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The Atharvaveda, Healing, Sorcery, and Charms: The Book of Spells

The fourth Veda is the Veda of charms: healing, household protection, fever medicine, counter-sorcery, love-compulsion, curse-defence, and some of the highest spiritual language in Indian literature. The most feared and the most human of the four.

The Atharvaveda, Healing, Sorcery, and Charms: The Book of Spells

The fourth Veda is the Veda of charms: healing, household protection, fever medicine, counter-sorcery, love-compulsion, curse-defence, and some of the highest spiritual language in Indian literature. The most feared and the most human of the four.

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