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Paperback The Magic of Coin-Trees from Religion to Recreation: The Roots of a Ritual Book

ISBN: 3030092526

ISBN13: 9783030092528

The Magic of Coin-Trees from Religion to Recreation: The Roots of a Ritual

(Part of the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series and Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series)

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This book traces the history of ritual landscapes in the British Isles, and the transition from religious practice to recreation, by focusing on a highly understudied exemplar: the coin-tree. These are trees imbued with magical properties into which coins have been ritually embedded. This is a contemporary custom which can be traced back in the literature to the 1700s, when it was practiced for folk-medical and dedicatory purposes. Today, the custom...

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