The study examines the manifestations of ecclesiastical “white magic” in eighteenth-century
Hungary. The author focuses on the symbolic act of reflecting the storm by presenting
variations of Church practice. The time limit of the study falls into the collision
zone of the Baroque and Catholic Enlightenment. In addition to ecclesiastical rituals
that can be genetically associated with peasant charms, it also covers material aspects
(sacramentals) that also represent the survival of magical thinking after the Enlightenment.
