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1891. Illustrated by incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes, tales. This work was published when the author was nearly seventy years of age. It represents twenty years' collecting of spells, customs, ceremonies, superstitions, fetishes, exorcisms, incantations and usages gathered from living sources throughout America, Europe and the East, as well as from the works of earlier writers, all among the Gypsies, as regards to fortune telling, witch doctoring, love philtering and other sorcery. It is illustrated by many anecdotes and instances, taken either from the works as yet very little known to the English reader, or from personal experiences.
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"Illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes and tales," this classic 19th-century treatise on the secret wisdom of the enigmatic European Gypsies is essential reading for all students of comparative mythology.
1891. Illustrated by incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes, tales. This work was published when the author was nearly seventy years of age. It represents twenty years' collecting of spells, customs, ceremonies, superstitions, fetishes, exorcisms, incantations and usages gathered from living sources throughout America, Europe and the East, as well as from the works of earlier writers, all among the Gypsies, as regards to fortune telling, witch doctoring, love philtering and other sorcery. It is illustrated by many anecdotes and instances, taken either from the works as yet very little known to the English reader, or from personal experiences.
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"Illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes and tales," this classic 19th-century treatise on the secret wisdom of the enigmatic European Gypsies is essential reading for all students of comparative mythology.
The author, a renowned folklorist and president of the Gypsy-Lore Society, explores Gypsy belief and practices and places them in the context of global shamanistic tradition, discussing:
* the origins of witchcraft * vindictive and mischievous magic * charms and conjurations * Hungarian gypsy spells * pregnancy charms and folklore * love potions * Romanian and Transylvania gypsy lore * fortune telling * gypsy amulets * and much more.
This replica of the original 1891 edition is complete with Leland's beautifully evocative drawings and diagrams.
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AS their peculiar perfume is the chief association with spices, so sorcery is allied in every memory to gypsies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fiunt glandulm, glandulm sorores, gypsy sorcery, black witchcraft, magic virtues, black hen, gypsy woman, old gypsy, thy belly Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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AS their peculiar perfume is the chief association with spices, so sorcery is allied in every memory to gypsies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fiunt glandulm, glandulm sorores, gypsy sorcery, black witchcraft, magic virtues, black hen, gypsy woman, old gypsy, thy belly Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Saint George, Middle Ages, Eastern Europe, Red Indians, United States, Denham Tract, South Slavonian, Fairy Mythology, Paulus Grillandus, Western Europe, Practical Education, Zoological Mythology New!
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- Gypsy Sorcery by Charles Leland in Front Matter
- Lady of the Lake (Eclectic English Classics) by Sir Walter Scott on page 55
- The Fairy Mythology by Thomas Keightley on page 202
- Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border by Walter, Sir Scott on page 114
- The Complete Book of Spells, Ceremonies & Magic (Llewellyns Sourcebook Series) by Migene González-Wippler on 5 pages
- Hereditary Witchcraft: Secrets of the Old Religion by Raven Grimassi on page 179, and Back Matter
- Gypsies: An Interdisciplinary Reader (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities) by Diane Tong on page 118, and page 125
- Wander Ships or Folk Stories of the Sea by Wilbur Bassett on page 98, and Back Matter
- Crystal Enchantments: A Complete Guide to Stones and Their Magical Properties by D.J. Conway in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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