Traditional magic spells for protection and healing
By: Claude Lecouteux ; translated by Jon E. Graham
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781620556214
Subjects: Medieval Medicine; Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric; Traditional medicine; Charms; History
Work titles: Livre des guérisons et des protections magiques
Notes: Translation from the French of: Livre des guérisons et des protections magiques.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-398) and index.
Table of contents: title: The manner of the cure; title: Diagnoses; title: The illnesses of humans and their cure; title: Evil spells; title: Devils and demons; title: Fantastic beings and spirits; title: Healing of animals; title: Protections; title: Medical magic in Italy during the fourteenth-fifteenth centuries; title: The activities of sorcerers; title: The use of encrypted spells; title: Superstitious healing methods according to Fernel; title: Knotting the breeches laces; title: Several popular saints invoked in France and Belgium for illnesses and protection; title: The protective talismans of Balinas.