Arabic Folk Medicine and Magic: 20th Century Amulets from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology «
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/amulets/home.html | | History , photos , cures and traditions surrounding curative amulets of the middle east. |
Black Cats and the Black Cat Bone «
http://www.luckymojo.com/blackcat.html | | 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. |
Conference Abstract: Texts as Actions, Actions as Texts «
http://www.ku.edu/~slavic/bss99-plas.html | | 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. |
Dragon Spells «
http://groups.msn.com/dragonspells | | Information on spell workings and how magic works. |
Evil Eyes by Alev Bir «
http://www.luckymojo.com/evileye.html | | 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. |
Gemstones and Crystals «
http://www.wicca.com/celtic/stones/stonea-e.htm | | Alphabetical list of stones used for magic and healing , with scientific description , variants , and associated magical properties. |
Issues in Ethnicity: The Demory Site Skull «
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/fennell/highland/harper/symbol.html | | 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 , |
Lost Secrets «
http://www.armourtech.com/~lostsecrets | | Information on various mystical secrets including wicca , druidism , channeling , ghost dancing , dream walking , spirit healing and shape shifting. |
Lucky Mojo Spells Archive «
http://www.luckymojo.com/spells.html | | 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. |
Maneki Neko - The Beckoning Cat «
http://www.catanna.com/luckycat.htm | | Legends of the japanese lucky cat and why statues of it are used by shop-keepers to draw in customers. |
Pow-Wows or The Long-Lost Friend «
http://www.luckymojo.com/powwows.html | | 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. |
Slavic Magick and Folk Medicine «
http://members.aol.com/hpsofsnert/slavrit.html | | Outlines spells , divinations , remedies and superstitions of the slavic culture. |
Symbolic Healing in Hungarian Ethnomedicine «
http://www.folklore.ee/rl/pubte/ee/usund/ingl/hoppal.html | | Describes rituals involved in curing illness believed to be caused by magic. includes examples and references. |
The alt. paranormal. spells. hexes. magic FAQ «
http://www.luckymojo.com/faqs/apshmfaq.html | | Frequently asked questions from the apshm usenet newsgroup containing introductory information on folk-magic and spell-casting. |
The Evil Eye «
http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/83_folder/83_articles/83_evil.html | | Article in the e-zine azerbaijan international , by jean patterson and arzu aghayeva describing the belief and available protection. |
