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Some years ago, in researching images of the human body in traditional Finnish magic, I came across the following text recorded in northern Finland from a male sorcerer born in 1835. This text gave me my first glimpse into the dark side of life in traditional2 rural Finland, one rarely portrayed in folkloristic and ethnological research:
The research upon which this study is based was funded by the Academy of Finland and the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies.
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Stark, L. (2009). The Charmer’s Body and Behaviour as a Window Onto Early Modern Selfhood. In: Roper, J. (eds) Charms, Charmers and Charming. Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230583535_1
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