INDEX
All page numbers are refer to the print edition of this title.
abscess, 34–35
affliction, 36
airy spirits, 204
Allatius, Leo, 201
amulets, 6–7, 8
angina, of the throat, 36–37
animals, healing of
blood flow, 212
bouquet (sheep scab), 212–13
charbon (anthrax), 213–14
to cleanse a cow’s milk, 220
to cure a cow of disease, 220–21
farcy, 214
fertility, 214–15
ganglia, 215
horses, 219–20
laminitis, 215
livestock diseases, 219
nail wound, 216
paralysis of horses, 216–17
against sickness, 220
sprain, 217
trenches of horses, 217–19
animals, protection of
to allay magic arrows, 260
for all evil spells, 261–62
for bewitching livestock, 260–61
to break and destroy all evil spells, 259
counter-charm, 260
against demon called Grief, 268–69
against the evil eye, 259–60
for the flock, 259, 264–65
against fox bite, 267–68
to free of all ills, 263
general, 263, 265–67, 270
for horses, 263, 266, 267, 270
against hospodarice, 268
for livestock, 262
for pigs, 266, 269
for sheep, 263, 264
from spirits above the highest
winds, 271
against wolves, 265
anthrax, 37–38, 56–57
apotropaic spell, 233–34
Arles, Martinus de. See Martinus de
Arles
arrowheads, to remove, 144
astrology, 15–17
Apollonia, Saint, 163
Augustine, Saint, 4–5
Balinas, protective talismans of,
291–93
Bergerac, Cyrano de. See Cyrano de
Bergerac
Bernard de Gordon, 20
Bernardine of Siena, Saint, 22, 272
birth
to accelerate, 40
to compel to give, 39
to deliver a child, 40–43
difficult, 42–43
illustration, 41
late in giving, 38–39
more quickly, 41
overview, 38
pains following, 43
quick, 42
without danger, 40
woman cannot give, 42
woman in long labor and, 42
birthmarks, to cure, 114
bites
dog, 44
ferocious beasts and, 45
fox, 267–68
scorpion, 45
serpent and, 44
snakebites, 43, 44–45, 46
troll, 207, 208
wolf, 46
bladder pain, 118
bleeding
blood loss, 4
against the gush of blood,
47–48
hemorrhage, 49
hemorrhage of the uterus, 50–51
nosebleeds, 116–18
spell against, 46
to stop, 47, 48–50, 51–53
of a vein, 48
blindness, 53
blood loss, 49
boils, 54, 55–56, 167–68
bolts, to extract, 144
Book of Grimoires, 26
breeches laces, knotting, 286–88
burns, 54
calander, 27
cankers, 55–56, 213
carreau, 133–34
catarrhs, 56
charbon, 56–57, 213–14
charms, 3, 6
children
bewitched, to cure, 187–88
catarrhs of, 56
curses on, 184–85
exposed, prayer against, 210–11
to have, 148–49
to heal of carreau, 134
to know if cursed by the evil eye,
186–87
protection from curses and
illnesses, 230
cholera, orison in case of, 113–14
Christianity, 4–9
Circle of Petosiris, 14, 16
colic
animal, 57
to be cured of, 57–58
protection from, 57
conjunctivitis, 112
constipation, 58
consumption, 68–69, 166
contagious diseases, 37–38
cough, 58
cow’s milk, to cleanse, 220
cramps, 59
crops, protection of, 248
crying, to stop, 146
curses. See also evil spells
against, 187
cast on children, 184–85
charm for lifting, 189
incantation against, 188
to lift, 183–84
lifting, 188–89
protection for children from, 230
against, so God may aid you, 189
cuts, 59–60
Cyrano de Bergerac, 275, 279
dark mood, against, 36
deafness, 60–61
delirium, to cure, 109
Delrio, Martin, 13, 25, 180, 288
demons
charm against, 185–86, 191
to drive away, 194, 195
to expel from the body, 195
to make flee, 193–94
possession, 196
prayer against, 205–6
protection against attacks of, 204
protection from, 231
remedy for, 193
spell against, 199–200
the devil
against, 197
against all temptations of, 203–4
to chase away, 197
incantation to Christ for driving
away, 198–99
malice, to eclipse, 194
to protect horses from, 266
protection against, 196
those that copulate with, 203
diagnosis
healers and, 14–15
know how a patient is feeling, 29–30
know if a patient is promised to
death, 29–30
know if a patient will live or die,
27–30, 32
know if a patient will survive, 29–30
know if a wounded man will
recover, 31
know when a patient will heal, 31
learn if patient will be healed or
not, 28
prognosis of typhoid fever, 32
Dian Cecht, 3
dislocation, 108
doctors, medieval and sixteenth-
century, 15–21
