7 Things You Should Never Do After Midnight, According to Ancient Superstitions
Discover seven things old superstitions warned you never to do after midnight, from sweeping floors to staring into mirrors and answering knocks.
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Why Should You Never Sleep With Your Feet Facing the Door? The Dark Superstition Behind This Warning
Have you ever noticed that some people refuse to sleep with their feet pointing toward the bedroom door? What appears to be an ordinary
The Book of Abramelin: The 18-Month Ritual to Meet Your Guardian Angel and Command Demons
Key Points Historical Source: The Book of Abramelin, preserved in German and French manuscript traditions. Ritual Duration: Eighteen months in the German tradition, compared
The Hand of Glory: The Severed Hand That Could Freeze an Entire House
Key Points Origin: European occult folklore and the eighteenth-century grimoire Le Petit Albert. Purpose: To render everyone inside a house motionless while thieves searched
The Ship of Eight Spirits: A Medieval Ritual That Promised to Sail Anywhere in the World
Key Points The ritual survives as Experiment No. 8 in the fifteenth-century Munich Manual of Demonic Magic (Clm 849). Its purpose was to obtain
The Black Pullet’s Talisman No. 21: The Amulet Said to Turn Infernal Powers Against Your Enemies
Key Points The Black Pullet is a French-derived grimoire centered on magical talismans, rings, spirits and the legendary Black Hen that supposedly discovers hidden
The 5,900-Step Ritual: The Red Dragon’s Ceremony for Calling a Dead Person Back
Key Points The ritual appears in Le Véritable Dragon Rouge, a grimoire circulating in several European languages during the nineteenth century. It is explicitly
The Murderer’s Face in the Bowl: A Medieval Ritual for Revealing a Killer
A fifteenth-century ritual claimed a child could look into a magical bowl and reveal the face of a thief or murderer.
The Flying Throne: A Medieval Ritual That Promised to Carry You Anywhere in the World
A bizarre medieval ritual promised a throne inside a cloud that could fly its rider anywhere in the world—with spirits controlling the weather.
The Ring That Was Supposed to Make a Corpse Speak: A Medieval Ritual for Raising the Dead
A medieval grimoire claimed six spirits could make a corpse rise and speak for six days using a mysterious golden ring.
The Mirror of Floron: A Medieval Ritual That Claimed to Reveal the Past, Present, and Future
Inside the medieval Mirror of Floron ritual, where an armed spirit supposedly revealed the past, present and future.
The First Mirror of Lilith: A Medieval Ritual for Asking a Demon About Murder
A disturbing medieval ritual used Lilith’s mirror to uncover murder, theft and hidden secrets at a murdered person’s grave.