Directory of Charms and Spells Resources

Subcategories

Abracadabra

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/abracadabra.html
Brief explanation of the Cabbalistic inscription.
Abracadabra

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-abr1.htm
Proposing a Greek origin of the charm word.
Anglo-Saxon Charms

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kjolly/unc.htm
Translated by Karen Louise Jolly in her 1996 book "Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context."
Charms Against Sprains

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/spraincharm.html
Recorded in the Orkney and Shetland Islands during the nineteenth century.
Hocus-pocus

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-hoc1.htm
The story behind the weird word "Hocus-pocus".
Lithuanian Charms

http://www.lithuanian.net/mitai/charms.htm
Charms against illnesses and evil spirits in English translation.
Merseburg Incantations

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/merseburg.html
Two magic poems from pre-Christian Germany.

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