The Cunning Man’s Handbook: The Practice of English Folk Magic 1550 - 1900 PDF
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Dedicatteod AleaxnM da xine FraannciIdss abel PeLug,ci eJ,oa nn Pdh inneas Published f?y Avalonia BMAvalonia London WC1N3XX EnglanUdK, www .vaalonisca.ob.ouokk ThCeu nnMian'snHg a ndbook Copyr©i 2g0h1Jt3imB aker All righrtess erved. FirEsdti tiJoun2l,0y 14 ISB9N7 8-1-905297-68-9 Coviemra frgoem S loaMnS3e 8 5W1i.t thhk ei npde rmisosfit ohBneri tiLsihb rianLr oyn don. DesibgySn a tfoorAri v,a lonia. BritisLhi brCaartya loingui Pnugb licDaatitAoa cn.a talroeguceofo rrtd h bioso iksa vailfraobmlt eh e BritisLhi brary. All righrtess erNvoep da.ro tft hpiusb licmaatiybo ern e prodouruc teilidsi enad n foyr mo rb ya ny meanesl,e ctorrmo enicch aniicnacll,up dhiontgo compiycirnogrfil,em c,o rodirbn yga ,n iyn formation storaangrdee trsiyesvtaoelrum s,ei dna notbhoeorwk i,t hworiutttp eenr mifrsosmit ohaneu thors. 4 JimBak..>r a.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Iw otilldi tkote h atnhkfoe l lowpinegr sfoornt sh esiurp paonredtn couraignte hmceeo nmtp osition oft hbioso Bke:r naineLid s aS ampsBoonba, n Ldy nM urpPhayt,r Hiactec hCehraC,sl iftJoinm,a hl, KaragMaonrv,e nA,u da,n di np articDtilaavirdR, a nkianloelf,w homr eapda rotfst hweo rk-in progarnemdsa sd faev ourcaobmlmee Jnotsse;Hp .Ph e terwshoogn r,a ciaolulsolmwyeet dou sseo me ofhi sd igtirtaanls crfriopmtti hoEens so tAerrcihci( wwwve.se sotericaarncsdha ivvmeeedfrs o.mc om) al ootfr eduntdyapninatgn a,dg aDina,vi Rda nkfoirnp ee rmistsoii onnc leuxdtee nqsuiovtfreeo smT he GrimoofiA rert huGra un(tAlevta l2o0n1ia1an)T,d h Beo oofkT reasuSrep i(riAtvsa l2o0n0i9a),. FinaIlw laynt tot haSnokr di'tEas fotrae c cepttihn(lege ngtmhayn)u scforrpi upbtl icbayti on Av aloannimday wi, fe Pegw,h oa lthsohuhega hns o in terients htse u bjaerceatac ,ti veenlcyo urmaeg ed int hceo mposoifTti hoCenu nnMian'.rnHg a ndbook. THE UNNING cYiAAN'S CJ!ANDBOOK TheP ractiocfEe n gliFsohl kM agic1,5 50-1900 jiMC.SAKER )9( PUBLISHED BY AV ALONIA WWW.AV ALONIABOOKS.CO.UK 7 TABOLF[E o NTENTS A TREASURTER OVEO FC UNNINGF,O REWORDB YD AVIDR ANKINE 10 ................................................. A WARNINGT O THEC URIOUSB,YJ IMB AKER 12 ..............................•.•..•..•.•••.•..•.•....•.•...•.•............•.•....• INTRODUCTION 15 .•................................................................................................................................ ROMANCINGT HES PIRITMUUSN DI- PRACTICMAALG ICI NE NGLISCHU LTURE 27 .............................. SECTIOONNE :H owC OULMDA GIBCE S UPPOSTEoDW ORK?... .............. .................... ................ .................... ... 27 MAGIICN T HEC OSMIPCLA N. ........ ...................... ............................ .................... ............. ...................... ......3 4 THEF UNCTIOOFNA STRAILM PELLAT...I..O...N....S... ............ ............. ............ ..................................... ....... ........3 9 THEM AGICAACLT . ..............................................4.2. ..................................................................................... SECTITOwNo :O NS OULSSP,I RNIDTP SH ANTAS..M....S... .. ............. ......... .......... ............. ..................... .............. 44 SECTITOHNR EEM:A GICAELV OLUTI-OHNo wM AGNETICSHMA LLENTGHEEDW ORLDS OUL... ..... ............... ............ 4 7 UNDERSTANDITNHGE C UNNINGF OLK 52 .............................................................................................. THCEU NNINFGO LAKN TDH EWIORR L.D. ...........................5.2 .................................................................... WHOW ERTEH EC UNNINFGO L...K.....?.... ....... ......................................... .............................................. 