{"product_id":"ancient-spells-and-incantations-echoes-of-magic-through-the-ages-and-across-cultures-9781578639021","title":"Ancient Spells and Incantations: Echoes of Magic Through the Ages and Across Cultures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of ancient spells and incantations, translated and interpreted for today's reader, brings long-ago meanings closer for those engaged in magical practices of manifestation, prophecy, love, protection, healing, curses, and even vengeance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach page of \u003ci\u003eAncient Spells and Incantations\u003c\/i\u003e holds verses adapted from text unearthed through extensive research--grimoires, letters, and trial transcripts from across the ages and around the world. Many of these were tucked away in university libraries not easily accessible even to one actively in search of them. Enid Baxter Ryce painstakingly researched this collection, finding fragments from across the centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslating some from Latin and Old English herself, Enid has made the spells accessible to today's witches. What was once whispered or chanted, spiraling in cursive, or carved in stone, still echoes like a song. The words that survived connect us to that ancient magic, and we can feel the truth and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs we marvel at these ancient magical words, we think of our ancestors. Thanks to them, scraps of papyrus, shards of pottery, secret books, and hissed recipes can, hundreds of years later, still show themselves to those who seek them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Enid Baxter Ryce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Weiser Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.05h x 5.06w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781578639021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnid Baxter Ryce\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, artist, and filmmaker who has exhibited at museums internationally, including the National Gallery of Art, the Getty, and the Arnolfini. A descendant of three Salem witches, she comes from a long family history of natural magic practice. Enid has an MFA in visual arts and studied at Cooper Union, Yale University, and Claremont Graduate University. She won the Elizabeth Kray Prize from the Society for American Poets when she graduated from Cooper Union. Enid is currently working on the Getty Foundation Art x Science Initiative project \"From the Ground Up: Nurturing Diversity in Hostile Environments,\" a forward-looking ethnobotanical study undertaken as the basis of a forthcoming exhibition and an accompanying publication at Armory Center for the Arts. She is the community engagement director and a curator for the Philip Glass Center for Art, Science, and the Environment. Her latest film, \u003ci\u003eWar and the Weather\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring the music of Philip Glass, premiered at the National Gallery of Art Theater in Washington, DC. Enid's work has been reviewed in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Artforum, ArtReview, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Enid Baxter Ryce \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47897107595421,"sku":"9781578639021","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_57e668f5-879a-46ea-b096-9cd58a50ea2a.jpg?v=1778002037","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/ancient-spells-and-incantations-echoes-of-magic-through-the-ages-and-across-cultures-9781578639021","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}