Magic by region
Eleven regions of the world. Open one to see its entries, its rites and its places of magic.
South AsiaMantra, yantra and tantra, the lemon and chillies hung against the evil eye, astrology, and temple healers and exorcists.40 entriesSoutheast AsiaSpirit houses and the animist layer beneath Buddhism and Islam: protective tattoos, bomoh and pawang, nat and phi.9 entriesEast AsiaTaoist talismans, the I Ching and feng shui, onmyodo and the omamori, and the mudang of Korea.31 entriesCentral Asia and the CaucasusSteppe shamanism and Tengri, the bakhshi and the baksy, and the amulets and fire customs of the Caucasus.3 entriesMiddle EastThe evil-eye bead, the djinn, ruqyah and the talisman, Kabbalah and Jewish amulets, and the ancient Babylonian and Persian arts.19 entriesNorth AfricaThe hand of Fatima, Amazigh and Gnawa healing, Egyptian heka and Hermetic lore, and the Maghrebi books of magic.7 entriesSub-Saharan AfricaIfa divination and the orisha, sangomas and inyangas, nkisi figures, masquerades, spirit possession and the fear of witchcraft.11 entriesEuropeCunning folk and grimoires, alchemy, runes and seidr, the fairy faith, the witch trials, and the folk calendar of fire and fertility.78 entriesNorth AmericaHoodoo and conjure, Appalachian folk magic, Indigenous ceremony (some of it closed to outsiders), modern Paganism and the stage magic of Houdini to Las Vegas.11 entriesLatin America and the CaribbeanVodou, Santeria, Candomblé and Obeah, curanderismo and brujeria, Andean offerings to the earth, and Amazonian plant healing.15 entriesOceaniaMana and tapu, tohunga and kahuna, the Dreaming and its restricted knowledge, and sorcery beliefs across Melanesia.3 entries