Record #:

27080

Author(s):

Matsuoka, Sayaka

Abstract:

Recently, Durham has had a steady stream of new businesses focused on witchcraft, tarot, magic, healing work and sacred spaces. Bakara Wintner, who identifies as a white witch, opened a store called Everyday Magic. Witner has heard concerns about the business of magic expressed on social media, but she stands by her shop and her vision.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 13, March 2016, p39, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Medicine--Magic, mystic, and spagiric; Businesses

Record #:

12948

Author(s):

Well, Warner

Abstract:

Utilizing empiricism as well as methods passed down from previous generations of Native American \"doctors,\" used a variety of techniques to cure illnesses. Sweathouses (bagnios), flagellation with rattlesnake teeth, moxabustion, inunctions with bear grease, deer tendons as sutures, use of ground up shells, and ingesting local plant life, are a few methods.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 25 Issue 21, Mar 1958, p11-12, 20, il

Subject(s):

Medicine--History; Indians of North America--Medicine; Medicine--Magic, mystic, and spagiric

Record #:

35276

Author(s):

Johnson, F. Roy

Abstract:

This is a collection of three remedies: for whitening and straightening teeth, hair removal, and to see ghosts and apparitions.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Nov 1967, p55 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk medicine; Folk medicine--Animal products; Medicine--Magic, mystic, and spagiric; Medicine--Herbal

Record #:

35363

Author(s):

Miller, Jim Wayne

Abstract:

The structural components of verses used by faith healers.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 1969, p97-98 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Linguistics; Folk medicine; Medicine--Magic, mystic, and spagiric

Record #:

35291

Author(s):

Rogers, James C.

Abstract:

Found in Appalachian areas and into the Midwest, there are only a few examples of “talking out fire,” in records, but the author aims to study this phenomenon of relieving the pain from burn victims.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 16 Issue 1, May 1968, p46-52 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Medicine--Magic, mystic, and spagiric; Medicine--Folklore; Medicine, Herbal

Record #:

35696

Author(s):

Krochmal, Arnold; Krochmal, Connie

Abstract:

The Black Drink and Great Man, or a variety of tea and the known commonly gingsen, were among the multitude of remedies the Cherokee and Catawba produced from wild herbs. Such remedies, shamans in Nations such as these used in centuries past to treat a variety of medical conditions. What is modern is the regard for these remedies’ effectiveness, in particular for their power to provide a holistic cure.

Source:

Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 6 Issue 6, Nov/Dec 1978, p60-62

Subject(s):

Catawba Indians--North Carolina; Cherokee Indians--North Carolina--Medicine; Herbs--Therapeutic use; Medicine, Herbal; Medicine--Magic, mystic, and spagiric

Record #:

35095

Author(s):

Brown, Roy M.

Abstract:

A story about a girl who got bit by a venomous snake and whose father tried traditional remedies before going to a physician.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 4 Issue 1, July 1956, p1 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Medicine--Folklore; Madstones; Medicine--Magic, mystic, and spagiric

Record #:

35100

Author(s):

green, paul

Abstract:

A collection of three stories, two dealing with the same witch doctor and the third about a couple who is set upon by a magical creature.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 4 Issue 1, July 1956, p6-10 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Witchcraft; Animal lore; Medicine--Magic, mystic, and spagiric