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  • Malayan black magic (Ilmu Sihir) charm intended to curse its recipient with a fatal illness.
  • A group of Bundu female dancers all wearing necklaces of beads which are filled with medicines. Halftone after a photograph by T.J. Alldridge.
  • Medical talisman against miscarriage (Chinese MS)
  • Medical talisman for complicated labour (Chinese MS)
  • Medical talisman for infertility and miscarriage (Chinese MS)
  • Medical talisman for gestation and puerperium (Chinese MS)
  • Medical talisman against miscarriage (Chinese MS)
  • Macbeth meets the three witches; scene from Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'. Wood engraving, 19th century.
  • Protection against witchcraft and demons through the name and attributes of Jesus Christ. Woodcuts and letterpress, 159-.
  • A theurgist performing rituals to exercise divine powers on earth. Coloured aquatint.
  • A magician in his gothic study conjuring demons: a naked woman appearing from a mirror. Soft ground etching by F. Rops.
  • A witch at her cauldron surrounded by monsters. Etching by Jan van de Velde II, 1626.
  • A witch at her cauldron surrounded by monsters. Etching by Jan van de Velde II, 1626.
  • A witch at her cauldron surrounded by monsters. Etching by Jan van de Velde II, 1626.