A look “at the material culture of magic.” This is the first proceedings of the Hidden Charms conference, which was held at Town Close Auditorium at Norwich Castle on the 2nd of April, 2016. The aim of the research material presented here is to shed light on seemingly ordinary objects that are serving unordinary functions via Apotropaic Magic.

This digital asset is a preservation copy authorized by the editors to the Valdosta State University Archives & Special Collections to be part of their of the New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library. Introduction / Brian Hoggard -- Evidence of unseen forces : apotropaic objects on the threshold of materiality / Brian Hoggard -- Same mental idea, different manifestation? Hidden charms in Finland and the British Isles / Sonja Hukantaival -- Luck and dread : how household curiosities became ritual projectors / Jeremy Harte -- Cunning-folk and the protection of property : the view from Westcountry / Jason Semmens -- 'By midnight, by moonlight' : ritual protection marks in caves beneath the Mendip Hills, Somerset / Linda Wilson -- The head that works for you : apotropaic vs show / John Billingsley -- Ritual recycling and the concealed shoe / Ceri Houlbrook -- Cultural anxieties and ritual protection in high-status early modern houses / James Wright -- About the authors.