54 VISITTIHNCGEU NNINFGO .L...K..... ....................................................................................................... 56 DIVINATIPOAN,R T1• • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 94 DIVINATIPOANR,T l ..l... .............................................. ...................................................................... 134 GEOMANCY . . . . 161 ........ ........................................................................... .................... ..... ...................... DREAMSN ATURALD,E MONICA ND DIVINE 196 ..................................................................................... CHARMSI -CHARMSS,P ELLASN,D CURSES . . 231 ........................... ........................................ .............. CHARMSI I-P ROTECTIOCNO,U NTER-WITCHETRHYE,F TA ND LOVE . 276 .... .......................................... FOLKO R NON-COMPUTATIONAASLT ROLOGY . 316 ........................................... .................................... ASTROLOGIYN M AGICA ND THEORY.... ...... ............... ..'. ..................3.3.9. .............................................. JUDICIAASLT ROLOGY . . . 364 .............. .................................. .............................. ...................................... CONJURATIOPNA,R T1• • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 412 CONJURATIOPNA,R T1 ••1••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 457 TREASURHEU NTING 497 ............................................................................................•.•.............•..........• CONCLUSION .. 517 ............................................................................................. ... .................................. APPENDICES DEFININIGL LICMIATG IC(F ACULTOYF P ARI1S 39.8.). ..................5.2.6. ................................................ "WHITWEI TCHESA:N APOLOGYT O LOUISHEU EBNER" 533 .................................................................. BIBLIOGRAPHY 545 ..........................•........................................................................•..•••..............•.......... INDEX 550 .•.•..•.•....................................................................................................................................... 9 FOREWORD BY DAVID RANKINE TREATSRUOROVEF[E u NNING cA Asa na uthaonrrde seaIra clhweafiryn sdi mmenpslee aisnru eraed ainngo tahuetrh woorr'wksh en ihta bse efinn eclrya ftwietdhl ovaena dt tenttiodo ent aaniadll t,lh m eo rseow heinit os n a t opdieca r tom yh earTthC.eu n niMnagn H'asn dbiosso ukca hb ooaks ,u pesrtbuw dhyi gcohe fusr thienrtt oh e exploroaftti hpoern a catniwdco ersl do-fvC iuenwn Fionlgtk h aannp yr eviwooursik nt hfiee ld. WheJni mB akefirr scto ntamcett eoad s fokr p ermistsoui soeenx trfraocmts so moef t he manuscIrh iapvwteos r koenda npdu blis(hhTeeG dri moofiA rert huGra unatnleTdth Beo oofkT reasure SpiriItw sa)is,n triguIek dn.es wu cahw orwko uldr equainir mem ense oafmr oeusnettao rd coih t justiDcuer.it nhgce o rrespobnedtewunescet enh at deovnet lhtoeop peJidic am,s kmeedi Ifw ould critiqhuifiesn ismhaendu scarinop ffteI,rw adse ligthoat cecde pt. Circumstwaenrcceel se airnol uyfar v ouarsh, e w asdu teo vi siLto ndfroonm h ihso mien t he UnitSetdaa ttte hstii mse W.e a rratnogm eedeu tpa tA tlaBnotiosk sihnBo lpo omstbhurybe,i rthplace ofn umersoiugsn iefiscoatnbetori ocak nsed v esnitnsic toesp eniin1n 9g2 a2n,rd e tirteoand e arcbayf e tos pesnedv ehroaultr alkings abohiustw orakn,td h mea nyye aorfrs e seaanrsdct hu tdhyai tht a d entaiTlheimdso. se tn joymaebeltieenn gd wietdhJ ihma ndimnega ne lectrooniftc h decr oaopffhyt i s bootkor ead. AsI r eaTdhC eun