From St. Nicholas, 1892.

"A blessing or a curse must be done properly!"  From The Improvement Era, 1967.

The fattura della morte (deathmaker), with 30 nails in a lime, onion, or heart, secured by twisted string, then danced around by naked witches.  From The Evil Eye by Frederick Thomas Elworthy.

From The Improvement Era, 1970.

Just in case you could use more piety or youthfulness today.  From the Wizardry 2 Handbook.

A black magick incantation from Dark Shadows episode 762.  "I call upon the flame to summon you. I call upon the raven and the bat and all the dark creatures of nature, upon the charred and blackened clouds that reigned at your beginning." 

From The Paradoxical Emblems of Dionysius Andreas Freher, 1649-1728.

Via Visio Smaragdina.

"Magic everywhere."  From We Can Read The Toy-box by Gerrard & McInnes and illustrated by Connie Jefferess, undated (c. 1960).

From Lamaism by L. Austine Waddell, 1934.

From Lamaism by L. Austine Waddell, 1934.

An extremely rare charm against fright, from Dressing Gowns and Glue by L. de G. Sieveking, 1920.

These are eight great tips on how to use a wishing feather while harvesting mushrooms emerging from the rot of a hidden garden.  First, be wearing a green conical cap so as to funnel your consciousness nearer the cosmos.  Second, kneel with back straight and hands on thighs.  Third, feel the life and growth around you, mirroring the life and growth within.  Fourth, with your whiskers, feel the power of the charged air of this claustral, dank cathedral, rank with the sour odor of rot and roots.  Fifth, take ten deep, slow breaths.  Sixth, touch the wishing feather atop your cap as you say, "Spirit o' mushroom, give me yer presence an' grant me a boon."  Seventh, register the soft, silent presence of the alien spirit of the mushroom.  Eighth, bless each mushroom before removing it from the earth, leaving the poisonous ones for the turtles to relish.  From The Gnole by Alan Aldridge.

From National-Louis' 1940 yearbook.

From The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum, Interpreted By the Tarot Trumps by Eliphas Lévi, 1896.

From The Shadow Witch by Gertrude Crownfield, 1922.

From the Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II strategy handbook.

From Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn, The Third Scenario handbook.