From the Book - First Scribner hardcover edition.
Healing: prayers, sacred pools, regenerations, and holy eyeliner
Transformation: into animals, berserk warriors, supersoldiers, and the other gender
Immortality and longevity: elixirs of life, Holy Grails, and distilled alchemist pee
Supernatural skies: sunstones, plagues, the power of planets, and summoning storms
Animals and plants as omens, guides and gods 101: Odin's wolves and ravens, death cats, talking forests, and birds that predict the weather
Prophecy: liver readers, "high" priestesses, and mind-reading devices
Beyond the grave: underworld gateways, guardians of the dead, and near death
Enchantment: love potions, sleeping drafts, mind-altering fruit, and penises pierced with stingray spines
Superhumans: savants, Buddhist monks, sword swallowers, firewalkers, and stage magicians.