"Magic spells and charms among the Turks
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Most accounts suggest that magic or at least certain aspects of it migrated from East to West. Ancient countries like Babylonia, Media and Assyria are identified with the practice although in those times one would have talked about religion and religious observances Ottoman Turkish encyclopedia writer Katip �elebi in the 17th century considered magic to be part of the physical sciences and divided it into 14 different categories ranging from divination and sorcery to charms and medicinal remedies "
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