Merseburg Incantations
Two magic poems from pre-Christian Germany. http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/merseburg.html
Abracadabra
Brief explanation of the Cabbalistic inscription. http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/abracadabra.html
Hocus-pocus
The story behind the weird word "Hocus-pocus". http://www.quinion.com/words/weirdwords/ww-hoc1.htm
The Merseburger Spells
Two Germanic pre-Christian spells found in a monastery in the German city of Merseburg. http://www.boudicca.de/merse-e.htm
Lithuanian Charms
Charms against illnesses and evil spirits in English translation. http://www.lithuanian.net/mitai/charms.htm
Charms Against Sprains
Recorded in the Orkney and Shetland Islands during the nineteenth century. http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/spraincharm.html
Anglo-Saxon Charms
Translated by Karen Louise Jolly in her 1996 book "Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context." http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kjolly/unc.htm