Symbols or patterns scratched on the walls and thresholds of buildings to protect them from witchcraft or evil spirits.
Glass ball coated with a reflecting material, used to ward off the evil eye of a passing witch.
Pebble pierced by a naturally occurring hole, believed to possess magical properties.
Basis of all magic according to the anthropologist and folklorist Sir James George Frazer, founded on the idea that things act on each other because they are linked by invisible and secret bonds.
Form of magic in which the dead are re-animated and able to communicate with the sorcerer who invoked them, just as they would if they were alive.
One of 2500 species of plants belonging to the Solanaceae family. Its psychoactive effects have been known to physicians since ancient times.
Magic word that has been in use since at least the second century BCE, when it appears on a Greek amulet as a ba ga da.
Verbal charm to be spoken or chanted, sometimes a single magic word such as Abracadabra or the Renervate encountered in the fictional Harry Potter series of books.
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Bottles or jars used in counterspells to reverse a curse imposed by a witch.