niMnag'snH andbIofo ouknm,dy seilntf he en viapbolsei otifos nt ruggtlinofig n d anytIhdi isnagg rwietehod rf eclotu bleid m proved.t hRreotauhdgceihh n agp itwtea rcssl etahrha etr e waasm asterpoifte hcaeer nto,ot nl yb rintghiCenu gn nFionlkga nd theirt olp irbfauecat,til cseos contexttuhaelibmsye i xnpgl otrhiseno gca inacdlu ltmiliueruao lft htiem ea,sw elalsa ltlhr ee levant theolaongrdie cligiaoliu sss wuheispc ehrv adHeidcs.o nclumsiiguohpntss se otm pee opelmep,h atically demonsttrhaeetin ntigr Cehlryi swtioarnl dovifeC wun ning practiwcheiscn,he vertrheemlaeisnse d limindautleo t heoifrtu enns ancitinfiteedr parnepdtr aetsieonnot fCa htiriosntm iaagni c. Thibso oikas v erlya rtgoemo efn, e cestsoii ntcyls,uom d uec sho urmcaet efrroimas lom anpye riod sourtcoeil usls trtahtreea nogfeC unnipnrga ctiDcievisn.a twiaoson n eo ft hmaine functions perforbmyeC du nnFionlkga, n adss ucthht ee chnuisqeaudrec eso veirnde edt ianilc,l ugdeionmga ncy, dreaimn terpraesttartioaolnnovd,gya riofoursm osf w ritotreancI lnse o.m ree spwehcatitssa bsent fromt hper actiofct ehCseu nnFionlkgi as si nteraesws htinagit ps r esaenntdth ,ae u theoxrp ltohree s reasfoortn hsai shs e s ystemwaotirctkahslr loytug hhce e ntuorifse osu rmcaet earnipdar la ctices. 10 JimB aker Theo thmeari pnr actiocfCe usnni ngF oltk,h oosfec onjurcahtiaornhm,es a,lin agn dt reasure huntianrgse,tu diweidtt hh sea mteh oroauttgehn tiaonncd o ntextuaAllitshaomtiuoogsnhot. ft he booiksfo cusoendp ractiicnEe nsgl antdh,ea rrene wn erodigruess sioinnstA om eriscoaunr acneds practiacswe esla lp,p roperxipaatnetdlhiysen c go opfet hmea tetrioaw lh awta tsh etnho et hmeari n English-psaporeftta hkweio nrlgd . Ins ettionutgtop resaec notm preheelnusciivodefaw tihoaintks n owanb otuhtae c tpuraalc otfi ces English-CsupnneiaFnkiognlk dg u ritnhge perio1d5 50fr0-oJ,1mim 9B 0akerhim sseelatfm omentous tasHke.s ucceaeddmeidr aanbadlsa yr ,e stuhlrete adweorr,kt ihrnogu tghhbi oso wilkl gaimna nnye w insiignhtntoosj t u Csutn npirnagc tibcueatsl ,st oht eh eotrhye,o alonpgydr acotfCi hcrei smtiaaginc ovearp erioodfc entuTriheebs o.o dki spneoltsit ohnhasat v aeri stehnr opuogphu rloamra nvitiecw s nobta sienhd i stofarcitcc,oa nlc entrraatotihnnew grh acta bne p rovaenddd e monstPrraetpetador. e enttehrwe o rolftd h Ceu nnFionlgak n,bd e a mazeeddu,c aatniedl dl uminated! DavRiadn kine Glasto1n7Ab purilr2 y0,1 4 ThCeu ngnM iannH'asn dbook PREFACE WARNTIoTN HG[E u R1ous aA Havinlga bourienad c areienhr i storsicchaoll aristwh aispm ,y intetnoht a vfuen witht hes ubjeocftt h is book- as urveyo ft hed ocumentmeadgi carle sourocfeE sn glish-spCeuankniinnFggo lk- andw hile maintaihniisntgo rical tahcrcouowrff a tchye,s hackloefsa cademicco mpositsiuocnha sc ompulsive footnotionvge,r ttleyc hnilcaanlg uaagneds ubmissaitvtee ntitootn h ea cceptoepdi nionosfe xperitnts h e fiel(ds choloarro lcyc ulItfo )u.n dt hiwsa sh ardtehra Ith adt hougHhat.b itosfa lifetibmeec omper etty ingraianneddw ,h ileen deavoutrionk ge ept het onlei gahntd p ersonIa folu,n dI wasnr'et adtyo s kip supportqiunogt edse,t aisloeudr ncoet easn da bstrtuesrem inowlhoegryie tc onveytehdem eaniInh ga di n mindb etttehra ann ys implificcaotuiloTdnh. e r esuilstnq 'uti tteh ep opulaarclcye ssbiobolkIe o nchea di n mindt,h erefoarnedfo, r t harte asoIn',vi en clutdhiesdc autionparreyfa ce. Theb asoifst hisb ooka rsee lecttiaoknefrsno mt hem agicarle sour-cpersim aritlhyo steh aatp peariend prin-tt hawte raev ailtaoba lvee ra(goear d vancCeudn)n inFgo lbke twe1en5 5a0nd 1 90I0h .av geo net o somep aintsoe mulattheec ontesxtty,al ned fo rmatof t hep ublicaitniw ohincsht heayp pearaesId b ,e lieivte isi mporttaonp tr esetnhtes electaisof anarss p ossiabslt eh ewye roer iginaplrleys enTtheidis.n clumdoesst