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.
Lithuanian Charms
Charms against illnesses and evil spirits in English translation.
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