Pennsylvania Dutch Pow-wow

Pow-wow is an authentic system of American folk magic, not a modern reconstruction as Wicca is.

Farmer Claims Pics of Porn Star Protect Plants From Evil Eye

The "evil eye" is one of the most widespread folk magic beliefs. A farmer claims to have found a unique way to ward it off.

“This year, I have a good crop on 10 acres. This has been attracting unnecessary attention of villagers and passersby. To ward off their evil eye, I thought of this idea of putting up the big flax poster of Sunny Leone a couple of days ago.” Read more

10 Folk Magic Traditions of the Early Modern Era

 From blood-stopping to cunning folk to hoodoo, David Tormsen describes ten folk magic tradition of the early modern era (and some are still practiced today).

Witches, goblins, and spirits lurking in the shadows ruled the medieval worldview. They were supposedly banished by the Enlightenment as science bloomed, and religious institutions dismissed superstitions. But even as the empirical method advanced the cause of human knowledge, old beliefs continued to persist, grow, and change. Read more