A magical device used supposedly used by Witches. It consisted of a severed hand from a dead person, usually that of an executed criminal. It would rest on the wrist with the fingers pointed up. Candles were placed between the fingers and lit. This would supposedly freeze someone and prevent him or her from moving.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Matthew Ash McKernan, author of the new Wyrdcraft.
The weird, wild, and wonderful English psych-rock band Hawkwind said it well in their song, "We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago." What this "wrong...