The Ancestral Power of Amulets, Talismans, and Mascots: Folk Magic in Witchcraft and Religion

An illustrated exploration of the origins and history of amulets, lucky charms, talismans, and mascots

• Looks at the age-old spiritual principles, folklore, and esoteric traditions behind the creation of magical objects as well as the use of numbers, colors, sigils, geometric emblems, knots, crosses, pentagrams, and other symbols

• Explores hundreds of artifacts, such as hagstones, Norse directional amulets, car hood mascots, objects made from bones and teeth, those connected with plants an...