Yiddish Love Ritual

“Secure an egg laid on a Thursday by a jet-black hen which has never laid an egg before, and on the same day, after sunset, bury it at a crossroads. Leave it there three days; then dig it up after sunset, sell it and purchase with the proceeds a mirror, which you must bury in the same spot in the evening ‘in Frau Venus namen,’ and say ‘allhie begrab ich diesen spiegel in der Libe, die Frau Venus zu dem Dannhäuser hat.’ Sleep on that spot three nights, then remove the mirror, and whoever looks into it will love you!” - Fifteenth-century Yiddish love ritual, as seen in the book Jewish Magic and Supersition

[“The author, Joshua Trachtenberg (b. 1904, d. 1959) was a reform rabbi on the east coast of the US. This is an elaboration of his Columbia University Ph.D. thesis. Trachtenberg’s appreciation of the role of folk-magic in Jewish culture is important for the study of Judaism, and also the roots of modern Pagan beliefs and practices.” - from sacred-texts.com]