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• - Information on spell workings and how magic works.
  
• - Alphabetical list of stones used for magic and healing, with scientific description, variants, and associated magical properties.
  
• - Scholarly bibliographies of books on folk magic. Topics include: Witches or Magic Users in Greek Literature; Necromancy; Cursing; Anthropological and General Theories of Magic, Papyri Graecae Magicae; and Magic and Religion in Egyptian, Coptic, Jewish, Sy
  
• - 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.
  
• - A list of good-luck and bad-luck beliefs thought to affect a golfer's scores.
  
• - Article in the e-zine Azerbaijan International, by Jean Patterson and Arzu Aghayeva describing the belief and available protection.
  
• - Frequently asked questions from the APSHM usenet newsgroup containing introductory information on folk-magic and spell-casting.
  
• - Legends of the Japanese lucky cat and why statues of it are used by shop-keepers to draw in customers.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - History, photos, cures and traditions surrounding curative amulets of the Middle East.
  
• - Describes rituals involved in curing illness believed to be caused by magic. Includes examples and references.
  
• - Information on various mystical secrets including Wicca, Druidism, channeling, ghost dancing, dream walking, spirit healing and shape shifting.
  
• - Outlines spells, divinations, remedies and superstitions of the Slavic culture.
  
• - 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,