Belief worlds
How magic sits inside religions and other belief worlds, described as those who keep the tradition would describe it.
Hindu and TantricMantra, yantra, tantra, puja and the folk goddess cults of India and Nepal.58BuddhistProtective chants and amulets, Tibetan ritual, and the spirit cults that live beside Buddhism.27JainMantras and yantras used within Jain practice, set against its strict rule of non-harm.4Muslim and SufiRuqyah, the talisman, the djinn, and the debate over what Islam permits.14JewishKabbalah, amulets, the golem and the folk customs against the evil eye.13ChristianBlessings, saints' relics, exorcism, folk charms and the long Church argument about magic.38SikhA faith that rejects omens and charms, and the folk practice that grew up around it.4ZoroastrianFire, purity rites and the old Persian magi, from whom the word magic comes.3Shinto and TaoistOfuda and omamori, fu talismans, onmyodo, and the rites of temples and mountains.23Indigenous and shamanicCeremony, healing and spirit knowledge of Indigenous peoples; some of it closed to outsiders and described here only as far as its people share it.62African and Afro-diasporicVodou, Santeria, Candomblé, Obeah, Hoodoo and the African religions they grew from.6Pagan and NeopaganAncient pagan religions, and the modern revival: Wicca, Druidry, Heathenry.9Esoteric and occultHermeticism, alchemy, ceremonial magic, theosophy and the Western occult tradition.15Folk and village customRural and household beliefs that belong to no single organised religion.81Secular and stageIllusion, mentalism and the modern, non-religious study of magic.1Other traditionsPractices that fit no single belief world.2