Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling
Illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes and tales
Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling, published in 1891, is Charles Godfrey Leland's collection of the magical practices attributed to the Romani peoples of Hungary, Transylvania and England, with comparisons to the folk magic of Italy and the ancient world. Leland, president of the Gypsy Lore Society, gathers incantations and charms, spells for love and against illness, methods of divining by cards, hands and dreams, beliefs about witches, fairies and water spirits, and tales from his own hearing or from little-known continental sources. He argues that gypsies have carried for centuries what he calls the old faith of the European peasantry. The book is illustrated with his own drawings and written in a tone of curiosity rather than belief. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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