Table of Contents
Introduction
PERSONAGES of MAGIC
Items and Elements of Conjuration
GRIMOIRES & DREAM BOOKS
HIGH JOHN THE CONQUEROR ROOT
THE RABBIT’S FOOT
THE DEAD
BLACK CAT BONES
SNAKES
CONJURE BAGS, HANDS, MOJOS & GRIS-GRISES
BOTTLES & GOURDS
SIGILS & SACRED WRITINGS
DANCES
LOCATIONS
INCENSE
CANDLES
POWDERS
Old Time Spells
LOVE SPELLS
LOVE POWDERS
ATTRACT NEW LOVE
ATTRACT A CERTAIN SOMEONE
FIDELITY
MARRIAGE .
REMOVING LOVE RIVALS
RETURNING LOST LOVERS
MONEY SPELLS
TO WIN AT GAMBLING
BUSINESS SUCCESS
FOR MONEY DRAWING
JOB GETTING
TREASURE HUNTING
CRIMINAL, COURT AND LAW SPELLS
FOR VICTORY IN COURT
ESCAPING LEGAL TROUBLE
GET OUT OF JAIL
AVOIDING CAPTURE
GAINING JUSTICE
JINX, HARM AND DEATH SPELLS
TO KILL
CAUSE ILLNESS AND MISFORTUNE
VOODOO DOLLS
PROTECTION AND JINX-REMOVAL
BATHS
PROTECTION FROM EVIL
REMOVING WITCHCRAFT AND CONJURE
MISCELLANEOUS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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European medicine, till about the mid-18th century, contained many ideas which would now be considered magical, but which at the time had been understood as sound science. They did not really accept the idea of a “spell powder” that would produce worldly change, but they did wholeheartedly believe in medicinal powders which could produce physical effects upon a person who came into contact with them. Old medical books are full of recipes for powdered herbs that were considered valid medical treatments – ground rosemary rubbed on the skin to cure skin problems, pepper-based sneezing powders inhaled to help sneeze out obstructions. Herbal medicine was standard and legitimate into the 20th century, and many people used powdered or infused herbs to treat their medical woes. An extension of these medical powders, which took on a witchy tone, were poisons and love powders. These could be bought from doctors and apothecaries just like any other herbal compound, and the practice of buying them this way continued long after the medical establishment had ceased to view them as legitimate medicines. The standard pharmacies of New Orleans were recorded to still be stocking love powders throughout the 1910s. One text claimed these premade mixtures were mostly favored by men. It would appear the pharmacists themselves did not always believe in the power of such products and only sold them due to the popular demand; numerous accounts indicate that by the end of the 19th century, drug store “love powders” were simply made up from whatever cheap or harmless preparation the skeptical pharmacist had on hand.
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