Courtesy of Carlos S. Alvarado's blog - here's a new paper investigating the efficacy of "pagan spell-casting" as a form of healing.
Charmaine Sonnex, Chris A. Roe and Elizabeth C. Roxburgh
Testing the Pagan Prescription: Using a Randomized Controlled Trial to Investigate Pagan Spell-Casting as a Form of Noncontact Healing
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, vol. 26, number 3 (published online 11 March 2020)
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/acm.2019.0279
Participants made written requests to practitioners about changes they would like to see in their lives. They were randomly allocated to two groups, for which the spells were cast at different times. I can't understand from the abstract what was analysed - and I don't fancy paying $51 to find out - but the conclusion was that the results didn't suggest that the spell-casting was responsible for perceived improvements in health and well-being.
Charmaine Sonnex, Chris A. Roe and Elizabeth C. Roxburgh
Testing the Pagan Prescription: Using a Randomized Controlled Trial to Investigate Pagan Spell-Casting as a Form of Noncontact Healing
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, vol. 26, number 3 (published online 11 March 2020)
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/acm.2019.0279
Participants made written requests to practitioners about changes they would like to see in their lives. They were randomly allocated to two groups, for which the spells were cast at different times. I can't understand from the abstract what was analysed - and I don't fancy paying $51 to find out - but the conclusion was that the results didn't suggest that the spell-casting was responsible for perceived improvements in health and well-being.