Book research
Beneath the Moon: Fairy Tales, Myths, and Divine Stories from Around the World
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Iboga (Tabernanthe iboga) is an unassuming perennial shrub native to equatorial West Africa. While it has only become known in the West in the past few decades, it has an ancient history in West Africa, particularly in Gabon, Cameroon, Angola, and the Republic of Congo. Traditional use of iboga is perhaps most associated with Bwiti, an animist, syn
... See moreJulie Holland • How Psychedelics Can Help Save the World: Visionary and Indigenous Voices Speak Out
The Witch is not easy to define or categorise. She’s an idea, a figure, a myth, an archetype, and a reality with her own transgressive epistemology. She thereby serves to shift perception and understanding, or at least invites such shifts, which many believe are essential today as ways to get out of our collective stuckness, and escape our ‘solipsi
... See moreJonathan Rowson • Witch Envy
African Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Sagas, Rituals and Beliefs of African Myths
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The Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women's Magic
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Witch Ball Folklore
Witch Balls have been very popular since the 18th century. First in England, then in New England, but their actual origin is considered to be much older. For well over 3 centuries hollow glass spheres have been hung in windows to ward off witch's spells, evil spirits and ill fortune. Hanging these decorative glass balls in the w... See more
Witch Balls have been very popular since the 18th century. First in England, then in New England, but their actual origin is considered to be much older. For well over 3 centuries hollow glass spheres have been hung in windows to ward off witch's spells, evil spirits and ill fortune. Hanging these decorative glass balls in the w... See more
Witch Ball Folklore
“All [magical] ritual is a kind of language, it therefore translates ideas.” (Marcel Mauss, A General Theory of Magic, 75)