Charms, Charmers and Charming: International Research on Verbal Magic Edited by Jonathan Roper (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) Hardcover Edition featuring Renaissance artwork in gold

featuring Renaissance artwork in gold foil and a unique raised embossed pattern designed by the artist Kateryna Zubakhina

There is a real dearth of approachable works that ford the resources and research academia has in plenitude

the hardback and fine edition are issued with a letterpress print of The Prayer of the Salamanders

It clearly and concisely explains how to contact and build a relationship with the spirits

mysterious in their origins and possibly far pre-dating their appearance within Judeo-Christian Scripture

Charms, Charmers and Charming: International Research on Verbal Magic Edited by Jonathan Roper (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) Hardcover Edition featuring Renaissance artwork in goldJonathan Roper, editor. Charms, Charmers and Charming: International Research on Verbal Magic. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Hardcover edition. 294 pages. Condition: As New Description from the publisher: Bringing together many of today's key scholars of verbal charming, these essays cover vernacular magical texts and practice from Malaysia to Madagascar, and from England to Estonia. As the most comprehensive collection of research on charms,