Two Germanic pre-Christian spells found in a monastery in the German city of Merseburg.

Translated by Karen Louise Jolly in her 1996 book "Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context."

Two magic poems from pre-Christian Germany.

Recorded in the Orkney and Shetland Islands during the nineteenth century.

Proposing a Greek origin of the charm word.

The story behind the weird word "Hocus-pocus".

Brief explanation of the Cabbalistic inscription.

Charms against illnesses and evil spirits in English translation.