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INDEX

A

Acheron,
94
,
96
–
97

Achilles,
108

action,
130

Aeschylus,
99
–
100
,
145

African tribal cultures,
150
–
151

Agamemnon, King of Argos,
145

Agrippina,
106

Air (element),
40

Alecto,
93
–
94
,
228

All Saint's Day (All Hallows),
186
–
189
,
190
,
192

All Soul's Day,
186
,
187
,
188
–
189
,
192

altars of the dead

blessing and cleansing,
29

descriptions,
25

furniture selection,
27

location and placement,
28

offerings and devotions,
36
–
37
,
42

personalizing,
29
–
32

purpose,
25
–
26

skulls for,
32
–
36

Ambrose, Saint,
146

Ammias,
101

Ammit,
234

Ankou,
222

Annwfn,
223

anointing oils,
44
,
216
–
217

Anthesteria,
48
,
185
,
191

Antinous,
106
–
107

Anubis,
31
,
42
,
57
,
222
–
223

Apollonius of Tyana,
107
–
109

Arawn,
223
–
224

archangels,
56
–
57
,
148

Astarte,
225

Atossa,
99
–
100

Augustine, Saint,
146

automatisms,
63
–
66

Avernus,
94
,
97
–
98

Azrael,
224

Aztecs,
28
,
188
–
189
,
236

B

Babylonians,
30

Baldr,
230

Bander, Peter,
174

banishment,
52
–
54

Baron Cimetière,
225

Baron La Croix,
225

Baron Samedi,
225
–
226

Basil, Saint,
107

bathing,
54
,
59

battlefields,
100

bells,
42
,
55
,
58
,
59

benandanti,
148
–
149

Betty Book, The
(White),
69

Between the Living and the Dead
(Pócs),
149

Bible,
6
,
146

Bishop, Bridget,
71
,
160
–
162

blessing rituals,
29
,
34
–
36
,
44
,
56
,
58

blood offerings,
6
,
22
–
23
,
43
,
116
–
117
,
120
,
134
,
161

Bloody Mary,
166
,
169
,
191

body, mind, spirit connection,
12
–
13

Bond, Elijah,
68

bones,
32

Book of Dead
,
235
,
237
–
238

Book of Taliesin, The
,
223
–
224

Book of Thoth
,
238

Borogas, Waldemar,
171
–
172

bowl divination,
74
–
75
,
76

breathing methods,
19

Brown, Rosemary,
64

Bruno, Lori,
34
,
37
,
56
,
57
,
150
,
195

Buddha,
8

Buddhism,
185
,
186

Bullshit!
(television show),
71

burials,
100
,
145
,
153

See also
graveyards

C

Cabot, Jody,
80

Caesar Augustus,
105