“He started chanting the incantation of a dark spell, full of ugly guttural sounds.”

“The former prescribed the medicine, or used incantation, to provide healing.”

“Yet, behind the irony in the final rhythmic incantation, we read an emptiness that is neither spiritual sustenance nor love.”

“Clay tablets with its spindly arrangements of flicks and crosses started to appear by the thousands, recording paeans, epics and incantations.”

“This old volume was a Spell Tome, full of ancient secrets of magical healing, useful incantations and protective charms.”

“Such practitioners, known as curanderos, use herb teas and poultices, traditional exercises, incantations, and magical touching to heal.”