ill-wished: Witchcraft and Magic in 19th century Cornwall default-HIDE and folkloric dimensions of plants

and folkloric dimensions of plants

Midnight Jasmine

folk medicine and historical magical uses

and largely forgotten by students of the occult

alone like us

ill-wished: Witchcraft and Magic in 19th century Cornwall default-HIDE and folkloric dimensions of plantsAuthor: Rupert White In the last century and before, many Cornish people believed in witchcraft and in the possibility of being cursed or ill wished. This book, which centres on multiple newly discovered newspaper articles, demonstrates how deeply the belief in ill wishing was held, and the levels of desperation and fear it could engender. It shows the existence of a large number of magical practitioners, known variously as cunning folk, conjurors,