Skip to content
Libra Esoterica

Gypsy sorcery and fortune telling

illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes, and tales.

by Charles Godfrey Leland

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
Read free

Description

Description from Project Gutenberg (opens in a new tab)

"Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling" by Charles Godfrey Leland is a comprehensive exploration of the customs, beliefs, and practices related to gypsy magic and sorcery, written in the late 19th century. The book delves into the origins and functions of witchcraft, spellcasting, and fortune-telling among gypsies, elucidating various forms of magical practices, including charms, conjurations, and healing rituals. The opening of the work sets the stage for a detailed discussion on the history and cultural significance of witchcraft and shamanism. Leland introduces the intertwined relationship between witches and gypsies, emphasizing their historical roles as fortune-tellers and practitioners of magic that have persisted through time. He outlines the evolution of beliefs about disease, spirits, and magic while hinting at the connections to ancient shamanistic practices that inform contemporary gypsy traditions. Through a blend of anecdotal evidence, folklore, and comparative analysis, the narrative seeks to illustrate the depth and complexity of these magical customs, inviting the reader to ponder the cultural ramifications and continual relevance of such beliefs in society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires and Shamanism and spirit practice.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from project-gutenberg matched “magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subtitle, “Magic” in the description, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “magic”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Magic”· in subtitle
    • “Magic”· in description
    • “Magic”· in subject
    • “Magic”· in edition subtitle
  • Shamanism and spirit practice

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Shamanism” and “Shamans”. Retained metadata contains “Shamanism” in the description and “Shamanism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Shamanism”· via Open Library
    • “Shamans”· via Open Library
    • “Shamanism”· in description
    • “Shamanism”· in subject

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

Read & download

Free, public copies reported by our sources. Links open the source directly.

marks a direct file download. Rights vary by country; each source states its own terms.

Buy or borrow

Links to ISBN 0486226832; other editions may be cheaper. WorldCat shows libraries near you that hold a copy.

Editions

Open Library reports 11 editions; 2 cataloged here.

illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes, and tales.

Open Library record

1971Dover PublicationsEnglish
  • 9780486226835
  • 0486226832
Public

Illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes and tales

Project Gutenberg electronic edition

Project Gutenberg metadata does not identify the source print edition.

2018-12-13Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

Subjects

8 subject headings

Identifiers & provenance

How this record was assembled, and the authority identifiers it carries.

Identifiers

ISBN-13
ISBN-10
LCCN
OCLC
Open Library work
Project Gutenberg
Internet Archive

Cataloged from

Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 11 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL4108434W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
Retrieved