When children in the village fell sick, the ojha accused Mrs Basumatary of casting spells, after his own charms, potions and mantras had failed.Sadly her case is not an isolated one.
Such conflicts would not be restricted to Ghana, but could extend to many countries in the world where various cultures may use bats and bat products for medicines, charms, potions and other health-related products (Allen 1939).
Both women, wild with desperation, resort to charms and potions to advance their causes.
She told fortunes and healed the sick, dispensing charms and potions called gris-gris.
When children in the village fell sick, the ojha accused Mrs Basumatary of casting spells—his own charms and potions having failed.
Worst of all, practitioners of witchcraft hunt and kill us to use our hair, body parts and organs in charms and potions.
I arrived from Libya a few days after Mr. Gbagbo was removed from power by French and United Nations forces supporting Mr. Ouattara's ground troops, many of whom were dressed in ragtag outfits and wore magic charms and used potions to protect themselves in battle.
She sat next to her wood-burning stove, surrounded by potions, charms, holy water and ceramic pots.
For all its absurdities, including a Puck-like goblin who provides a strangely gratuitous love potion, the play has an eccentric charm.
On entry you are greeted by a mural of a stag patronus, the defensive charm conjured by Harry, a menu of cocktails entitled "potions and elixirs" and a bar watched over by a Hagrid figurine.
