From the nineteenth century, the supposed genre of Anglo-Saxon charms has drawn the attention of many scholars and appealed to enthusiasts of magic, paganism, and popular religion. However, while their Christian nature has been widely acknowledged more recently, their position within mainstream liturgical traditions has not yet been fully recognised. This book aims to show how early English ecclesiastics perceived these rituals and why they included them in manuscripts from high-status minsters. Using evidence from the entire corpus of Old English, various surviving manuscript sources, and rich Christian theological traditions, the author suggests that contemporary scribes and compilers did not perceive "charms" as anything other than Christian rituals, belonging in a context of diverse, mainstream liturgical practices. He thus challenges the notion that there was any such thing as an Anglo-Saxon "charm" altogether, suggesting instead an alternative interpretation of these texts as creative para-liturgical rituals or liturgical rite. When considered in their contemporary ecclesiastical and philosophical contexts, even the most enigmatic rituals, dismissed as mere "gibberish", begical and philosophical contexts, even the most enigmatic rituals, dismissed as mere "gibberish", begin to emerge as secret, deliberately obscured texts with hidden spiritual meaning.