{"product_id":"the-seven-years-curse-mersha-boyle-9798231849918","title":"The Seven Years Curse","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom shattered mirrors to spilled salt, from black cats to the number thirteen - every superstition hides a story, and every story hides a truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Seven Years Curse: Broken Mirrors, Spilled Salt, and the Price of Misfortune\u003c\/em\u003e is a haunting and elegant journey through the darker side of folklore, tracing the origins, meanings, and hidden psychology behind humanity's oldest fears of bad luck. Author \u003cstrong\u003eMerhsa Boyle\u003c\/strong\u003e unravels centuries of belief, showing how omens once guided lives, protected homes, and shaped the rituals of everyday people across the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover why mirrors were thought to imprison the soul, why iron defied evil, and how a simple act of spilling salt came to symbolize the quarrel between good fortune and chaos. Through history, myth, and insight, this book explores not only how we feared misfortune, but how we learned to cleanse, renew, and begin again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in rich, evocative prose, \u003cem\u003eThe Seven Years Curse\u003c\/em\u003e invites the reader into a world where fate, ritual, and psychology meet - where superstition becomes art, and belief becomes the thread that connects us to the mysteries of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA perfect companion for readers of occult history, folklore, anthropology, or dark cultural studies - this is a book that lingers in the mind long after the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mersha Boyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798231849918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mersha Boyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.23d","brand":"Mersha Boyle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664526741759,"sku":"9798231849918","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-seven-years-curse-mersha-boyle-9798231849918","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}