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  • 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. (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It
  • 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. (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It
  • Gemstones and Crystals
    Alphabetical list of stones used for magic and healing, with scientific description, variants, and associated magical properties. (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It
  • 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. (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It
  • 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. (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It
  • 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. (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It
  • 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. (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It
  • The Evil Eye
    Article in the e-zine Azerbaijan International, by Jean Patterson and Arzu Aghayeva describing the belief and available protection. (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It

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