Amulets and superstitions

the original texts with translations and descriptions of a long series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim amulets and talismans and magical figures, with chapters on the evil eye, the origin of the amulet, the pentagon, the swastika, the cross (pagan and Christian), the properties of stones, rings, divination, numbers, the Kabbâlâh, ancient astrology, etc., bySir E. A. Wallis Budge ...

by E. A. Wallis Budge

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20th century
Languages: Ancient Egyptian, English, Hebrew, Sumerian

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IN every place in our own country and in foreign lands where excavations on the sites of ancient cities have been made, the spade of the excavator has brought to light a number of objects of various kinds and sizes which we may call generally AMULETS and TALISMANS, and regard as the works of men who were believers in MAGIC.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology, Divination and oracles, Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity, Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

Ritual magic and grimoires
Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Talismans”. Retained metadata contains “Talismans” in the subtitle, “Magic” in the description, “Talismans” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).
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Astrology
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Divination and oracles
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- “Divination”· in edition subtitle
Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism
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- “Kabbalah”· in edition subtitle
Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity
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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
the original texts with translations and descriptions of a long series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim amulets and talismans and magical figures, with chapters on the evil eye, the origin of the amulet, the pentagon, the swastika, the cross (pagan and Christian), the properties of stones, rings, divination, numbers, the Kabbâlâh, ancient astrology, etc., bySir E. A. Wallis Budge ... Wellcome Collection bibliographic record xxxix, 543 pages, 1 unnumbered page : including illustrations, plates, facsimiles ; 25 cm	1930	Oxford University Press, H. Milford	English	—	Public	Open Library (opens in a new tab) Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab) Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab) HathiTrust Digital Library (opens in a new tab)