319 – Spell stone
- Physical description:
- Disc-shaped piece of sandstone with a central hole 20mm diam. and 6 smaller holes around it.
- Museum classification:
- Working Tools
- Size:
- 180 mm diam.
- Information:
Original text by Cecil Williamson:
'Casting Stone.
This is a witch's spell casting stone. The principle of the stone's working is that of passing things to and fro through selected holes in a chosen sequence and a given number of times, based upon the magical number three and its multiples. This example came from near Yarcombe.'- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Stone
- Copyright ownership:
- Copyright to The Museum of Witchcraft Ltd.
Original text by Cecil Williamson:
'Casting Stone.
This is a witch's spell casting stone. The principle of the stone's working is that of passing things to and fro through selected holes in a chosen sequence and a given number of times, based upon the magical number three and its multiples. This example came from near Yarcombe.'