Fitz
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first heard Oct 2024
last heard Nov 2024
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Yeah, definitely. And you were quite right. I'm saying again, powerful and poignant. Like that was just such a touching story. But I love those ones where you have that. And I saw the person. I knew exactly what they looked like. And the person said to me, what did they look like? And then you point to a picture and go, it's them. I love those.
They're some of my favorites when it's just like, yeah, there's no mistaking that. Like that is literally what I saw.
And the feeling I got was that sort of like sunlight dappled glade with that sort of twinkly light and...
it just felt like such a warm beautiful comforting image like that's immediately what it conjured in my mind and i do need to step back again because when lil says she loves the woods i think she is literally part pixie like part fairy part cave woman like she is designed for living in the woods
Yeah. Yeah. Sometimes our house does look a little bit like a forest.
Certainly isn't.
And speaking of which, if you have a story to share, please do get in touch to share it with us either through our website at notquantsvs.com or via email at contact at notquantsvs.com. But fear not, for this Hello Birthday Ween episode is far from over.
So settle in with a nice cup of tea and maybe a biscuit if you're feeling extra fancy as we tell you about the gory hand of glory and the swashbuckling ghost.
And a very old legend it is. The charm, though not the name, being recorded as early as 1440 at a coroner's court in Kent, where it was recorded that lighting a candle held in the hand of a dead man that has lain in the earth nine days and nine nights would render the occupants of any targeted property helpless to resist a robbing, stating...
they that sleep shall sleep and they that wake shall not move whatever thou do as bizarre as this sounds it would be easy to think that maybe the hand was just a very localised charm of the fifteenth century
But the legend actually persisted all the way into the early 20th century, was known all over England and France, and a variety of complex and arcane recipes for creating one were collected in underground occult grimoires.
One of the most famous and most complete recordings of how to make a hand of glory comes from a grimoire known as Le Petit Albert, a collection of charms, cures and magical workings that was first published in France in 1688 and became very popular during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It was reported to be based on the writings of St.
Albertus Magnus of Cologne, a celebrated thinker of the Middle Ages who studied and wrote on all kinds of natural sciences and philosophy, and whose interest in the esoteric garnered him a reputation amongst his contemporaries as a mighty sorcerer.
However, it's thought to be unlikely that Lepeti Albert Grimoire has any real links to the work of Saint Albertus, or Albert the Great as he was also known, and it certainly has a less saintly reputation. Many such grimoires at the time were peddled clandestinely from village to village and were typically condemned by the Catholic Church.
But it was quite common to cite famous figures as contributing to or inspiring these works as a way of gaining validity and increasing the value of their wares. Despite the contentious reputation though, much of the contents of La Pity Albert concern very practical everyday concerns of common folk.
How to prosper at fishing, how to grow good grapes, how to make excellent vinegar, tame an angry horse, treat foot sprains, and an assortment of recipes for perfumes, onions and ointments galore.
but there are also instructions for manifesting more unsavoury wishes, including tampering with the free will of others, how to fake items of value, including money, how to cause a room to appear filled with snakes and other terrifying images, and, of course, how to make a talisman that will allow you to rob a house by rendering all occupants unable to stir from their sleep.
Personally, I think Le Petit Albert's recipe for concocting the Hand of Glory charm is one of the less gory and slightly more practical versions. The instructions for would-be thieves go something like this. Firstly, procure the hand of a dead man who has hanged by a road.
Next, wrap it in a shroud, squeeze well, then place in an earthen vessel with vinegar, saltpeter, salt and black pepper for 15 days. Lastly, remove and dry thoroughly in the sun, or bake in an oven with fern and vervain. Not too complicated, for criminals with no qualms about robbing body parts from gallows, at least. Other versions, however, are far more fantastical and convoluted.
Some said that the hand had to be collected on a lunar eclipse, and only the specific hand that had committed a crime would work.
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