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An express Ietter brings a coPyof a curse. and a plea lbr ad-vice . . . The black art is rrot dcad.It has merelv become hidden

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Sirange Things An o Ffeederl For lYitchcr&l{ EEfiCurruH

Bcrries from a graveyard will be the e1'es of thepoppet with which a countcrsPell is to bc cast

Hcrbs from a ruined gardcn stand for sincwsand musctes. They n' i l l bc burned, rvith a chant

academic. He had found this spell in an old bookand was curious to usc it . He ex1>lai ncd o hi sclicnt. in order that she mighi bc adequatelyirnpressed, the ful l contplicrt ions oI the formrt lahe-had used on hcr bchalf , and he sees lit t lc

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Betorv ground, crouched by his brazicr, rvitchcraft consultant Wil l iamson Po-"."d: thc comp_oundof thc ivi ldocr. To strcngihcrr thc spci , hc lras ru: 'ne< the bodics of thrcc black toads, a bro*'n

; : . . r.c to makc thc ( 'poppct ) 'ra t and a b lack cock

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'i In the '( Witchest Kitchen of Cecil Williamson's Isle of Manrriuseum there is a monument to The nine million human beingsknorvn to have been burnt at thc stake as a sacrifice to supcrstitiontt

nrembers of the coven, those whocame from a generation when magicenjoyed a matter-of-fact acceptancein some households, could rememberfamily talk of a similar rite against Boney at the time of the threat-.ened Napoleonic invasion.A coven of witctes is traditionallycomposed of members of either sex,thirteen in number, with one of themacting as officer.'Before the days ofwitch-hunts the . coven organizedpublic and popular beanfeasts on thegreat days of }fay Eve, Hallorve'en,Candlemas and La.mruas - t}reWitches' Sabbats, sometimcs calledFrolics. Their private business meet-ings were called esbats. Persecutionkilled tle 'iopen Sabbats and in -c;crsed tbr.r *'itchcs' stcaltir sur-rounding sutxcquent meelings.Covens cannot usrraliy. raisethirtccn loc.rl nrcrnbe* thr:sr: dnys.Here

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