Opens up the treasure trove of folklore and magical practices of the Balkan Peninsula into the English language for the first time. The author examines the magical practices of modern day Bulgaria and the surrounding Balkan countries, tracing them to their roots in the ritual traditions of Thrace and the Mystery Cults of the ancient world.

From the other side of the moon / Valeria Fol -- Balkan antiquity, Thracians & Bulgaria -- Thrace and the ancient world -- Magical faith & the Thracians -- Orpheus the brilliantly famous -- Musaeus, son of the moon -- Eumolpus, the hierophant of the Earth Mother -- Zalmoxis, the giver of immortality -- Rhesus the Anthropodaemon -- Thracian prophetess of Dionysos -- Thrake: the nymph that causes health and illness -- Mysteries and magic -- Preserved secret knowledge -- Healer in Bulgarian traditional culture -- Magician in traditional Bulgarian culture -- Concept of the goddess -- Mother of the Sun -- Mountain Mother -- Virgin Mistress of the Fire -- She-wolf.