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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.
Rehmeyer's Hollow (or Hex Hollow) is an area of York County, Pennsylvania, located in North Hopewell Township, near Winterstown. The area is named after the extended Rehmeyer family, who began settling the hollow in 1844.
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.
She was also a Powwower, having adopted the Pennsylvania Dutch practice in a neo-Pagan context. [3] RavenWolf is the author of over 17 books on Wicca and Paganism in general. [4] She has also written several novels. Currently, her books have been translated into Czech, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Hungarian, Dutch and Portuguese. She is ...
Fitness doesn't have to stop after the age of 40! The Houston chapter of the 40+ Double Dutch Club stop by The Isiah Factor: Uncensored to show they are having fun while remaining active.
Don Yoder (August 27, 1921– August 11, 2015) was an American folklorist specializing in the study of Pennsylvania Dutch, Quaker, and Amish and other Anabaptist folklife in Pennsylvania who wrote at least 15 books on these subjects. [1]