dog bite, 44
dropsy, to heal, 95
dry patch, 61
earaches, prayer for healing, 112
ear glands, swollen, 167
edema, to heal, 95
elves, 203–4
enchantment, to break, 184
encrypted spells, 281–83
enemies, protection against, 231, 237–38
envy, 180, 185–86
epilepsy
against, 67
to cure, 62, 65
falling sickness and, 64–65, 66–67
medicine against, 63–64
memorization, 62
spasms, to stop, 62
spitting up of blood, to stop, 62
succor an epileptic and, 65
talismans of Balinas, 292
epistaxis, 116–18
erysipelas
against, 67
to get rid of, 68
to treat, 68
Étisie, 68–69
evil, to send away, 192
evil eye, the
against, 186
to know if child has been cursed
by, 186–87
phylactery for children against,
229–30
protection from, 229–30
protection in animals, 259–60
to thwart, 196–97
evil spells
against, 184, 187
bewitched children, to cure, 187–88
to break and enchantment, 184
charm against demons and envy,
185–86
charm for lifting, 188–89
to cure the bewitched, 183
against curses so that God may aid
you, 189
to destroy, 192
from the devil, against, 183
against the evil eyes, 186
fear of, 180
to get rid of, 181
of impotence, 181–83
incantation against cast curses, 188
to lift curses, 183–84
to lift from a husband or wife, 183
lifting, 188–89
for no magic to harm you, 190
protection from, 231
protection of animals from, 261–62
evil spirits
against all, 205
to dispel, 211
to drive away, 194
protection against, 236–37
to ward off, 205
eyes
to clean, 69
to cure, 104–6
to expel ailments, 69
to heal, 69
leucoma and, 102–4
ophthalmia and headaches, 70
orison for a problem, 106
pain, to relieve, 69–71
protection of, 243
sharpening sight and, 70
styes, 152–53
white spots, to cure, 69, 70, 104
falling sickness
against, 64
for, 65, 67
mysterious ring for, 66
requesting the healing of, 66
farcy, 214
fatigue, 71
fear, 71, 96
Fernel, Jean, 21, 284–85
ferocious beasts, driving away, 45
fertility, animal, 214–15
fever(s)
against, 78, 79, 80
for all, 72, 73, 74–75
against all manner of, 112–13
to cause to vanish, 75
conjuration of, 75–77
to cure, 71–72, 77
defined, 71
demi-tertian, 83–84
to get rid of, 81
to heal, 75, 77–78
malaria treatment and, 81–82
prayer for, 78–79
quartan, 82–83
to reduce, 72
remedy for, 73–74
spell for repelling, 73
tertian, 83–85
tertian and quartan, 84–85
for three types of, 79
finger/toenail abscess, 172
fire, protection against, 257
fistulas, 37–38, 55–56
Flavius Josephus, 1–2
flux, 85
foot
abscess, 35
sprained, 147
varicose veins in, 169
fox bite, protection against, 267–68
fracture, 108
fruits, protection of, 247–48
ganglia, animal, 215
garden
pests, benediction to kill, 244–47
protection of, 243–44
ghosts, 197, 236–37
Gordon, Bernard de. See Bernard de
Gordon
gout
against, 87–88
charm for relieving, 89
conjuration of, 86–87
to cure, 88
defined, 85
for, 85–86
to heal, 86, 88
to provide relief to the foot, 87
to relieve pain of, 87
Grillandus, Paulus, 8, 12, 13
groin pain, 118
Gylou, spell against, 200
hail and storms, protection against,
248–50
hate and jealousy, protection against, 238
headaches
against, 91
to cure, 89, 90
to dispel, 89
to find relief from pain, 90
for, 92
to heal, 70, 90, 169
migraines, 89, 91
prayer for healing, 112
healers
diagnosis and, 14–15
duties of, 13
European Union regulation and, 14
healing
of animals, 212–21
heterodox methods, condemnation
of, 13–14
plants, 20–21
practices, curiosities in, 21–22
practices, transmission of, 25–26
several disorders, 121
superstitious methods according to
Fernel, 284–85
hearing, 60–61
heatstroke, 92–93
hemorrhages
against, 49
talisman of Balinas, 292
of the uterus, 50–51
hemorrhoids, 93–94
herbs, 21
herpes, 61
hiccups, to stop, 94
Hildegard of Bingen, Saint, 25
hip problems, 138
holy fire, 136–37
horses
to heal, 219–20
paralysis of, 216–17
to preserve good health of, 267
protection of, 263, 266, 268–69, 270
trenches of, 217–19
house protection
conjuration of rats, 257
against enchantments, 254
entire house, 253
against fire, 257
general, 254–57
new house, 252–53
against a thief, 257–58
