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Traditions/Folk Magic / White Magic
folk practice

Folk Magic / White Magic

Healing charms, protective rites, cunning folk, rootwork handling, household magic, and source-sensitive practice.

GlobalAncient onward2 readable texts3 indexed sources
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Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

Folk Magic / White MagicLegend / Oral Tradition

Lady Wilde's Irish folklore collection is indexed for charms, healing lore, fairy traditions, evil eye, seasonal rites, and folk belief.

English with Irish folklore source material· 19th-century collection; 1919 public-domain edition

The Discoverie of Witchcraft

Folk Magic / White MagicScholarly Reconstruction

Reginald Scot's early modern source is indexed for witchcraft accusations, charms, exorcisms, conjuring, familiar spirits, incubi and succubi, augury, alchemy, stage illusion, and criticism of witch trials.

Early Modern English· First published 1584; indexed from 1886 public-domain reprint
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Protective charms and healing prayers

folk practiceancient onward
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use public folklore collections; avoid private living practice

Irish mystic charms and superstitions

folk magic / folklore collection19th-century collectionEnglish with Irish folklore source material
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Indexed for public charms, healing lore, seasonal rites, and Irish folk belief.

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The Discoverie of Witchcraft

historical witchcraft / cunning-folk source1584 early modern England; 1886 public-domain reprintEarly Modern English
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Project Gutenberg public-domain 1886 reprint of the 1584 edition loaded

Indexed for witchcraft accusations, charms, conjuring, familiar spirits, incubi and succubi, augury, exorcism, alchemy, stage illusion, and criticism of witch trials.

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Questions this area should answer
  • How do blessing, healing, and protection differ from coercive magic?
  • Which practices are oral or restricted?
  • Where do Christian prayers blend with folk magic?