Charm
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Overview
Magical words, phrases, chants and incantations to protect against or cure disease and ward off evil, disaster and witchcraft. Charms have been common since ancient times and are still used in folk magic. Some charms are verbal - a phrase, formula or prayer - while others are inscriptions on paper, parchment, wood or other materials and are worn on the body. Charms exist for virtually every desire and purpose: to secure or lose a lover; ensure chastity, fertility and potency; gain victory, riches and fame; and exact revenge. Other charms protect crops and farm animals, milking and churning butter and get rid of rats, vermin and weeds. The most common charms concern health and illness, and witchcraft.[1]
References
- ↑ Guiley, R. (1989) The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft, Facts on File, New York, New York
