Tagged: Charms
38 posts on this topic.
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The Three Crosses
Powwow charms are all spoken in the name of the Holy Trinity as found within Christian tradition.
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An ancient healing charm
In the early 1700's in Europe, a book was published called Egyptische Geheimnisse für Menschen und Vieh.. This is, of course, the book we now know as "E...
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Powwow in the UK
This was written by a student and dear friend of mine, who is a Powwow in the UK.
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Powwowing yourself
I have arthritis in both of my knees and in my hands (and let's not even talk about my back). I'm getting older. Aches and pains and a little rheumatism are ...
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A Blessing for your Adversaries
Because Powwow is a Christian tradition, there are a number of charms that are designed to send your adversary away from you in the spirit of peace and truce...
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The real power in a blood-stopping charm
name, and the third has the power to stop the flow of blood.
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Magical oddities in Powwow
The Powwow tradition is no stranger to odd and unusual charms. Indeed, we Powwows are often judged harshly when a non-practitioner (ie. someone who doesn't u...
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A means of binding one who has wronged you
In folk magic, to "bind" someone is to cause them to be unable to cause harm or mischief until they are brought to justice. It is a means of bringing down di...
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The Farmer and the Hex Man
This story is taken from Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Spirituality by Richard E. Wentz, 1993 published by the Pennsylvania German Society. I highly recommend this...
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Charming at the crossroads
When one thinks of working charms at a crossroads, one likely thinks of hoodoo or other "conjure" traditions of the southern United States. And this would be...
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Deivel's Dreck, a charm against evil
In the early days of the Pennsylvania Germans, the idea that evil (and thus, the Devil) could influence our lives for the negative was quite prevalent. One m...
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As time passes... a look back on my blog..
I've been writing and maintaining this website for 13 years, give or take. During that time, I've grown from a simple practitioner and student of Powwow to a...
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Powwow versus Coronavirus
Powwow is a faith healing tradition. We want you to feel better. It is our calling from God to help you feel better. We believe very strongly that Christ wan...
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What you can expect when you visit your local Powwow...
A hundred years ago, a visit to a local Powwow may have gone something like this:
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The Sanctum Sanctorum - your place of power
I am fortunate enough to have a library in my home. It's not a large room, maybe 13 x 15 feet, but it houses almost 3000 books on shelves, an old physician's...
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Protection from witchcraft
A large part of a powwow's work is combating harmful magic, also known as witchcraft. This type of magic is designed to disrupt, harm, or otherwise cause cha...
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The unseen battles of a hex doctor
Being a hex doctor, a powwow, means you take on the awesome responsibility of healing in the name of Christ. It also means you make yourself a beacon for all...
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Blowing out burns
Last Saturday night I fell into my neighbor's fire pit. It was a great metal cauldron with a huge fire inside. I stood up from my chair and literally fell ri...
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using a knife in powwow
Next to my bible, my pocket knife is my favorite tool for powwowing. I use it in healing charms, anti-hex work, weather work, and all manner of other types o...
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Death of a teacher.
I received an email late last night to inform me that one of my powwow teachers had passed away. I didn't read the email until this afternoon and I have some...
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Passing on the powwow...
As I get older, I find myself thinking about all the interesting and useful powwowing charms I've learned over the years and what will happen to these things...
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Catching a thief - a lesson in being cautious
Last fall, my son's bicycle disappeared. He insisted he had it in our carport, where he always parked it. He was upset and I was furious. We live in a relati...
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folk magic vs ceremonial magic
Sometimes people are surprised to find out I have a few ceremonial ritualistic elements to my powwowing. The surprise is understandable because powwowing is ...
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basic tools of powwowing
Powwowing is a no frills tradition. It requires little more than your faith in the Holy Trinity and knowledge of a few tried and proven charms. You could spe...
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Conception Billet: the power of the written word
One of the common identifying traits within Powwowing is the use of himmelsbriefs, or Letters from Heaven. Dating back hundreds of years, himmelsbriefs were...
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der Belsnickel
Before our much Americanized, and commercialized, version of St. Nick, kids growing up in Pennsylvania Dutch homes were taught the Belsnickel story, said Zac...
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Long-Distance PowWow
One of the most common distance charms in the PowWow tradition is the recitation of Ezekiel 16:6 "Then I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own b...
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Magic (black) mirrors in Powwow.
This blog was originally posted April 19, 2013, but updated as of September 14, 2021...
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The SATOR square
The SATOR charm is one of the most popular magical talismans in western occultism, and is a favored within traditional PA Dutch PowWow. It's history is somet...
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Magic Wand: the tool of Christ?
Besides studying Powwow, one of my favorite areas of research is Christianity's history and early development; in particular it's history with magic.
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Ethics of hexing/cursing in Powwow
Some of the older Powwow charms seem to cross the line and step into the realm of cursing or, as it's known in PA Dutch culture, hexerei. Hexerei is malevol...
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Unusual Written Charms
Powwow has many different variations on paper talismans and charms. Most of these are not works of art, nor are they meant to be. A written charm is meant ...
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PowWow charms: spoken or whispered? To touch or not to touch?
When I was originally introduced to PowWow, my teacher taught that one must ALWAYS whisper the spoken parts of the charms; they must NEVER be spoken out loud...
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Cloth Braucher Charms
In other schools of magical thought, the cloth Braucher Charm (also seen referred to as a Brauche Bag) is sometimes called a gris gris bag, a mojo bag, a cha...
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Amulets of Protection
On the surface, we tend to view PA Dutch Pow-wow as a simple country system of folk healing. And that would be a correct view. However, another layer of th...
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Protection from Thieves
It's very sad that we even need charms like this, but this time of year especially we see and hear stories about families being robbed or houses being broken...
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Christmas Pow-wow Divination Wand
The use of a forked branch or stick to search for water is fairly well known. Finding hidden water or metals is what is refered to in Powwow as "divination"....
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Pow-wow First Aid
Pow-wow is great for minor aches and pains or the type of injuries and mishaps that might occur throughout the normal course of your day; such as scrapes, cu...