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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.
www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/amulets/home.html |
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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.
www.luckymojo.com/blackcat.html |
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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.
www.ku.edu/~slavic/bss99-plas.html |
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Dragon Spells
Information on spell workings and how magic works.
groups.msn.com/dragonspells |
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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.
www.luckymojo.com/evileye.html |
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Gemstones and Crystals
Alphabetical list of stones used for magic and healing , with scientific description , variants , and associated magical properties.
www.wicca.com/celtic/stones/stonea-e.htm |
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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 ,
etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/fennell/highland/harper/symbol.html |
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Lost Secrets
Information on various mystical secrets including wicca , druidism , channeling , ghost dancing , dream walking , spirit healing and shape shifting.
www.armourtech.com/~lostsecrets |
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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.
www.luckymojo.com/spells.html |
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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.
www.catanna.com/luckycat.htm |
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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.
www.luckymojo.com/powwows.html |
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Slavic Magick and Folk Medicine
Outlines spells , divinations , remedies and superstitions of the slavic culture.
members.aol.com/hpsofsnert/slavrit.html |
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Symbolic Healing in Hungarian Ethnomedicine
Describes rituals involved in curing illness believed to be caused by magic. includes examples and references.
www.folklore.ee/rl/pubte/ee/usund/ingl/hoppal.html |
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The alt. paranormal. spells. hexes. magic FAQ
Frequently asked questions from the apshm usenet newsgroup containing introductory information on folk-magic and spell-casting.
www.luckymojo.com/faqs/apshmfaq.html |
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The Evil Eye
Article in the e-zine azerbaijan international , by jean patterson and arzu aghayeva describing the belief and available protection.
azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/83_folder/83_articles/83_evil.html |
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