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Recommendations for materials on Iberian witchcraft

marcoslv24

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Does anyone know of or have recommendations for books, manuscripts, articles, or other materials on traditional/folk Iberian witchcraft, especially practices involving saints, the souls of the dead, local spirits, enchanted beings, blessed souls, or entities from regional folklore? I’m looking for materials that deal with actual folk practices, prayers, magical devotions, vows, offerings, relationships with spirits, altars, charms, spells, etc.
 
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I know Roman pagan religion and spiritualism very well, and this extended across the entire Roman world.
I noticed a lot of people on the forum ask for specific cultural practises, Slavic, British, Latino, African. So far as I'm aware, all these practices and beliefs are passed on, and that even includes to the Roman Empire (from Greece, Egypt, especially India). Then you have the Mayan and Inca civilizations.
"entities from regional folklore?"
"The strix (plural striges, in the mythology of
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, was a bird of ill omen, the product of
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, that fed on human flesh and blood. It also referred to
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and related malevolent folkloric beings."
From the ancient strix, a lot of people in 1960s west Virginia claim to have seen Mothman, a winged Daemon entity with red eyes. Also apparently, spring heeled Jack in Victorian London.
Also very modern is the "visitor phenomenon" made popular by Witney Streiber, and the film "Communion".
Check for other posts, though, that ask your question as I can't answer specifically.
 
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