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Slavic Magick and Folk Medicine - Outlines spells, divinations, remedies and superstitions of the Slavic culture.
Gemstones and Crystals - Alphabetical list of stones used for magic and healing, with scientific description, variants, and associated magical properties.
The Janic Tradition: Folk Magic - Spells and rituals for day-to-day life, including protective spells for the home, car and office.
Gardnerian Wicca and American Folk Magic - Article examining the connections between white witchcraft and Southern Appalachian and Pennsylvania Dutch practices.
Folk Magic in Britain - The archaeology and history of counter-witchcraft in Britain from 1200 to the present, exemplified by objects hidden within the walls and under the floors of old buildings, including witch-bottles, dried cats, written charms, horse skulls, shoes, and ritual marks.
Black Cats and the Black Cat Bone - Essay contrasts fear of black cats in European-American folklore with African-American belief that a black cat bone acquired and prepared with proper ceremony can grant the bearer invisibility or force the return of an ex-lover.
Evil Eyes by Alev Bir - An essay on the blue glass "Nazar Boncugu" or "Eye Bead" worn for protection in Turkey, Cyprus, the Central Asian Turkic Republics, and among the Uigur Turks of China.
Magic Bibliographies by John-Gabriel Bodard - Scholarly bibliographies of books on folk magic. Topics include: Witches or Magic Users in Greek Literature; Necromancy; Cursing; Anthropological and General Theories of Magic, Papyri Graecae Magicae; and Magic and Religion in Egyptian, Coptic, Jewish, Syrian, Anatolian, Hittite, and Mesopotamian Cultures.
Issues in Ethnicity: The Demory Site Skull - Christopher Fennell, a University of Virginia anthropologist, describes a small X-marked clay skull, an article of malevolent conjuration buried beneath a Virginia farm house between 1780 and 1860, raising significant issues in ethnic studies, folk magic, anthropology, and historical archaeology.
Lucky Mojo Spells Archive - A very large collection of folk-magic spells from various cultures contributed by hundreds of usenet posters since 1995, sub-divided by spell type, not by originating tradition; on-site search engine helps users locate information.
The alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic FAQ - Frequently asked questions from the APSHM usenet newsgroup containing introductory information on folk-magic and spell-casting.
Pow-Wows or The Long-Lost Friend - John George Hohman's 1820 German-American magical receipt-book: its continuing influence on Appalachian and African-American herb and root doctors, examples of spells from the text, and an extensive bibliographic publishing history.
Conference Abstract: Texts as Actions, Actions as Texts - Abstract of a paper by Pieter Plas of the University of Ghent examining ritual-symbolic actions undertaken to magically subdue or chase off wolves in Serbian and Croatian folk customs.
Arabic Folk Medicine and Magic: 20th Century Amulets from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - History, photos, cures and traditions surrounding curative amulets of the Middle East.
Maneki Neko - The Beckoning Cat - Legends of the Japanese lucky cat and why statues of it are used by shop-keepers to draw in customers.
Be Lucky Golf Superstitions - A list of good-luck and bad-luck beliefs thought to affect a golfer's scores.
Spicy Cedar: Drink of the Power - A wide-ranging collection of Anglo-Saxon folkloric love omens, love divinations, and love spells.
The Evil Eye - Article in the e-zine Azerbaijan International, by Jean Patterson and Arzu Aghayeva describing the belief and available protection.
Lady Godiva Herbs - Traditional meanings of herbs and alphabetized list of herbs for remedies and earth magick rituals.
Symbolic Healing in Hungarian Ethnomedicine - Describes rituals involved in curing illness believed to be caused by magic. Includes examples and references.
The Merseburger Spells - Two Germanic pre-Christian spells found in a monastery in the German city of Merseburg.
Anglo-Saxon Charms - Translated by Karen Louise Jolly in her 1996 book "Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context."
Merseburg Incantations - Two magic poems from pre-Christian Germany.
Charms Against Sprains - Recorded in the Orkney and Shetland Islands during the nineteenth century.
Abracadabra - Proposing a Greek origin of the charm word.
Hocus-pocus - The story behind the weird word "Hocus-pocus".
Abracadabra - Brief explanation of the Cabbalistic inscription.
An tInneall Mallachtaí - The Curse Engine - Choose from English phrases to generate a curse in Irish. Includes pronunciation guide.
Irish Curses - Collection of traditional Irish curses.
Online Curses, Spells and Hexes - Choose from a list of curses e-mailed anonymously to up to three recipients. Space for personalized message available.
Greek Curses - Greek curses believed to doom the recipients to become vampires after death.
Generational Curses: Sins of the Fathers - Explores the concept of the Biblical curse carrying down a family line, with descriptions of various types of curses.
Language Miniatures: A POX on Them All! - Dutch form of cursing by calling a dreadful disease down on the unfortunate victim.
Breaking Curses From Our Lives - Explanation of Biblical curses, how they affect the lives of Christians, and how to be free of them.
Global Psychics: The Truth About Curses - Describes typical fraudulent scenarios by unethical practitioners claiming to remove curses for cash.
Understanding Curses - Discusses the reality and effect of curses in a Biblical context.
Generational Curses - Describes curses as the result of demonic possession.
Gypsy Curses Incorporated - Offers free random curses or individually tailored curses for a fee.
Curses - Definition, history and modern usage.
PinStruck - Personalized voodoo curses via anonymous e-mail.

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