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| Spells were considered a form of charm intentionally cast by witchcraft
practitioners commissioned by people who wanted to gain control
over a victim. |
| The client, in most cases, driven by emotional reasons (jealousy,
love, envy, hatred, etc.), would go to a sorcerer with an object
stolen from the would-be victim (generally scissors, combs, hair
pins, strands of hair or something even more intimate). |
| After getting instructions as to the purpose of the spell (love,
death, disease), and after being richly compensated, the sorcerer
began his process of sorcery in complete secrecy. If the spell was
successful, the results were immediately evident; but if not, then
the ritual had to be repeated with greater concentration, and with
magic formulas and material of greater efficacy. |
| If the victim of a spell wanted to get rid of it, he had to submit
to a counter spell requiring the assistance of an expert in the
removal of spells. |
| Generally, the author of bad spells was unable to remove them,
and conversely, the sorcerer who could remove them was not able
to cast a bad spell. |
| However there were some sorcerers capable of doing both. Love
spells were a common practice in Calitri, usually performed by means
of love potions, for which there were many formulas. |
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