origisnpaell lianngdst ypograpihdiicoasly nc-reaxscie�tpsht el on"gs "( f)w,h ichha sn otb eeuns ebde cause oft hee xtrenmuem beorf s ubstitutthiawoton usl hda vec allfoerd, a nda lscoo ntractiinodincsa tebdy a macroonv earl ett(ea"rs ai'n'd)i caatc ionngt ractthiaootmn i tasn" m"o r" n"a roem ittwehde rieti sa nother "m"o r" n"wi tha m icro-nt herneo tb eindgi gicthaalr acgteenresr aalvlayi lfoarbt lheo slee ttPeargsbe.r eaks withsienl ectiaorneis n dicabtyefo drw ards lash(e/se) x cewphte rsel ashaersefo undi nt heo rigintaelx t. Worddisv idebde twepeang easr ues uagilvleyn a sw holweo rdosn t hes econpda geM.y commentosm,i ssions andc larificawittihoiqnnus o tatiaorene sn closiensd q uabrrea ck(e0t)se, x cewphte rceu rlbyr ack(e{ t}sa) r e usewdh ens quabrrea ckweetrsue s eidn t heo rigitneaxIlth .a voem ittsepda cbeest wetehnee ndo fw ordasn d coloonrss emi-colonasl,sp oaa rnadg rianpdhe ntatiwohniscd,ho n'wto rkwi tht abisnt ablSeosm.e o riginal typograpehilceamle nctosu lndo tb er eproduactae ld(l l iDkaev iRda nkinues'eos f b ollde ttetroir negp resent theo riginarlu br-icrse d-cololuertetde- riinnh gie sd itoioftn h Aer thuGra untlmeatn uscrbiuptti )ng, e neral whayto u'slle er eflecimtpsr essimoand eb yt het ypefac(eesx cefoprte ntirsee gmenotrsi ginailnbl lya clke tter) ands tyloefts h eo rigintaelx Ith .a vael suos eadh ybrciidt ataipopnr oatchhac to mbiniens- tceixtta tfoiro ns sourcweist mho ret haans ingle rewiftehrfo eontcneo,tfo erss ingrleefe rencteoas v,o itdh en eefodr am ore cumbersobmieb liography. Ih avter iteode nsutrhea eta cshe lectbieao snc ompleatspe o ssisbolt eh atth ea ctiionnv olcveadnb e fulluyn derstoIondc .e rtacians eisn volvivnegr yl engtahnyd c omplesxy stesmusc ha sa stroloorg y conjurattihoinws,a sn ota lwapysr actbiuctat lh erseh oulsdt iblele nougihn formattioou nn dersttahned particeuxlaamrp liefn ott hee ntiret heoretciocnatle Sxitmil.a rliyn,o theirn stantcheesr,ae r es om any differepnots siebxlaem pl-eosf c harmisnp artic-utlhaarot n lay s malli fc arefuclhloys erne presentative numbecro ulbdei ncludAelds.ot ,h es ourocfee acehn trnye edetdob ec leairdleyn tisfiote hda rte adecrosu ld consutlhteo rigiinfta hleswy a ntetdoe xamitnhece o nteoxrat d ditisounbajlem catt ter. Thiiss nj'utsa tc ompilatoifop nr imasroyu rcheosw,e vePra.ro tf m y interients htes ubjelcitei snh owi ts (usuaullnys pokoerne venne vecro nsidetrheedo)r ectoincsatlr cuocutlsbd ee xplaianneddh ,o w- andw hy- thecyh angoevde tri meIc. o uldfinn'dta nys atisfacetxoirsytia nnga lytshiaastn swertehdeq uestiIop noss ed, soI h avceo nstrumcyto ewdn A.s t hiasn alyissbi ost dhe rivaatnidsv pee culaItc iavnen,co lta iamn yp articular historiacuatlh orfoirti yta ,l thouIdg ohb elieivtde o eosff earp lausdieblsec ripotfti hoemn a gicsaulb culture andi tesv olutAisos no.m er eadearrsle i ketlofiy n dt hisc ontentIis ohuosu,al lds moe ntiaof ne wo ft heo ther potentcioanlltyr oveprrseimailos news h icthh es tudiysb ased. Thet heorebtaisci(asolp r e rhabpass efosr) m agitco daiysc onsidedriaffbleyrfr eonmtt haotft hep assto, tou ndersttahned CunninIgb eFloilewkve,n e e etdo a pproatchhse ubjefrcotm t hepiori notfr eferennocte , ouro wnT.h inse cessitthaest eetst aisnigdo efc ertmaoidne ronp inioanbso umta giacn,d c allfosr a wareness oft hefa ctt hatth eC unniFnogl dki dns'hta roeu rc ultuorpailn iaonndsj udgmebnuttis n habiatnee sds entially foreigcnu lturael,b eointeo uto fw hicwhe t odahya veev olvFeodr.e xamplteh,em odervni eowf "natausr e" ane ssentbieanlilagynn d c herischoendt efoxrt l ivisntga nidnss tacrokn trtaost th ea nxietwyi twhh ich our ancestvoiresw ethde w ilderannedst sh pe otential dangeorfts h teoe untusoiudse osfah foemteay n dh eartIh . 12
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