TOPIC WITH CHOICE OF SUBTOPIC:
Materia Magica are the tools used by our practitioners, priests and shamans. These can include, but are not limited to:

Talismans: an item, often hand-held or small, believed to have magical or protective properties, often very personal and can be secular. A “good luck charm”
Wands: a magical item used to “activate” the spirit world or power, or mark out a sacred space
Amulets: an item, often worn, believed to offer magical protection, often sacred in nature.
Cult images: an object of worship or veneration.
Apotropaic items: a “frightening” image believed to “scare” away illness-causing spirits
Votive Offering: a gift given the spirit world that is destroyed in some way to magically send it there- candles. the cow in the Hmong film.
Rattles and musical instruments: used to make rhythmic noise to assist in trancing or having an apotropaic use.
Plants: can be used to induce trance and other pharmacopeia, and may have a medicinal impact

Discuss a bit about the differences and similarities between Materia Magica (magical implements) and Materia Medica (medical tools) … and there they can cross over.
Criteria:
Introduction
Introduction to the problem/ thesis.
Background and history of the research
Research/ source heavy. Should include all aspects of the history of the research or field for full points.
Current state of research and analysis
Details the current situation- research and source heavy