from witches and spirits, 254
hysteria, 95–96
Iele, against, 206
illnesses. See also specific illnesses
against all, 96–97
to expel, 110
in general, 96–97
invoking saints for, 289–90
to make, take flight, 96
protection for children from, 230
imbalance, 71
impetigo, 97–98
incantations
against cast curses, 188
for driving the devil away, 198–99
early use of, 5
as forbidden, 5
against the serpent, 44
for sore throats, 37
against wolf bites, 46
inflammation
of the joints, clipping, 98
to lose, 61, 85
injury, prayer against, 113
insanity, 109
insomnia, 98–100, 115
jaundice, to cure, 100–101
joint pain, 118
journeys, protection on, 223–25
kidney pain, 119–20
kidney stones, talisman against, 120
Kircher, Athanasius, 17
knotting the breeches laces, 286–88
labor, long, 42
lactation, to increase, 101
laminitis, 215
Lebrun, Pierre, 18, 287
lethargy, 101
leucoma, 102–4
Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 6
lightning, protection against, 228, 250
livestock
bewitched, 260–61
to heal diseases, 219
protection for, 260–61, 262
Longinus, charm of, 242
loss of speech, 106
lumbago, 138
lumps, 106–7
lunacy, 107–8
luxation, 108
madness, to cure, 108, 109
magic therapy, 8–9
malaria treatment, 81–82
malemort (tragic or sudden death),
109–10
malignant pustules, 56–57
Martinus de Arles, 39, 180, 245, 251
medical magic in Italy (14th–15th
centuries), 272–73
memorization, 63
migraines, 89, 91. See also headaches
misfortune, to banish, 96
Mizauld, Antoine, 22
mouth, for ailments of, 155–56, 157
multiple-purpose recipes, 110–14
nail wounds, animals’, 216
najit, against, 197–98
nasty bite, against, 208
neck pain, 122
von Nettesheim, Agrippa, 18, 275
nevus, 114
nightmares, 115–16, 197
night spirits, 203
night terrors, protection against, 193
nosebleeds, to stop, 116–18
nursing, 209
overheating, 92
pain
against, 120–21
amulet to relieve, 27
bladder, 118
to expel, 110
eye, 69–71
following birth, 43
gout, 87
groin, 118
holy fire, to relieve, 136
joint, 118–19
kidney, 119–20
neck, 122
to remove, 121
spleen, 146
sprain, 147
throat, 36–37
tooth, 160
paishe, 123
palpitations, 122
Pandora, 1
Paracelsus, 20
parotides, 122
pestilences, 55–56
pigs
protection of, 266, 269
to rid of worms, 176
plague
to get rid of, 123
patients, blessing, 123–25
plants
healing, 20–21
in protection spells, 23
pleurisy, 125
poison
against, 125, 126
to drive away, 126–27
protection against sudden death, 127
to stop effects of, 126
Porta, Giambattista della, 20
possession
demon, 196
potion for, 193
pox, orison in case of, 113–14
property, protection of, 243–52
protection
against airy spirits, 204
against all damage, 235
against all magic, 234
of all things, 251–52
of animals, 259–71
bref, 225–26
from charms and curses, 234, 238–40
from colic, 57
from cramps, 59
of crops, 248
from cuts, 59–60
from danger on land or sea, 224
for the dangers of the road, 223
against dangers of water, 228
against demons and enemies, 231
against demons and spirits, 204
against the devil, 196
against diabolical glamors, 236
against elves and night spirits, 203
against enemies, 237–38
from the evil eye, 229–30
from evil spells, 231
against evil spirits, 236–37
of the eyes, 243
of fruits, 247–48
of the garden, 243–47
against ghosts, 236–37
against hail, 248–50
against hate and jealousy, 238
of the house, 252–58
if you meet a bear, 229
importance of, 23
of the individual, 222–43
from insomnia and nightmares, 115
invoking saints for, 289–90
on a journey, 223–25
from lightning, 228
against lightning, 250
magical, 22–25
against miasms of earth and air,
241–42
from the night gods and fauns, 202
from nightmare demons, 115–16
from night terrors, 193
against nosebleeds, 116
from peril and sickness, 241
against phantoms, 236
practices, transmission of, 25–26
of property, 243–52
from rabid dogs, 44
recipes and rituals of, 23
second pentacle of the moon for, 227
from the shakes, 142
sixth pentacle of Jupiter for, 226–27
from snakebites, 43
from sore throats, 155
so that none may bewitch you, 235
against sudden death, 127
