Items of clothing were found in Australian buildings. It tells the story of a battle waged by early settlers with the evil spirits they feared were lying in wait in their unfamiliar surroundings.
Many items were found in Australia like shoe hidden in bridge, prisoner’s uniform under a staircase, toys concealed in an attic, and dead cat secreted into a roof cavity. These items were said to be all linked to mysterious world of folk magic.
Folk because they were hidden by ordinary and it is called magic because apparently, they were designed to ward off evil spirits. One of the historians named Ian Evans said, “This is all part of the ancient practice of defeating witches and evil by placing artifacts in those parts of building where harmful spirits might lurk”. One of the items was even found in Sydney Harbour Bridge. Many different items are found in different parts of Australia. Evans said some were even put in the tunnels to keep the evil spirits away. He also says the secret nature of the items’ location can only be explained that they were used for ritual magic.
I thought this article was interesting because my topic is supernatural and this is definitely supernatural. I even watch this television series called supernatural where this two brother find many different spirits and evils. In the television, they do many rituals to get rid of the spirit and many voodoo items are used. They even use salts to keep the devils away. Since none of this is actually proven wrong, I would sometimes get scared when walking alone in an abandoned area. I understand that these people were paranoid. If I heard weird noises at night and some random person told me that placing weird objects would keep the bad things away, I would happily do it. Maybe next time, I should keep my shoes on the roof of hostel right above my room so that no spirits would hunt me at night and maybe some salt to keep the demons out too?
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