Prefatory Note — 7MagicI. Sympathetic Magic — 9A. Contagious Magic — 10Hair, nail-pairings, etc. — scalp-lock — saliva — luck-ball — foot-prints — clothes — rag bushes and pin-wells — personal 'ornaments' — food — cannibalism — sympathetic relations between persons — couvadeB. Homœopathic Magic — 19Plants — rain-making — wind-making — increase of plants, and of animals — luring animals to be caught — human effigies to injure or kill peopleII. Magical Power of Names and Words — 26Objection to names being mentioned of people, fairies, and animals — names of power — satire — geis — tabuIII. Talismans and Amulets — 32Stones and metals, colour, bones, teeth, claws, etc. — lucky pig — amulets against the evil eye — luck-boneIV. Divination — 41V. Public and Private Magic — 42A. Public Magic — 42Australian intichiuma totem ceremonies — corn planting dance of the MusquakieB. Private Magic — 46Folk-remedies — love-charms — nefarious magicVI. Magicians — 50Training of sorcerers and societies of magiciansVII. The Psychology of Magical Practices — 52Nervous instability — suggestion — make-believe — tabu — mana — projective will-power or telepathy — from spell to prayer — the impossible not undertaken — loopholes in case of failureFETISHISMI. Definition — 611. Etymological — 2. Historical — 3. DogmaticII. Essential Characters of Fetishism — 68May be any object, a symbolic charm with sympathetic properties, a sign or token representing an ideal notion or being, habitation of a spiritual being, vehicle for communication of a spirit, instrument by which spirit acts — possesses personality and will — may act by own will or by foreign spirit — spirit and material object can be dissociated, worshipped, sacrificed to, talked with, petted and ill-treatedIII. Fetishism as a Form of Religious Worship — 83Bibliography — 87Post ScriptumAlfred C. Haddon gives a practical and theoretical insight of the universal principles of magic, categorized in different techniques. The book is one of the very few works ever published, which describes wind and rain making. Magic is divided into sympathetic magic, the magic of words, talismans and divination, magical training routines. A kaleidoscope of forgotten magical techniques, which wasn’t available for decades.Magic and Magical Fetish gives a very practical and theoretical insight of the universal principles of magic, categorized in different techniques. Valuable for both anthropologists, Wiccans and occultists. The book deals mainly with primitive, or folk magic, and is one of the very few works ever published which describes wind making and rain making by magical means. Alfred C. Haddon, was a University Lecturer in Ethnology at Cambridge. In this volume he divides magic into sympathetic magic, sub-divided in contagious magic and homeopathic magic, the magic of words, talismans and amulets, and divination. He also separates public magic from the private magic and describes magical training routines. Fetishism is dealt with in the last part of the book, mainly in the context of the magical loaded object and how it is used. A valuable book on magic, which wasn’t available for decades.