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  • Home
    • Brian Hoggard
    • Contact
    • Media work
    • Lectures
    • Some further reading
    • Dorset Survey
    • Ralph Merrifield
    • Links
  • SHOP
  • Hidden Charms Conference
    • 2025 Hidden Charms 5
    • 2023 Hidden Charms 4
    • 2021 Hidden Charms 3
    • 2018 Hidden Charms 2
    • 2016 Hidden Charms 1
  • Concealed Objects
    • Witch Bottles
    • Shoes >
      • Concealed Shoes - an article by June Swann
    • Dried Cats
    • Horse Skulls
    • Written Charms
  • Protection Marks
    • Circles and daisy-wheels
    • Deliberate burn marks
    • Marian Marks >
      • Goatchurch Cavern marks
    • Mesh marks
    • Hand and shoe outlines

MAGICAL HOUSE PROTECTION The Archaeology of Counter-Witchcraft (PB) Signed

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By Brian Hoggard


Paperback Published February 2021 - Signed


Belief in magic and particularly the power of witchcraft was once a deep and enduring presence in popular culture; people created and concealed many objects to protect themselves from harmful magic. Detailed are the principal forms of magical house protection in Britain and beyond from the fourteenth century to the present day. Witch-bottles, dried cats, horse skulls, written charms, protection marks and concealed shoes were all used widely as methods of repelling, diverting or trapping negative energies. Many of these practices and symbols can be found around the globe, demonstrating the universal nature of efforts by people to protect themselves from witchcraft.


Contents:

Acknowledgements

Preface

Part I - Context and Discussion of Principal Find Types

Chapter 1.  Folklore, Witchcraft, Religion

Chapter 2.  Witch-Bottles

Chapter 3.  Concealed Shoes

Chapter 4.  Dried Cats

Chapter 5.  Horse Skulls

Chapter 6.  Written Charms

Chapter 7.  Protection Marks

Chapter 8.  Other Concealed Objects

Chapter 9.  Evidence of Darkness

Chapter 10. Conclusion

Part II - Evidence and Examples

Case Studies

Finds Gazetteer


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