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  • Magicians leaving the wood where they successfully performed incantations. Etching by P.Sandby and E. Rooker, 1763, after J. Collins.
  • A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
  • A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
  • A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
  • A Saadi, or Egyptian shaman using snakes and incantations to cure a sick man. Engraving by T. Wallis, 1806, after W.M. Craig.
  • Witches putting a creature in a boiling cauldron. Lithograph after Biard.
  • Witches putting a creature in a boiling cauldron. Lithograph after Biard.
  • An incantatory ceremony in a village watched by men with spears. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, ca. 1920.
  • An old wizard sitting within a magic circle at his desk visited by a nobleman. Engraving by T. Engleheart after A. Fraser the elder.
  • Chinese woodcut: Healing by invocation
  • Chinese woodcut: Healing by invocation
  • Men with spears walking past tree with figures sitting in the shade. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, c. 1920.
  • A wizard performing spells in his den. Wood engraving by S. Millar after himself.
  • Many figures including a woman identified as Venus gambling with Cupid, evidence of torture and tumult. Engraving.
  • A witch casting spells over a steaming cauldron. Engraving by H.S. Thomassin after Demaretz.
  • Two Australian aborigines performing a ceremony with a magical stick to make another person ill. Halftone.
  • A conjurer casting spells with his wand and fire surrounded by a kneeling man and demons within the magic circle. Engraving by J. Brown after W.M. Craig, 1813.
  • Witches meeting and performing spell. Etching by J.A.A. Pastelot.
  • A grotto containing a magic circle, books and mythical creatures. Etching by J. Vezzani, 1728, after G. Rocchetti after P. Righini.
  • A Romany fortune-teller is reading the palm of a young woman suffering unrequited love; two other Romany women are leaning over a fence and children are sitting around a fire. Etching by P.W. Tomkins after H.W. Bunbury, 1791.
  • Spells against plague and witchcraft with Saint Sebastian and Saint Roch (left); Saint John Nepomucen (right). Etching.
  • Chinese manuscript Pi-ts'ang I-shu chu-yu shih-san k'o
  • Malayan black magic charm
  • Malayan black magic charm
  • Malayan black magic charm
  • Two Buddhist elders: sBed-byed (Gopaka), holding a book (above); Mi-phyed (Abheda), holding a reliquary (below). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Panama: a Choco Indian medicine man with musicians during a ceremony to heal a sick boy lying beneath a shelter bearing symbols. Photograph of a process print, ca. 1920 (?).
  • Medical talisman for menstrual problems (Chinese MS)
  • Medical talisman for irregular menstruation (Chinese MS)
  • Medical talisman for menstrual flooding (Chinese MS)