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Image of magic traditions from Tropix: Fortune teller, lucky charm, solstice, healer, fetish, figures
Fortune teller, Stonehenge, good luck charm, inyanga (diviner), lucky charms, summer solstice,
MOR99JUN1_07 Close-up of woman, sitting in shade of umbrella, fortune telling with cards. Place Djemaa El-Fna, Marrakech, Morocco. Copyright Tropix (June Hassall) ENG02TX9_10 Stonehenge: famous prehistoric megalith (standing stone monument); view between lintelled sarsens. Wiltshire, England. Copyright Tropix (V. and M. Birley) BZL88DC6_05 Fist shaped, black, good luck charm, the figa, which hangs on neck of mythical Amazonian goddess Kamelia. Manaus, Brazil Copyright Tropix (D. Charlwood) SAF_AM20_21 Young woman apprentice inyanga (diviner): amulet necklace, magic flywhisk, stick, doctors bag. KwaZulu, South Africa. Copyright Tropix (A. Mountain) HK02TX4_19 Pink and pastel coloured waxworks of childrens hands for sale: ornaments, lucky charms. Victoria Peak, Hong Kong. Copyright Tropix (V. and M. Birley) SCO06MHB47 Midnight parade of sun model on pole around Findhorn community, eve of summer solstice; New Age. Moray, Scotland. Copyright Tropix (M & V BIRLEY) SCO91TX9_20 Romany (gypsy) man by caravan; signs advertise fortune telling, palmistry, clairvoyancy, advice. Oban, Scotland. Copyright Tropix (V. and M. Birley)
Good luck rituals, nordic runes, parade of winged sun model, traditional healer, snake charmer
CHN04TX31_22 Chinese tourists circumnavigate Aobao cairn for good luck. Genghis Khan Mausoleum, Inner Mongolia, China. Copyright Tropix (V. and M. Birley) WAL02MHB08 Girl asleep in big tent; candles, spiritual paintings with Nordic runes; new age, paganism. Wyrd Earth, Wales. Copyright Tropix (V. and M. Birley) SCO06MHB103 Parade of winged sun model on pole around Findhorn community, eve of summer solstice; new age. Moray, Scotland. Copyright Tropix (M & V BIRLEY) GHA93TX36_15 Traditional healer and his stall with porcupine quills, tortoise shells, bark, herbs, spices and shells. Tamale, Ghana. Copyright Tropix (V. and M. Birley) BAN91TX67_04 Woman tourist (UK) and crowd of village children watch intense old man, snake charmer, with cobra. Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Copyright Tropix (V. and M. Birley)
Water diviner, carved fetish on door, clan creatures on totem pole, fetish market stall, statue of Gaia
TOG95DEE3_14 Water diviner’s signboard reads Sourcier (sorceror), plus icons for well, bucket and pendulum. Magic, voodoo. S.Togo. Copyright Tropix (John Deeney) MAL92RJ5_02 Detail of wooden house door: carved fetish relief of seated women with protruding navels; patterned lock. Dogon; Mali. Copyright Tropix (Rob Jones) CAN04TX3_15 Bird figure as top head on totem pole above face with long nose. Thunderbird Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Copyright Tropix (V. and M. Birley) TOG95DEE3_08 Baboon? heads and feet, animal skulls, dead birds on fetish market stall. Area where voodoo began; magic. Lomé, Togo. Copyright Tropix (John Deeney) ENG06MHB240 Head of Gaia, earth goddess, marble statue, sculptor David Wynne; Abbey Gardens. Tresco, Scilly Isles, S.W.England. Copyright Tropix (M & V BIRLEY)
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