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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Aurand, A. Monroe |
| Title, Monographic | The "Pow-Wow" book: a treatise on the art of "healing by prayer" and "laying on of hands," practiced by the Pennsylvania-Germans and others; testimonials; remarkable recoveries; popular superstitions; etc. including an account of the famous "witch" murder trial, at York, Pa. |
| Place of Publication | Harrisburg, PA |
| Publisher | The Aurand Press |
| Date of Publication | 1929 |
| Extent of Work | 85, 64 |
| Abstract | Pow-Wow is a mis-nomer for a practice that is as entirely sound in principle, as sound and practical as are "sugar pills" and some other so-called antidotes for human ills. Pow-wowing is really a psychological condition. The recent charges against several persons in central Pennsylvania, particularly in York county, as well as Lebanon county, with being implicated in pow-wow, witchcraft and "hex" murders and the practice of such "arts," has awakened an interest in various quarters on this subject that will not subside. The purpose of this discourse is not to meddle into murders, et cetera, but to inquire diligently into the long and short of, and the whys and wherefores of "Pow-Wowing." |
| Notes | Three volumes in one: The "Pow-Wow" book by A. Monroe Aurand; An account of the "witch" murder trial by A. Monroe Aurand; Pow-wows; or long lost friend by John George Hohman. |
| Call Number | MKI PF 5938 .A81 1929 |
| MKI Terms | Pennsylvania Germans/ Superstitions/ Medicine & Health/ Folks-medicine |