(Ebook) Hex and Spellwork Magical Practices of the Pennsylvania Dutch 1st edition by Karl Herr 1578631823 9781578631827

(Ebook) Hex and Spellwork Magical Practices of the Pennsylvania Dutch 1st edition by Karl Herr 1578631823 9781578631827

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ISBN-10 :  1578631823 

ISBN-13 :  9781578631827

Author:  Karl Herr 

Discover the magic behind the enchanting Hex symbols. In Pennsylvania Dutch country, among the Old Order Amish and the strict Mennonite congregations who live their lives parallel to modern society, there remains the remnants of one of the oldest European magical practices found in America: Hex, or Hex und Speilwerk, or Pow Wow. In Hex and Spellwork, third-generation Hexenmeister Karl Herr teaches the actual practices and examines the history of the Swiss-German traditions from which Hex and Pow Wow are derived. Hex work echoes the magical arts that reach back to the earliest beginnings of human civilization. Evoked to assist people in health and earthly prosperity and to achieve what they legitimately desire in life, or to counteract the negative spell of a witch, hex is positive magic, never used for evil. Hex work is firmly founded in the Christian religion, with a liberal dose of Swiss-German folk superstition. The Bible is a great influence on all Hex work, which originates in the Gospel of Matthew, where Christ insists that all people of good heart and a pure soul could perform miracles. Karl Herr is bound and determined not to let the oral tradition of hex vanish from the face of the earth. Among the many practices he’s written down in this book are: verbal charms for healing, considered by many to be folk prayers; the magic of stones and other natural objects; folk remedies, such as using dried chickweed to stave off colds. Discover himmelbriefs, "heavenly letters" written either to God, or to gain the assistance of someone who is in heaven. Plus instructions for creating hex signs that can be used to reduce anxiety and control spiritual forces. With illustrations of traditional hexes, plus diagrams illustrating how to draw one’s own.

Hex and Spellwork: Magical Practices of the Pennsylvania Dutch 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: The Tradition and the Work
How I Came To Become A Hexenmeister
The German Origins of What a Hexenmeister Does
Varieties of Hex Work
Chapter 2: Health and Healing
The Visit To A Hexenmeister
Pow-Wows and Hex Work
Books About Hex Work
Trying For An Illness
Verbal Charms For Healing
Money and Payment
Folk Remedies
Chapter 3: The Painted Magic of Hex Signs
Some Basic Patterns For Hex Signs
Painting the Hex Signs
Artistic Shapes Used In Hex Signs
Chapter 4: The Spoken Magic of Spellwork
Learning to Try for Illness with the Spoken Word
Frequent Prayer, Praying the Psalms
Chapter 5: The Written Magic of the Himmelbrief
The Himmelbrief in German Witchcraft
The Hexenmeister and the Himmelbrief
The Petition of the Peasant of Cologne and Other Legends
The Written Word As A Spell
The Development of Language for Religious Purposes
The Commercial and Accounting Usage of Language
The Sacredness of Alphabets
Samples of Himmelbriefs
Working With A Himmelbrief
Spirit Working With Himmelbriefs
Some Variations from the Strict Hex Practice
Chapter 6: The Magic of Natural Objects
The Magic Wishbone Spell
The Wishing Cup Spell
Working With Sticks
Working With Stones
Chapter 7: Superstition Or Practical Reality?
The Hex Practice, and Other Nonphysical Practices
Working by the Moon Sign
Superstition, Faith, and Belief
My Idea of Reality

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