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• Villain Hitting – Chinese way of getting rid of bad people

  The ritual of “villin hitting” is common in South east Asia, and is done to remove or punish people who has a negative influence of the client. Among the ingredients of the ritual we find hitting the “villain” with a shoe and offer sacrifices to the white tiger. See for yourself: or:

• Advanced Chinese Magic.

  The daoistic branch of Mao Shan are famous for their magical skills. In these clips we see a mao Shan priest performing advanced rituals. Since I do not know chinese one can only guess what he is up to. The use of coffins, dolls carved out of lightning struck wood indicates enemy work, but that is only guess work. If anyone knows chinese, feel free to translate and explain.

• The trolldom tradition – The Finns and their influence.

  One of the major influences on Swedish magic comes from the Finns. More precisely the Karelian part of Finland. If researching this influence one may do well by starting with the book “The Magical Self: Body, Society and the Supernatural in Early Modern Rural Finland”. Written by Laura Stark-Ahola, a Californian scholar now residing in Helsinki, Finland. Especially interesting is the description of the different “väkis” – or “powers”, that this old system displays in their tradition. It displays enough [...]

• Bästa artikeln om Trolldomsutövare & kloke folk

  “PER ERICSSON FRÅN Svärdsjö socken i Dalarna föddes i mitten av 1660-talet. I mogen ålder började han verka som botare. Han anlitades av människor från när och fjärran för att bota sjukdomar” med hjälp av örtdekokter och offer till bland annat älvorna. Per Ericsson var vad man kallade en »klok»”. Så inleder Linda Oja sin artikel “FOLKTRO OCH HÄXOR – Ett avsnitt ur Signums svenska kulturhistoria, Stormaktstiden”. En av de bästa artiklarna som finns tillgängliga på svenska när det gäller [...]

• Cold Reading – Learn to distinguish between the real and the bad deal.

  Cold reading is a psychological strategy used to make it look like the “reader”, “psychic medium” or “fortune teller” knows more about you than he or she actually does. Once you learn to distingush it, you will find that the vast majority of professionals out there use this technique. This technique can be learned consciously but most users adapt to this strategy in an almost subconscious way. The reader is often as surprised by their “accuracy” as the client when [...]

• St. Olofs Källa i Borgsjö

  En bland många St. Olofskällor men denna har en trevlig bilddokumentation. St. Olofs K

• En del folkminnen om Trolldom och dess utövare.

  På Västernorrlands museum huserar folklivsforskaren Levi Johanssons samling. En del av vad han samlade ihop om Trolldom och Kunniga finns att läsa här: Västernorrlands Museums arkiv

• The Trolldom tradition: Sample of a Danish Cyprianus spell.

  The following spell and amulet are from one of the Danish Cyprianus that belonged to the Klokeman Henrik Kokborg in Sevel, Denmark. Against Witchcraft done on humans. “Mix some of each: Asafoetida, St. Johns Wort, Beaver Castoreum, Salpeter, Masterwort, Angelica root, Jordhumle, [This could be Achillea millefolium who had this name during the 18th century because it was used in brewing of ale to heighten the effect of intoxication. It can also be a bumblebee, (Bombus terrestris), since it also [...]

• Results of magic – What to expect.

  A matter that, oddly enough, is rarely mentioned in any magical literature is how the results come about after having cast a magical spell or performed magical work. People in our culture that has no experience in magic often belive in concepts presented to them in farietales and movies. Things manifesting outside the realms of events that can be “explained”. This is rarely true at all. The results of all magical work can be explained to be “just a bunch [...]