Talismans and Amulets

Each physical object has internal power which was given to it by nature or which it has received as a result of certain actions. This power has a constant influence on ambient space and other objects. Could say that we live in the world of constant interactions and power exchanges. That is why our physical and spiritual state, abilities and skills, way of thinking and behavior, mental and visual appeal, our social status and courses of life, can depend on things with which we daily communicate. Thus, choosing one or another object for our milieu, we can change ourselves or our destiny — and it is already magic. Certainly, different objects have different power, and what is more, various objects have a different volume of the power and have the greater or smaller ability to influence on other objects. Therefore, for the fastest and effective result you should choose the most active objects designed for magic transformations by the nature or specially created for this purpose by hands of people. Such power-valuable objects are named talismans and amulets. It is� necessary to notice that, at different time and in different countries, these terms have had various interpretations. The word talisman is derived from Arabian words tilism or tilsam which are translated as “a magical picture” or “a magical script” — originally, it was special objects with arcane inscriptions and magical symbols. Talismans were produced from stone, metal, wood, but most frequently, it was a piece of parchment with written magical formulas which must protect an owner of the talisman from disasters or fulfill certain wishes. The most known ancient talisman is so-called “abracadabra” — the word that is read the same in all directions. Usually, it is pictured as a triangle inverted by top downwards and the word is divided into separate letters. The word amulet is derived from Latin amuletum that is translated as protection from malevolent magic, illnesses, wounds, poisons and other disasters. That is, amulet is thing which gives a protection. At the same time, there is an opinion that the Arabian word hamala (the literal meaning is “to carry”) was a basis for amulet — as a rule, amulets are carried on a neck. The first ancient amulets was made from various materials in the form of sacred creatures, totem animals and parts of a body of people — a scarab, an unicorn, a fish, a key, a hand, a palm, a leg or an all-seeing eye. Also, it is considered that a talisman supports and strengthens your personal abilities and skills given to you by nature. It creates internal harmony between you and world around, helps you to withstand troubles and difficulties. So, if you use a talisman for getting of riches, you will become more dexterous and dynamical, receive flair to see what can give you a profit, and can avoid unnecessary expenditures and risks. In this case, you have all due to your intuition and new professional qualities given to you by an influence of a talisman. In the capacity of such talisman, parts of a body of various animals, whose qualities want to transmit to a person, are often used — it can be a tooth of a shark or a wolf, a tiger’s claw, or an eagle’s feather. The main influence of an amulet is directed at the world around its owner, that is, on an outside protection and an obtaining of benefits from other people. In this case, all occurs not due to your personal abilities and skills, but due to a secret movement of outside forces. If you use an amulet instead of a talisman for getting of riches, money can come to you without your active actions. But, at the same time, if you have not professional qualities and skill of handling with money, you can easily lose all your new achievements. Here, we notice that often the distinction between a talisman and an amulet is rather conditionally. The fact is that it is impossible to consider a person as an isolated object. Any your internal change results in a external change and vice versa — the world around you changes you. Therefore, using something as a talisman, you receive that what an amulet could give you. A development of your internal qualities will result in movement of outside forces, and a change of external movements will give stimulus for occurrence of new personal ability. That is why, in many cases, the words talisman and amulet are considered as synonyms. In final, it is necessary to say that there are natural and artificial talismans and amulets. That is, natural ones are objects which already by nature have great magic power necessary� for a certain affair and there is no need for any additional actions for their effective work. First of all, it is stones, minerals, metals, herb, saint relics, and things from holy places — gold, silver, diamonds, rubies, stones with unusual natural tracery, bones, seashells, mandrake’s root, holy water, etc. Artificial talismans and amulets are same natural objects with which special transformations were made — objects are charged by magical power by means of making rituals, uttering of magical formulas, or drawing of special symbols. As a result of this, natural qualities and abilities of the objects are strengthened or the objects get new values, functions, and abilities. These already are not usual objects, but magical devices capable to change a destiny of other things which are in a field of their influence. Among artificial talismans, graphic talismans have a significant place, and we shall consider them more particularly.