Magic

1. The Evil Eye  (site info) 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_folde... 2. Lost Secrets  (site info) Information on various mystical secrets including Wicca, Druidism, channeling, ghost dancing, dream walking, spirit healing and shape shifting. http://www.armourtech.com/~lostsecrets 3. Maneki Neko - The Beckoning Cat  (site info) 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 4. Issues in Ethnicity: The Demory Site Skull  (site info) 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, anthropology, and historical archaeology. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/fennell/highla... 5. Symbolic Healing in Hungarian Ethnomedicine  (site info) 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/hopp... 1-5 of 17. Next »