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  2. “A Mysterious Wizard and the Necromancy Assassination Plot of Henry VI.” Mysterious Universe. Accessed August 11, 2022. https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2021/01/a-mysterious-wizard-and-the-necromancy-assassination-plot-of-henry-vi

  3. “Ancient Greek Love Magic.” Bryn Mawr Classical Review. February 19, 2000. https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2000/2000.02.19

  4. “Ancient Greek Spells and Charms for the Hapless in Love.” Greek Reporter. February 14, 2022. https://greekreporter.com/2022/02/14/ancient-greek-spells-and-charms-for-the-hapless-in-love

  5. “Aponte v. State.” Justia US Law. Accessed August 12, 2022. https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/supreme-court/1959/30-n-j-441-0.html

  6. “Aponte Arraigned on Murder Count.” The Daily Journal (Vineland, New Jersey), July 9, 1957. Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97966133/aponte-arraigned

  7. Borghouts, J.F. Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts. (E.J. Brill. 1978). P 1, https://books.google.com/books?id=9f8UAAAAIAAJ

  8. Frankfurter, David. “The Perils of Love: Magic and Countermagic in Coptic Egypt.” 

  9. Journal of the History of Sexuality. Vol. 10, No. 3/4, Special Issue: Sexuality in Late Antiquity (2001), pp. 480 – 484 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3704757

  10. “Love spells in the Greek Magical Papyri.” British Library/ Medieval Manuscripts Blog. February 13, 2021. https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2021/02/love-spells.html

  11. “Mandrake & Menstrual Blood: 10 Medieval Love Potion Recipes and Ingredients.” History Answers. June 28, 2017. https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/medieval-renaissance/gunnhild-mother-of-kings-a-viking-witch-queen-slandered-by-the-sagas

  12. “Meet Madame De Montespan, The Unofficial ‘Queen Of Versailles’ Dethroned By Rumors Of Infanticide.” All That’s Interesting. March 4, 2020. https://allthatsinteresting.com/madame-de-montespa

  13. “Myths surrounding Anne Boleyn : a witch?” Anne-Boleyn.com. Accessed August 10, 2022. http://www.anne-boleyn.com/eng/myths-surrounding-anne-boleyn-a-witch

  14. Rosenblatt, Paul C. “Communication in the Practice of Love Magic.” Social Forces, Vol. 49, No. 3 (1971). pp. 482-487. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3005740

  15. Ruggiero, Guido. Binding Passions: Tales of Magic, Marriage, and Power at the End of the Renaissance. (Oxford University Press, 1993). Pp 2-23. https://books.google.com/books?id=B2yKDUH0nxcC

  16. Saar, Ortal-Paz. Jewish Love Magic. (Brill, 2017). Pp 34, 57. https://books.google.com/books?id=QeEqDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

  17. “Spanish fly, holy bread and mashed worms: history's weirdest aphrodisiacs and love potions.” History Extra. Accessed Auguast 7, 2022. https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-history/love-potions-aphrodisiacs-facts-spanish-fly

  18. “Spells, charms, erotic dolls: love magic in the ancient Mediterranean.” The Conversation. June 26, 2018. https://theconversation.com/spells-charms-erotic-dolls-love-magic-in-the-ancient-mediterranean-98459

  19. “The Early Days of Toxicology: Poisonous Powder.” New York Times. May 11, 2009. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/science/12file-arsenic.html

  20. “This 1,300-Year-Old Egyptian 'Love Spell' Has Finally Been Deciphered.” Science Alert. September 26, 2018. https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-egyptian-magic-love-spell-finally-been-deciphered

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  22. “What Are Love Spells? An Exploration of Their History and Anthropology.” Exemplore. May 21, 2022. https://exemplore.com/wicca-witchcraft/Do-Soul-Mates-Exist-Ill-Explain-to-You-Why-the-Answer-Is-Yes

  23. “What did pharmakon mean to the Greeks?” Columbia University/Poison History. January 10, 2016. https://poisonhistory.wordpress.com/2016/01/10/what-did-pharmakon-mean-to-the-greeks

  24. “Witchy Woman – the Fall of Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester.” History…The Interesting Bits. June 27, 2015. https://historytheinterestingbits.com/2015/06/27/witchy-woman-the-story-of-eleanor-cobham-duchess-of-gloucester

  25. “Worldwide Love Potions.” National Geographic. Feburay 11, 2009. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/love_potions