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http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/amulets/home.html
Arabic Folk Medicine and Magic: 20th Century Amulets from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Open in a new browser window
   History, photos, cures and traditions surrounding curative amulets of the Middle East.
   http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/amulets/home.html
http://www.luckymojo.com/blackcat.html
Black Cats and the Black Cat Bone Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.luckymojo.com/blackcat.html
http://www.ku.edu/~slavic/bss99-plas.html
Conference Abstract: Texts as Actions, Actions as Texts Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.ku.edu/~slavic/bss99-plas.html
http://www.luckymojo.com/evileye.html
Evil Eyes by Alev Bir Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.luckymojo.com/evileye.html
http://www.wicca.com/celtic/stones/stonea-e.htm
Gemstones and Crystals Open in a new browser window
   Alphabetical list of stones used for magic and healing, with scientific description, variants, and associated magical properties.
   http://www.wicca.com/celtic/stones/stonea-e.htm
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/fennell/highland/harper/symbol.html
Issues in Ethnicity: The Demory Site Skull Open in a new browser window
   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,
   http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/fennell/highland/harper/symbol.html
http://www.armourtech.com/~lostsecrets
Lost Secrets Open in a new browser window
   Information on various mystical secrets including Wicca, Druidism, channeling, ghost dancing, dream walking, spirit healing and shape shifting.
   http://www.armourtech.com/~lostsecrets
http://www.luckymojo.com/spells.html
Lucky Mojo Spells Archive Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.luckymojo.com/spells.html
http://www.catanna.com/luckycat.htm
Maneki Neko - The Beckoning Cat Open in a new browser window
   Legends of the Japanese lucky cat and why statues of it are used by shop-keepers to draw in customers.
   http://www.catanna.com/luckycat.htm
http://www.luckymojo.com/powwows.html
Pow-Wows or The Long-Lost Friend Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.luckymojo.com/powwows.html
http://www.folklore.ee/rl/pubte/ee/usund/ingl/hoppal.html
Symbolic Healing in Hungarian Ethnomedicine Open in a new browser window
   Describes rituals involved in curing illness believed to be caused by magic. Includes examples and references.
   http://www.folklore.ee/rl/pubte/ee/usund/ingl/hoppal.html
http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/83_folder/83_articles/83_evil.html
The Evil Eye Open in a new browser window
   Article in the e-zine Azerbaijan International, by Jean Patterson and Arzu Aghayeva describing the belief and available protection.
   http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/83_folder/83_articles/83_evil.html
http://www.luckymojo.com/faqs/apshmfaq.html
The alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic FAQ Open in a new browser window
   Frequently asked questions from the APSHM usenet newsgroup containing introductory information on folk-magic and spell-casting.
   http://www.luckymojo.com/faqs/apshmfaq.html

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