A talisman is any object, sacred or profane, with or without appropriate symbols, charged or consecrated by appropriate means and made to serve a specific end.

(Arabic tilsam, from Greek tetelesmenon, "that which has been consecrated") In magical lore, an object charged or consecrated with magical energies for the fulfillment of some specific purpose. Talismanic magic has had an important place in Western occultism since ancient times, and a dizzying ...

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