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Telo Tulku Rinpoche, About Amulets and Holy Objects

open access: yes, 2018
Telo Tulku: I would not say that it is compulsory to wear them. Amulets are blessed items that would protect us from harm, diseases, evil, and so on. I truly believe that if it is blessed by a highly qualified monk, an amulet can be effective.

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A Cross Cultural Study of Evil Eye Symbols and Amulets

open access: yes, 2006
This research paper investigates the historical meaning and significance of the Evil Eye as it relates to various cultures. Through gaining an understanding of the general meanings behind the Evil Eye concept, and its corresponding symbols and amulets ...
Gobuty, Sharon
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Exploring Four Block-Printed Indic Script Mahāpratisarā Dhāraṇī (Chinese: 大隨求陀羅尼) Amulets Discovered in China

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This article examines four block-printed Mahāpratisarā dhāraṇī amulets from late Tang to early Song China, highlighting how Sanskrit-script texts circulated in everyday religious life.
Yuling Wu
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Woodcuts for Amulets? Woodblock Printing on Single Sheets in Europe (15th and 16th Centuries)

open access: yes
Presentation held at the workshop "Woodblock Printing. A Cross-Cultural Approach", Hamburg, CSMC, 22.04.2024. Abstract: In his seminal monograph on textual amulets in medieval Latin Europe, Don C.
Heiles, Marco
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E. A. Wallis Budge. Amulets and Talismans

open access: yes, 1963
Daumas François. E. A. Wallis Budge. Amulets and Talismans. In: Revue de l'histoire des religions, tome 163, n°2, 1963.
Daumas, François
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Liturgical Fragments on Gnostic Amulets

open access: yes, 1932
For some time past I have been impressed with the importance of the so-called gnostic gems, more accurately called syncretistic amulets, as an aid to the study of Greek magical papyri, and have examined them wherever I could find them.
Campbell Bonner
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Amulets in Practice of Rendering a Modern Urban Abode Habitable (Based on the Odessa Apartments Examples)

open access: yes, 2012
Стаття присвячена дослідженню семантики внутрішнього простору міського житла, одним із проявів якої є наявність оберегів. Автор розглядає різновиди житлових оберегів, зокрема ті, що функціонують у приватному просторі сучасних мешканців мегаполісу (на ...
Чебан, О.
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Collection of amulets of the Jewish Historical Museum [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
"Jezgro današnje muzejske zbirke konstituisano je posredstvom legata Hinka Lederera. Među raznolikim predmetima koje je priložio, pominju se i amuleti od zlata, srebra i drugih metala, koji su bili izloženi u Jevrejskom istorijskom muzeju, na otvaranju ...
Dautović, Vuk
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Attempt at specifying the attribution of late medieval leather amulets From Central and Eastern Europe [PDF]

open access: yes
We determine the function of the so-called leather amulets, of which we already know 50 specimens, mainly as identifiers of medieval messengers. In several cases, we managed to identify the connection between the amulets and document/letter cases and to ...
Nawrolska, Grażyna   +1 more
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Imaging the Gaster Jewish Amulets in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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This article surveys the advantages of using digital imaging to enhance the catalogue of a collection of Jewish amulets in the Rylands Library Manchester.
Evans, Elizabeth   +6 more
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