handling fabrics with the care we would give to the plants and animals whose bodies compose them. We can re-sacralize stitching by engaging it ritually, by enacting it with will and intention. This book is an introduction to that process.”