

The present work is unique in its comprehensive treatment of the occult history connected to this ambiguous creature. Toads can be used for love charms or they bewitch an enemy with their evil eye and even cause death. There are toad rituals to protect property and live stock and toad spells to being sickness and calamity.

At the same time both life giver and life taker. It has simultaneously been seen as mid-wife's helper and devil's familiar. "The toad has had a colorful and checkered history with its role in magic and folk-lore. Print copy available from the Spiritual Instinct Press website: Translations of rare European material with commentaries by Steve Seven. "An occult history of the toad in symbolism, ritual, healing and folk-lore."
