In “Cunning Folk,” Tabitha Stanmore takes us back to a time when the use of “service magic” was an everyday — and underground — practice.

Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic by Tabitha Stanmore Bodley Head £20, 288 pages Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café and subscribe to our podcast Life & Art ...

From emoji spells to WitchTok, the mysterious, 600-year-old emblems of tarot and spell books are still resonating in the 21st Century. Clare Thorp finds out why.