Stories About Hidden Power Of ‘The Black Book’

Even in modern-day Norway, skepticism and superstition still linger around “the black book.”

When Kathleen Stokker traveled to Norway to research folk medicine practices, she was surprised to learn the extent to which it persists in the national psyche.

The black book is “much more a part of Norwegian culture than most would admit,” she said.

What was the black book?

Part legend, part superstition and part melding of pre-Christian and Catholic beliefs and customs, the black book was a compilation of folk remedies, rituals, prayers and incantations. Full Story

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