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Across cultures and centuries, the power to curse was both feared and revered. Inscribed on lead tablets in ancient Greece, buried in tombs by the Romans, shattered on clay figurines in Egypt, carved into runes by the Norse, or whispered over straw dolls in Japan-these rituals were meant to wound the body, shatter the spirit, and call down gods, demons, and the restless dead upon an enemy.

Ancient Curses gathers these rites into a single, haunting volume. Within these pages you will discover:

• Binding spells from Greece and Rome, etched in lead and cast into graves.

• The fiery exorcisms of Babylon and Assyria, burning witches and banishing evil.

• Celtic curse tablets consigned to sacred springs, demanding vengeance from the gods.

• Norse and Slavic maledictions invoking runes, fetters, and grave soil.

• Asian traditions of straw dolls, broken combs, and effigies struck with nails.

• African, Caribbean, and Mesoamerican curses calling upon ancestors, spirits, and underworld lords.

Each chapter unveils the origin, purpose, materials, and invocations of these rituals, reconstructed from archaeological discoveries and surviving magical texts. More than history, this is a grimoire of the forgotten-a record of how humanity has always sought to strike back when ordinary justice failed.

Dark, dramatic, and meticulously researched, Ancient Curses is a journey into the occult heart of the ancient world. Whether you are drawn by history, magic, or the forbidden, this book will open the gate-and once crossed, there is no turning back.

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• Plný název: Ancient Curses
• Podnázev: Dark Rites and Black Magic from History's Shadows
• Autor: Zack Crowley
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 194
• EAN: 9798262095865
• ID: 50515688
• Nakladatelství: Independently published
• Hmotnost: 199 g
• Rozměry: 203 × 127 × 10 mm
• Datum vydání: 24. August 2025

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