The witch's ladder, also known as the feather rope, knotted cord, is a magical fetish (tool) that has had different methods and objectives over time. Spells with knots have been frequent in the history of witchcraft, and can be divided into knots to preserve, attract and protect, such as love ties, petitions, against illnesses... and knots to...

Depending on the situation in which each person finds themselves, they will have one perception or another about magic. And this perception, subjected to a series of social mechanisms, will end up being reflected in a conception of magic different from that of the rest of the world. The conception of a Catholic priest will not be the same as...

Divination through dregs and forms of different substances poured out could already be seen in the Greek world with wax and in molybdomancy, through lead, both of which were combined with the use of water to cool and form interpretable figures. But undoubtedly the best known method, and yet not as widely used as one might expect, is reading the...

Occultism, as such, can be considered to have its beginnings in the Renaissance, a time in which scientific knowledge was imposed, and in parallel all the pseudoscientific or at least not empirically demonstrable development continued for discussions or events in which science did not seem to enough. The definition of something like "occultist",...

Christian magic receives criticism and ravings from all quarters. It is defined as "Christian" because it depends culturally and traditionally on Christianity. However, it seems logical that any individual, at first glance, both among Christian believers and practitioners of magic, as well as outsiders, would be confused or criticize the fact that...

After a quick review of the development of palmistry, for this article, aimed at Western Palmistry, we will take an overview of the most notable characteristics of this palmistry, which, first of all, seeks to know the person about whom the story will tell. future. Here we will find a physiognomic and purely deductive basis, and a series of data...

This Japanese ritual, which can be translated as "visiting the sanctuary at the time of the Ox", is a well-known curse (noroi, 呪い) for which even today kits can be found on the internet to perform it, although in the Western world, Like all Japanese witchcraft, it is barely widespread, partly because it strays outside the formal margins of Western...

The Mapuche culture is native to the steppes of South America, mainly in the current region of Araucanía. Despite the efforts, intentional or not, of all the societies that have trodden such territory, the truth is that not only the culture, but also the Mapuche people, have managed to survive persecution, refuge and exile. It would be a mistake to...

Chiromancy (gr. Χείρ, hand; μαντεία, divination) is not exclusive to any part of the world, but it is true that it can be glimpsed that its almost popular acceptance has its roots in traditional Eurasian medicine where the reflex zones and the body as mirror of the world play an important role in the body map, which divides each zone...

(Since the initial article is written in Spanish, some of the plants did not match their names in English. In order for the article to make sense, we have kept only those plants that began with A also in English, and added those that , in the magical botanical article B, they changed to A when translated. All this with...

The night from April 30 to May 1 is known as Walpurgis night. It takes its name from Saint Walpurga, whose relics were transported on this date to the city of Eichstäd, in Bavaria, Germany. However, the origin of this celebration is a pagan ritual that took place on these dates, as the consecration of spring or the advent of...

As this is a controversial issue, under the current health crisis, many opinions have taken off about the measures taken, and many others about alternative measures. Both in the cases of religious and magical belief, it is not a simply useless act, as one might think in modern society: for the faithful religious or the practitioner of magic, their...