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Witch-huntsScottish council votes to apologise to women persecuted as witches centuries ago CharmsThe Horns Hand Gesture: One Sign With Five Very Different Meanings CharmsA Jurassic fossil turned talisman in Morocco links science and faith Stage magicHarry Houdini returns from the grave in AI-generated Fox Nation series 100 years after his death Witch-huntsConnecticut's forgotten witch trial past FestivalsDay of the Dead festival resurrected at West Palm Beach arts hub Stage magicIllusionist Leon Etienne brings magic to Oshkosh this month DivinationCan AI Tell Your Fortune? How Chinese Divination Is Going Digital FestivalsIran celebrates Nowruz, festival of life, in times of war Stage magicFox Nation Docuseries Uses AI-Generated Imagery to Reanimate Harry Houdini Witch-huntsScottish council votes to apologise to women persecuted as witches centuries ago CharmsThe Horns Hand Gesture: One Sign With Five Very Different Meanings CharmsA Jurassic fossil turned talisman in Morocco links science and faith Stage magicHarry Houdini returns from the grave in AI-generated Fox Nation series 100 years after his death Witch-huntsConnecticut's forgotten witch trial past FestivalsDay of the Dead festival resurrected at West Palm Beach arts hub Stage magicIllusionist Leon Etienne brings magic to Oshkosh this month DivinationCan AI Tell Your Fortune? How Chinese Divination Is Going Digital FestivalsIran celebrates Nowruz, festival of life, in times of war Stage magicFox Nation Docuseries Uses AI-Generated Imagery to Reanimate Harry Houdini

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Dartmoor

3 entries tied to Dartmoor.

KindTradition Rite Charm Oracle Substance Being Figure Text Illusion Belief

PurposeProtection Healing Seeing and foretelling Luck and prosperity Love and attraction Cursing and harm Cleansing and purification Speaking with spirits and the dead Change and initiation Binding and oaths Power and authority Wonder and entertainment

WhoShamans Folk healers Priests and ritual specialists Witches, sorcerers and cunning folk Diviners and readers Mediums and the possessed Ceremonial magicians and alchemists Households and ordinary people Stage magicians Scholars and sceptics

BeliefHindu and Tantric Buddhist Jain Muslim and Sufi Jewish Christian Sikh Zoroastrian Shinto and Taoist Indigenous and shamanic African and Afro-diasporic Pagan and Neopagan Esoteric and occult Folk and village custom Secular and stage Other traditions

OccasionWeddings and betrothal Festivals Birth and childhood Death and remembrance Harvest, farming and weather New year Initiation and coming of age Illness and misfortune Journeys and voyages Everyday use

StandingLiving Revived Fading Historical Legendary Performed

OrderBest known A to Z Newest Living first

🇬🇧 United KingdomBlack dog A spectral hound from English folklore that signals death or guards the living.Being · Cursing and harm · Protection Legendary

🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 moreFairy ring A natural ring of mushrooms surrounded by folklore about dancing spirits and witches.Belief · Wonder and entertainment Living

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Fairy ring: User:Mrs skippy, Public domain, source

The weekly digest

Every Monday: seven entries you may not know, what is on the calendar this week, and one rite drawn step by step.