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The long lost friend

A Collection of Mysterious and Invaluable Arts and Remedies, for Man as Well as Animals - Of Their Virtue and Efficacy in Healing Diseases, Etc. , the Greater Part of Which Was Never Published until They Appeared in Print for the First Time in the U. S. in the Year 1820

Also known as The long lost friend, or, Faithful & Christian instructions containing wonderous and well-tried arts & remedies, for man as well as animals

by Johann Georg Hohman

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Johann Georg Hohman's Long Lost Friend compiled practical uses of mysterious folk magic and rural home remedies rooted in medieval Europe. First published in America in 1820, these methods derive from Christian theology and shamanistic practices often credited to German immigrants. The chapbook exposes the spells, charms, benedictions, incantations, amulets, talismans, palindromes, herbs, elixirs, potions of animal parts, and herbal remedies that might cure all manner of human afflictions, guard against witches and robbers, and protect cattle and crops. Legend has it that simply carrying this book of Christian magic helped to ward off supernatural forces. The treatments featured in the book reflect the transfer of European culture and concerns to pastoral life in early Pennsylvania. What has become known as the art of powwow among Pennsylvania Dutch citizens and scholars is still practiced in some rural areas of the state. The collection is cited widely, from enthusiasts of African-American Hoodoo to theology scholars, and it preserves a fine example of ethnic heritage.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics, Divination and oracles, Occultism and esotericism, Ritual magic and grimoires, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from wikisource matched “Occult”. Retained metadata contains “supernatural” in the description and “occult” in the subject metadata.

    • “Occult”· via English Wikisource
    • “supernatural”· in description
    • “occult”· in subject
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Amulets” in the description, “Charms” in the description, “Magic” in the description, and 4 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Magic”· via Internet Archive
    • “Magic”· via Open Library
    • “Amulets”· in description
    • “Charms”· in description
    • “Magic”· in description
    • “Spells”· in description
  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from doab matched “folk magic”. Retained metadata contains “Folk magic” in the description, “hoodoo” in the description, and “witches” in the description.

    • “folk magic”· via Directory of Open Access Books
    • “Folk magic”· in description
    • “hoodoo”· in description
    • “witches”· in description
  • Divination and oracles

    Retained metadata contains “Divination” in the subject metadata and “Fortune-telling” in the subject metadata.

    • “Divination”· in subject
    • “Fortune-telling”· in subject
  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Mysticism”.

    • “Mysticism”· via Open Library

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A Collection of Mysterious and Invaluable Arts and Remedies, for Man as Well as Animals: Of Their Virtue and Efficacy in Healing Diseases, etc., the Greater Part of Which Was Never Published Until They Appeared in Print for the First Time in the U.S. in the Year 1820

Directory of Open Access Books edition

1856—English—Open access

The long lost friend, or, Faithful & Christian instructions containing wonderous and well-tried arts & remedies, for man as well as animals

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1850[publisher not identified]; Harrisburg, Pa. : [publisher not identified]; Sine nomineEnglish—Public

Long Lost Friend

2008Pennsylvania State University PressEnglish
  • 9780271025018
  • 0271025018
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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons, U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellcome Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; medicalheritagelibrary; usnationallibraryofmedicine
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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  • Source-reported rights: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="ugc nofollow">This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark</a>
  • Source-reported rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
  • Wikidata edition/translation work relation followed for author, date, language, subject, and identifier enrichment.
  • Wikidata instance type: grimoire; version, edition or translation
  • Wikidata item description: 1850 English translation of John George Hohman's book
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