[UA] American Magic

[Ashes Ascending]

www.nightshadebooks.com has a hardcover series reprinting all of Wellman's stories.  Check their catalog.
 
~Roman
 

John C <john1x at hotmail.com> wrote:
Firstly, if you haven't read them, seek out the "Silver John" stories and 
novels by Manly Wade Wellman. Midway between horror and dark fantasy, the 
books are full of really great stuff, much of stealable for UA.

One of my favorite bits is the little book that John carries with him at all 
times: "Pow-Wows, or The Long Lost Friend". In addition to being a 
protective charm in its own right...

"Whoever carries this book with him is safe from all his enemies, visible or 
invisible; and whoever has this book with him cannot die without the holy 
corpse of Jesus Christ, nor drown in any water, nor burn up in any fire, nor 
can any unjust sentence be passed upon him. So help me."

...the book contains all sorts of useful spells.

I was a little surprised to discover that the book really existed. And, 
knowing that, was a little less surprised that the whole thing is available 
on-line, at:.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/ame/pow/

If you're looking for ritual ideas, this is a great source of 'em. An 
example:

"TO COMPEL A THIEF TO RETURN STOLEN GOODS.

Early in the morning before sunrise you must go to a pear tree, and take 
with you three nails out of a coffin, or three horse-shoe nails that were 
never used, and holding these toward the rising Sun. you must say:

"Oh, thief, I bind you by the first nail, which I drive into thy skull and. 
thy brain, to return the goods thou hast stolen to their former place; thou 
shalt feel as sick and as anxious to see men, and to see the place you stole 
from, as felt the disciple Judas after betraying Jesus. I bind thee by the 
other nail, which I drive into your lungs and liver, to. return the stolen 
goods to their former place; thou shall feel as sick and as anxious to see 
men, and to see the place you have stolen from, as did Pilate in the fires 
of hell. The third nail I shall drive into thy foot, oh thief, in order that 
thou shalt return the stolen goods to the very same place from which thou 
hast stolen them. Oh, thief, I bind thee and compel thee, by the three holy 
nails which were driven through the hands and feet of Jesus Christ, to 
return the stolen goods to the very same place from which thou hast stolen 
them. + + + The three nails, however, must be greased with the grease from 
an executed criminal or other sinful person."

(Each + indicates the caster making the sign of the cross.)

John Crimmins

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