Magical Beliefs and Praxes
As historian Willem de Blécort noted, "the different services the provided did not form part of an overall 'magic' system". Indeed, whilst the magical practices of the cunning folk were typically folk magical in content, there were also those who dabbled in ceremonial magic, or "high magic", based primarily on what they had gleaned from books of magic, or grimoires.
Read more about this topic: Cunning Folk In Britain
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