The Witches' Book of the Dead (38 page)

Pomona,
191
,
193

Pompey, Sextus,
102
–
104

possession,
51
–
52
,
56
–
60
,
64
,
81
–
82

prayers of protection,
138

prophesy,
145

protection,
41
,
47
–
48
,
119
,
138
,
156

psuchagogion
,
94

psuchomanteion
,
94
–
95
,
107

Psychic Self-Defense
(Fortune),
48

puppets,
51

purification,
29
,
51
,
52
–
54

Q

Quintus Smyrnaeus,
95

R

Ra,
232

rattles,
42
,
55
,
58
,
59

Raudive, Konstantin,
172

real-time EVP,
177
–
179

recipes

Food for the Dead,
218
–
220

Necromancy Incense,
212
–
213

Spirit Powder,
214
–
215

reincarnation,
30

relationship building,
114
–
115
,
131
,
154

residual hauntings,
163

rituals and rites

altar blessing,
29

creating own,
141

dumb supper,
198
–
199

exorcism,
55
,
57
–
60

Halloween,
201
–
205

mourning teas,
200
–
201

necromantic divination,
117
–
121
,
121
–
122
,
123
–
124

necromantic magic,
132
–
135
,
136
–
137
,
137
–
139
,
139
–
141

pact-making,
20
–
23

skull blessing,
34
–
36

skull energizing,
116
–
117

summoning the dead in dreams,
154
–
158

Roberts, Jane,
69

Rokem, Galit Hassan,
146
–
147

Romans, ancient

dreams and,
147

festivals celebrating dead,
184
–
185
,
186
,
191
,
193

ghost voices, descriptions of,
176

nature of spirits in,
30

necromancy and,
101
–
107

witches in, view of,
3

S

safety,
16
–
17
,
73

See also
protection

Sagana,
105
–
106

Saint Lucy's Stool Techniques,
85

saints,
31
,
37
,
56
–
57
,
129
,
146
,
186
–
187

Salem Witch House,
50
–
51
,
159
–
162

Salem Witch Trials,
50
–
51
,
149
–
150
,
195

salt,
29
,
54
,
57
,
58

Samhain,
190
–
193

Samuel,
6

Santisima Muerte,
31
,
236
–
237

Satan,
4

Saul, King,
6

scrying,
74
–
77
,
121
–
122

séances,
80
–
81
,
81
,
86
,
87

Seidr,
7

Seth,
69

shamans,
2
–
3
,
172
,
191

shields, protective,
47
,
48

skulls, human

for altars of the dead,
32
–
36

in Christian symbolism,
129

in dream rituals,
157

necromantic magic using,
127
–
128
,
131
–
135

oracular necromancy using,
111
–
112
,
116
–
121

sleep,
147
,
231
,
237

See also
dreams

smells,
163

Soddag valloo,
197

Sophocles,
98

Soulmother of Küssnacht,
84

souls, lost,
21

sounds,
42
,
163

Spangler, Kelly,
117
,
160
–
162

spells
See
rituals and rites

spirit attachments,
50
–
52
,
54
,
56
–
60
,
64
,
81
–
82

spirit boxes,
161

spirit of place residue,
49
–
50
,
56
,
163

spirit powders,
43
–
44
,
214
–
215

Spiritualism,
82
,
85
–
86

Stations of the Sun
(Hutton),
192

stones,
53

Sumption, Frank,
177

swords,
58
,
59

T

Tainaron,
96

Talmud,
147

Taoism,
186

Tartarus,
93

teas, mourning,
200
–
201

Thanatos,
93
,
231
,
237

Thorbjorg,
7

Thorkell,
7

Thoth,
237
–
238

thread, red,
53
,
58

time,
15
–
16

Tiresias,
98
–
99

Tisiphone,
93
–
94
,
228

Tituba,
149
–
150

tools,
15
,
29
,
39
–
45
,
53
,
54
,
55

trials, witch,
5
,
50
–
51
,
83
–
85
,
87
,
149
–
150
,
195

tribal cultures,
2
–
3
,
150
–
151
,
172
,
191

U

udjat eye,
237

unwanted (bad) spirits

assessments,
49
–
50

festivals exorcising,
185

object attachments,
50
–
51

overview,
48

people attachments (possession),
41
,
47
–
48
,
51
–
52
,
119
,
138
,
156

solutions to,
52
–
60

vengeance,
154

V

Vagrancy Act (1824),
87

Vallancey, Charles,
192

varÐlokur,
7

Veia,
105
–
106

vengeance,
154

Virgil,
105

visionary states,
17
–
20
,
53
,
65
,
66

visions and visitations,
42
,
43
,
101

See also
dreams

voices,
171
–
176

Voodoo,
42
,
44
,
136
,
138
,
225
–
226

W

Wall Street Journal
,
56

wands, yew,
41

Warlock (term usage),
7

Warren, Ed,
67

Water (element),
42
,
43

water, spring,
29
,
74

water divination,
74

Wendell, Leilah,
224

west (direction),
28

White, Betty,
69

White, Stewart Edward,
69

Wicca,
5
,
8
–
9

Wife of Bath, The
(play),
197

will,
129

Witch (term origin),
5

Witchcraft
(Grimassi),
193

witchcraft, overview

See also related topics
altered states of consciousness for,
17
–
20

components of,
14
–
16

cosmic force of,
16

dangers of,
16
–
17

in history,
2
–
5

modern,
8
–
10

pact-making rituals,
20
–
23

preparation,
12
–
14

Witchcraft Act (1735),
87
,
193

Witchcraft Today
(Gardner),
193
–
194

Witches' New Year,
189
–
196

Witches' Sabbath,
149

Witch of Endor,
6

writing, automatic,
63
–
66

X

Xavante,
151

Y

Yama,
33
,
34

yew trees,
41

About the Author

C
HRISTIAN
D
AY
is a modern day Warlock living in the “Witch City” of Salem, Massachusetts. He is a practitioner of the ancient arts of Witchcraft— a spiritual path devoted to old world folk magic, healing, and veneration of the dead. Christian owns two occult shops in Salem: HEX: Old World Witchery, dedicated to the practices of Witchcraft, Hoodoo, and Conjure; and OMEN, a psychic parlor and Witchcraft emporium which features a staff of gifted psychic readers. Every October, Christian hosts Salem's annual Festival of the Dead, an event series that includes popular events such as the Official Salem Witches' Halloween Ball, an Annual Psychic Fair and Witchcraft Expo, and an authentic séance. Among his many media appearances, Christian has been featured on the Travel Channel, Showtime, TLC,
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