The annexed is a peace-conferring charm, and is commonly styled P‘ing-ngan-fu.
Charm conferring peace and felicity. Chinese superstitions.
Tag: Mysticism
Python worship. Serpent worship in Afrika.
The worship of the python. Indiolali ceremony. Python god Adumu. Priests and priestesses.
A magic hand used as an amulet for averting the evil eye.
The Roman magic hand itself was considered a potent means of averting the evil eye.
The Dervishes of the various Orders. Islamic mysticism.
The religious doctrines, monastic organisation, and ecstatic powers of the dervish orders.
Omens and superstitions of southern India. Magic and Magicians.
Omens and superstitions of southern India by Edgar Thurston. Magic and Magicians. Exorcists and devil – dancers. The practice of magic.
Vampires and Vampirism. Living Vampires. History of Vampires.
THERE is, however, the living vampire, distinct and separate from the dead species.
Buddhist charm for ending drought. Chinese superstition.
Buddhist “Tso-fu-sze” ceremony performed to evoke rain and end drought, illustrated in a charm.
Taoist protective formulas against house fires.
Taoist priests use colored charms and rituals to protect and cleanse homes from fire, invoking the God of Fire.
Paper Streamers placed on graves. Old Chinese Customs.
Buddhist and Confucian beliefs differ on souls’ knowledge of their afterlife resting places.
THE VAMPIRE AND ST MICHAEL
THE VAMPIRE AND ST MICHAEL. COSSACK FAIRY TALES.