Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling

Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling

Charles Godfrey Leland, american humorist and folklorist (1824-1903)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- THE ORIGIN OF WITCHCRAFT, SHAMANISM AND SORCERY

-03- CHARMS AND CONJURATIONS TO CURE THE DISORDERS OF GROWN PEOPLE

-04- GYPSY CONJURATIONS AND EXORCISMS

-05- SOUTH SLAVONIAN AND OTHER GYPSY WITCH LORE

-06- THE VILAS SYLVANA ELEMENTARY SPIRITS

-07- THE RECOVERY OF STOLEN PROPERTY, LOVE CHARMS

-08- ROUMANIAN AND TRANSYLVANIAN SORCERIES AND SUPERSTITIONS

-09- THE MEETINGS OF WITCHES

-10- OF THE HAUNTS, HOMES AND HABITS OF WITCHES IN THE SOUTH SLAVIC LANDS

-11- GYPSY WITCHCRAFT, MAGICAL POWER AND FORTUNE TELLING

-12- FORTUNE TELLING, CONTINUED

-13- PROVERBS REFERRING TO WITCHES, GYPSIES AND FAIRIES

-14- A GYPSY MAGIC SPELL, THE GREAT SECRET

-15- GYPSY AMULETS

-16- GYPSIES, TOADS AND TOAD LORE