- Slavic Magick and Folk Medicine - http://members.aol.com/hpsofsnert/slavrit.html
Outlines spells, divinations, remedies and superstitions of the Slavic culture.
- Gemstones and Crystals - http://www.wicca.com/celtic/stones/stonea-e.htm
Alphabetical list of stones used for magic and healing, with scientific description, variants, and associated magical properties.
- Black Cats and the Black Cat Bone - http://www.luckymojo.com/blackcat.html
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.
- Magic Bibliographies by John-Gabriel Bodard - http://www.rdg.ac.uk/~lkpbodrd/magbib/.
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, Syrian, Anatolian, Hittite, and Mesopotamian Cultures.
- Lucky Mojo Spells Archive - http://www.luckymojo.com/spells.html
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.
- The alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic FAQ - http://www.luckymojo.com/faqs/apshmfaq.html
Frequently asked questions from the APSHM usenet newsgroup containing introductory information on folk-magic and spell-casting.
- Pow-Wows or The Long-Lost Friend - http://www.luckymojo.com/powwows.html
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.
- Maneki Neko - The Beckoning Cat - http://www.catanna.com/luckycat.htm
Legends of the Japanese lucky cat and why statues of it are used by shop-keepers to draw in customers.
- Be Lucky Golf Superstitions - http://www.golfbtb.com/superstitions.htm
A list of good-luck and bad-luck beliefs thought to affect a golfer's scores.
- The Evil Eye - http://AZER.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/83_folder/83_articles/83_evil.html
Article in the e-zine Azerbaijan International, by Jean Patterson and Arzu Aghayeva describing the belief and available protection.
- Issues in Ethnicity: The Demory Site Skull - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/fennell/highland/harper/symbol.html
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.
- Evil Eyes by Alev Bir - http://www.luckymojo.com/evileye.html
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.
- Lost Secrets - http://www.armourtech.com/~lostsecrets
Information on various mystical secrets including Wicca, Druidism, channeling, ghost dancing, dream walking, spirit healing and shape shifting.
- Dragon Spells - http://groups.msn.com/dragonspells
Information on spell workings and how magic works.
- Conference Abstract: Texts as Actions, Actions as Texts - http://www.ku.edu/~slavic/bss99-plas.html
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.
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