AMULETS: SACRED CHARMS OF POWER- by Sheila Paine

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The first comprehensive illustrated study of the use of amulets around the world and throughout history. Explores not only the substances and symbolism from which amulets derive but also the people and objects they protect. Explains the differences between and the purposes of amulets, talismans, charms, and fetishes. All over the world and throughout history amulets have offered protection against negative forces, whether witchcraft, the evil eye, enemies, sickness, or accidents. Intricately beautiful or starkly simple, they come in an astonishing variety of guises: from stones, shells, and seeds, through animal tails, teeth, and claws, to beads, mirrors, needles, and bells.
192 pages, trade paperback.