against the tempest, 248–50
while traveling, 222
against voults, 231–33
against weapons, 240–41
against witches, 234–35
for woman in labor, 209
pustules, 127–28
quartan fever, 82–83
rabid dogs, 44, 129
rabies, 128–29
rash, to get rid of, 129–31
rats, conjuration of, 257
revenants, charm against, 235
rheum, to cure, 131
rheumatism, 133
rickets, 133–34
ringworm, 134–35
safety, 71, 292–93
Saint Anthony’s Fire, 136–37
saints, invoking for illnesses and
protection, 289–90
Saint Vitus’ dance, 66
scabies, 137
scarlet fever, 137
scarlet fever, orison in case of, 113–14
sciatica, 137–38
scorpion stings, 45
scrofula
chasing away, 141
defined, 138
to heal, 140–41
healing illustration, 139
orison for requesting the healing
of, 140
overview, 138–39
scurvy, 142
second pentacle of the moon, 227
serpent, incantations against, 44
shakes, the, 142
sheep, protection of, 263
shingles, 143
shots
arrowheads, to remove, 144
charm against, 145
for healing from arquebuses,
145–46
types of, 144
sixth pentacle of Jupiter, 226–27
sleep
to fall asleep, 99
to induce, 99
to make someone, 98–99
to return to, 99–100
snakebites, 43, 44–45, 46
Solomon’s seal, 1–2
sorcerers
activities of, 274
fear of, 274–75
interrogation of, 274
sore throat
against, 36
charm against, 155
for, 156
to heal, 37
incantation for, 37
protection from, 155
spasmodic sob, 146
spasms, 59
speech, loss of, 106
Sphere of Bians, 16
spirit lover, against, 206–7
spirits. See also evil spirits
conjuration of, 204
house protection from, 254
protection against, 204
protection against attacks of, 204
spleen pain, 146
sprains
against, 148
animal, 217
to heal, 147
prayer for fixing, 147–48
to relieve pain of, 147
squinancy, 158
sterility, 148–49
stings, 149
stomachaches
charm for, 150
great recipe against the pains of,
149–50
orison for requesting the healing of, 66
spell against, 151–52
stomach growls, 152
stomach worms, 173
styes, 152–53
sudden death, 109–10
sunstroke, 92–93
sweating sickness, orison in case of,
113–14
swollen glands, 153
syphilis, 153–54
talismans
of Balinas, 291–93
against scorpion stings, 45
tertian fever, 83–85
Testament of Solomon, The, 2–3
Thiers, Jean-Baptiste, 22, 275, 288
thieves, house protection against, 258–59
Thomas Aquinas, Saint, 6–8
thorns, 154–55
throat
for ailments of, 156–57
to dislodge bone from, 156
for mouth and, 155–56
problems, 155–57
sore, 36–37, 155, 156
tongue, pustules on, 127–28
tongue bumps, 157–58
tonsillitis, 158
toothaches
against, 162, 164–65
to avoid, 165
charm for, 159
charm for Saint Apollonia, 163
to cure, 158, 162, 165
for, 160, 162–63
to heal, 158, 165–66
pain, to get rid of, 160
prayer for healing, 112
violent, 164
tooth worms, 172–73
torment, delivery from, 111
transplantatio morborum, 129, 130
travel fatigue, 71
traveling, protection while, 222
trembling, 74
trolls
against the bite of, 207, 208–9
prayer against, 205–6
tuberculosis, 166
tuberculosis of the bone, 166–67
tumors
to dissolve, 168
to heal, 167
to rid, 25–26
typhus, orison in case of, 113–14
ulcers, 167–68
uterus
to bind, 95–96
hemorrhages of, 50–51
uveitis, 168
vacillating mind, 109
Vair, Leonard, 9, 11, 20, 26, 246, 248
varicose veins, 168–69
vein spasm, 169
venom, 125–27
vermin, charm against, 111–12
vertigo, 169
Villa Nova, Arnaldus de, 15–17, 19
voults, protection against, 231–33
warts
to drive away, 170
to get rid of, 170
to heal yourself, 172
to make disappear, 170, 172
to make fall off, 170
to make go away, 170
to remove, 171
water dangers, protection against, 228
weapons, protection against, 240–41
weeping abscess, 34
Weyer, Johann, 9, 10, 12–13, 288
white spots, to cure, 69, 70, 104
whitlow, 172
witches
protection from, 234–35
protection of the house from, 254
wolf bites, 45
wolves, protection against, 228–29, 265
woman
in labor, to protect, 209
for nursing, 210
the word, power of, 8–9
worms
against, 174–75
charm against, 173–74
to dry up, 174
to rid an animal of, 175
to rid a pig of, 176
stomach, 173
tooth, 172–73
wounds, benediction for, 176–78
zodiac man, 15–17