The Witches' Book of the Dead (36 page)

camphor,
53

candles,
44
,
57
,
77

Canidia,
105
–
106

Catholicism

festivals honoring dead,
186
–
189
,
190
,
192

Mexican deities in,
236
–
237

saints for exorcism,
56
–
57

saint veneration and intercession,
31
,
37
,
129

spirit visitation dreams, perceptions of,
146

cauldrons,
42
–
43
,
123
–
124
,
193

caves,
95
–
96

Celtic festivals,
190
–
193

cemeteries,
124
–
126
,
136
–
137

Cerberus,
93
,
95
,
96
,
97

chalices,
42

Changing Light at Sandover, The
(Merrill),
69

channeling,
64
–
65

charms,
47
–
48

Charon,
93

Chinese festivals,
186

Christianity,
4
,
85
,
107
–
109
,
146

See also
Catholicism

Churchill, Winston,
87

Circe,
6
–
7
,
226
–
227

cleansing rituals,
29
,
51
,
52
–
54

Cleonice,
96

Clytemnestra,
145

corpse reanimation,
100
,
102
–
104

Corwin, Jonathan,
50
–
51

crossroads,
137
–
139
,
186

Cryptique®,
70
–
71

crystal balls,
74

crystals,
53

Curran, Pearl,
69

curses,
101
,
131

Curtens, Helena,
84
–
85

cymbals,
55

D

daemons,
3

Dagda,
193

daggers,
40
,
58
,
59
,
119
,
134
,
156

Danvers State Mental Hospital,
50

Darius, King,
99
–
100

Day of the Dead,
187
–
189

Dead Famous
(television program),
50
–
51
,
159

death celebrations

in ancient history,
183
–
186

of Christianity,
186
–
188
,
189

dumb suppers,
195
–
199

in Mexico,
188
–
189

modern,
189
–
194

mourning teas,
200
–
201

overview and purpose,
183
,
194

in Salem,
10
,
181
–
182
,
183
,
194
–
195

Death Current,
16
,
18
–
19
,
65
,
116
,
120
,
136

Dee, John,
75

deities,
4
,
8
,
31
–
32
,
221
–
238

See also specific names of deities

Demeter,
93
,
236

Devil,
4
,
146
,
228

Día de los Muertos,
188
–
189

dolmens,
183
–
184

doorway metaphors,
11
,
44
,
77

dragons,
40

dream journals,
155
,
157

dreams

characteristics of,
152
–
154

deities for,
231
,
235

in history,
144
–
151

libations promoting,
42

magic rituals using,
139
–
141

modern perception of,
151
–
151

spirit messages as,
122

summoning the dead rituals,
154
–
158

drums,
42

Duat,
234

Dumb Cake rituals,
197

Dumb Supper,
184
,
195
–
199

Dumuzi,
231
–
232

Duncan, Helen,
86
–
88

E

Earth (element),
41

earthbound souls,
163

Easter,
186

ectoplasm,
82

Egyptians, ancient,
74
,
129
,
184

Elysium,
28
,
93

EMF (electromagnetic field) meters,
169

Encounters with Death, My Name Is Melancholy
(Wendell),
224

Enki,
232

entrance directions,
28

Epodes
(Horace),
105
–
106

Ereshkigal,
227

Erichtho,
101
–
105

Erik the Red,
7

Erinyes (Furies),
93
–
94
,
106
,
228

Estep, Sarah,
172
–
173

ethics,
130
–
131

EVP (electric voice phenomena),
171
–
179

exercises,
18
–
19
,
65
–
66
,
75
–
77
,
89
–
90

exorcisms,
55
–
60
,
94

Exorcist, The
(film),
52
,
70

F

familiars,
4
,
21

fear,
3
–
4
,
9
,
11
,
12
,
13

Feast of Tara,
191

Festival of the Dead,
10
,
181
–
182
,
183
,
194
–
195

Festival of the Feralia,
184

Festival of the Valley,
184

Fire (element),
41
,
43

fireplaces,
26

fires,
43
,
123
–
124

Fleming, Chris,
51
,
159

Folia,
105

food offerings,
37
,
218
–
220

Fortune, Dion,
48

Fox Sisters,
85
–
86

Frank's box,
177

Frazer, James,
191
–
192

Freeman, Debra,
82

Freud, Sigmund,
151
–
152

Fuld, William,
67

Furies,
93
–
94
,
106
,
228

G

Gardner, Gerald,
193
–
194

Gautama, Siddhartha,
8

Ghost Adventures
(television show),
117
,
159
–
162
,
177

ghost boxes,
72
–
73
,
170
,
177
–
178

ghost hunting.
See also
ghosts

electronic voice phenomena and,
171
–
179

equipment for,
167
–
171
,
177
–
178

experiences with,
50
–
51
,
117
,
159
–
162

history of,
168

location selection,
165
–
166

mediums and Witches assisting with,
166
–
167

overview,
162
–
163

ghost-layings,
94

ghosts (hauntings)

assessments of,
vs
. natural causes,
49
,
165

causes,
164

definitions and types,
163
–
164

investigating (
see
ghost hunting)

in legend,
96
,
100
–
101
,
102
–
104
,
106
–
107

location searches,
165
–
166

phenomena created by,
164
–
165

spirit of place residues
vs
.,
49
–
50

Ginzburg, Carlo,
149

Glover, Ken,
51

Golden Bough, The
(Frazer),
192

graveyards,
124
–
126
,
136
–
137

Greeks, ancient

dreams and,
145
–
146
,
147
,
152

festivals celebrating dead,
185
,
193

ghost voices, descriptions of,
176

mediumship in,
83

necromancy in,
92
–
101
,
132

prayers of protection from,
138

scrying methods,
74

west gate mythology,
28

witches in, view of,
3
–
4

Grimassi, Raven,
193

Guédé,
225
–
226

Guiley, Rosemary Ellen,
72
,
153
,
154
,
170
,
174
,
178

H

Hades (deity),
93
,
97
,
228
,
236

Hades (underworld),
92
–
93
,
95
,
96
,
228

Hadrian,
106
–
107

Halloween,
10
,
189
–
196
,
201
–
205

hauntings
See
ghosts

health,
12
–
13
,
17

heart,
129
,
184

Hecate,
6
,
41
,
93
,
137
–
139
,
229

Hel,
230

Helheim,
230

Hell money,
186

Heracleia Pontia,
95
–
96

Heracles,
95
,
96
,
97
,
99

Hermes,
93
,
230
–
231
,
233
,
238