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Among the Pennsylvania Germans, the 'plain folk', such as the Amish, Dunkers, and the Mennonites, as well as among the Lutheran and German Reformed church members – Pow-Wow and the Pow-Wow doctor has a significant following. [16] Another characteristic practice of powwow magic is the Himmelsbrief or "heaven's letter".
A Pennsylvania Dutch variant, c. 1790, of the Sator Square, one of the spells in The Long Lost Friend. Pow-Wows; or, Long Lost Friend is a book by John George Hohman published in 1820. Hohman was a Pennsylvania Dutch healer; the book is a collection of home- and folk-remedies, as well as spells and talismans.
He immigrated to the USA from Germany in 1802, settled in the area around Reading, Pennsylvania, in the Pennsylvania Dutch community, where he printed and sold broadsides, chapbooks and books and practised and instructed in the arts of folk magic and folk religion which became known as pow-wow. He was active between 1802 and 1846.
Hex sign, a barn decoration originating in Pennsylvania Dutch regions of the United States Hex work, a Pennsylvania Dutch (German) folk magic system also known as pow-wow Engineering and technology
The 37 pow wow models sit on a turntable that once moved in a circle, but now doesn’t move due to mechanical issues. It is surrounded by displays with artifacts from the past. Many artifacts ...
Pages in category "Pennsylvania Dutch culture" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. ... Pow-wow (folk magic) Pow-Wows; or, Long Lost Friend; R.
Pow-wow (folk magic), a North American vernacular healing system rooted in Pennsylvania Dutch folk culture; PowWow, a wireless sensor network (WSN) mote; PowWow (chat program), an early instant messaging client; POW WOW, a prisoner-of-war underground newspaper circulated in Germany during World War II
One Pennsylvania location cracked the travel guide’s top 20 spots.