Charms and Spells

Abracadabra
Proposing a Greek origin of the charm word.
http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-abr1.htm

Abracadabra
Brief explanation of the Cabbalistic inscription.
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/abracadabra.html

Anglo-Saxon Charms
Translated by Karen Louise Jolly in her 1996 book "Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context."
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kjolly/unc.htm

Charms Against Sprains
Recorded in the Orkney and Shetland Islands during the nineteenth century.
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/spraincharm.html

Hocus-pocus
The story behind the weird word "Hocus-pocus".
http://www.quinion.com/words/weirdwords/ww-hoc1.htm

Lithuanian Charms
Charms against illnesses and evil spirits in English translation.
http://www.lithuanian.net/mitai/charms.htm

Merseburg Incantations
Two magic poems from pre-Christian Germany.
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/merseburg.html

The Merseburger Spells
Two Germanic pre-Christian spells found in a monastery in the German city of Merseburg.
http://www.boudicca.de/merse-e.htm