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I only made it through 9 books in 2025. Not my best, but not my worst.

#books #bookstodon #booklist2025 #ReadingCommunity #reading #StoryGraph #storygraphwrapup #graphicnovels #graphicnovel #amulet #johnlecarre #johnlecarré #reddwarf #silo

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

Why the Dutch are Different by Ben Coates

A Perfect Spy by John le Carré

Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway

The Man In The Rubber Mask by Robert Llewellyn

Small Gods by Terry Pratchett

Waverider by Kazu Kibuishi

We Were Eight Years In Power by Ta-Nahisi Coates

Shift by Hugh Howey

Amulet unveil 'Purification' EP with remixes from Interface, Tragic Impulse, and more #Amulet

https://www.side-line.com/amulet-purification-ep-distortion-productions/

It's like a pile of old treasure, dug up from somewhere. The octopus amulet adds a bit of "cursed" to the treasure, too.

I really like the black clay. It just has such a nice shimmer to it. And together with engobes it can get a kind of "old metal"-look which I really like. I want to experiment a bit more and see if I can make it look like rust. Because I just like the look of rust but it's not really something you can make sculptures or jewelry out of because of sharp edges and how it flakes and stuff.

#clay #stoneware #stonewareclay #pendants #pearls #buttons #claypendant #claypearl #claybutton #blackclay #octopus #cthulhu #amulet #pileoftreasure #jewelry #handmade

Clay pendants, pearls and buttons laying on a table like a pile of old treasure.

This is the back of an amulet devoted to Phra Ngang by Ajarn Perm Rung. It is encrusted with bones from suicide victims. This in Thai #necromantic #magick helps to create a sufficient enough spiritual charge and raw energy to power the #amulet. I wish you all a very #happyhalloween🎃 My #newbook Thai Tattoo Magick is out now on @inner_traditions.

https://books.innertraditions.com/thai-tattoo-magick/

#buddhism #magick #spirituality #travel #necromancy #books

The Legend of Lilith: The Night Demoness

The story of Lilith, especially as told in the medieval text the Alphabet of Ben Sira (circa 700-1000), shows a dark, rebellious female figure who becomes a menacing creature of the night, preying on the vulnerable.

In this version of the creation myth, before Eve was a thing, God made Lilith as Adam’s 1st wife. Lilith was NOT the same as Eve, she wasn’t made from any part of Adam’s body. Lilith was made from the same dust & earth that Adam was made from. Thus making Lilith Adam’s equal.

The conflict begins almost immediately in the legendary Garden of Eden. Adam insisted that Lilith should be the bottom during spicy adult time. Because Adam thought she should be submissive to him.

Lilith wasn’t having any of that. Not one bit. “Why should I lie beneath you? I also was made from dust. Therefore I’m your equal.” She insisted on being the top during spicy adult time.

When Adam tried to force her into submission, Lilith got super angry. She says the ineffable name of God (This is called the Shem-Ha-Meforash). After saying this, she grew wings & flew out of Eden & into the air.

This act of rebellion makes Lilith an outcast & a primal source of sin, not through temptation like Eve. But through defiance of patriarchal & divine order.

Lilith made her home by the Red Sea. This region is traditionally associated with evil spirits. When Adam complained to God about Lilith, God sent 3 angels, named Senoi, Sansenoi, & Sammangelof, to go bring Lilith back to Adam.

The angels found Lilith. They demanded she go back to Adam. The angels threatened to kill Lilith’s kids that would become demons, if she didn’t come back. And she would have 100 per day.

Lilith wasn’t hearing any of this. She refused to go back. Instead, she entered into a terrifying agreement. She accepted the curse of her kids being killed daily. In a devastating retaliation, she vowed to become a demon who would forever roam the world, seeking to harm the offspring of Adam & Eve.

Lilith’s main role in Jewish folklore became the quintessential night hag or succubus. She’s associated with some interesting themes:

The Child-Snatcher: This is what she was most feared for. She stole & unalived newborn infants, especially boys during the first 8 days of life (before their circumcision) & girls during the first 20 days.
The Seducer: Lilith was believed to visit sleeping men in the form of a beautiful demoness. She caused erotic dreams & involuntary emission of men’s love juice. With this “stolen seed,” she would procreate more demonic kids, the lilim.
The Haunter of Solitude: Lilith is said to be particularly dangerous to men who sleep alone in a house, as she may seize them.

The only defense against Lilith’s power was to wear an amulet inscribed with the names of the 3 angels (Senoi, Sansenoi, & Sammangelof) on the arms of women in labor & around the cribs of newborns. This is an ancient tradition of protective magic against a deadly spirit that has clear echoes of the wards & superstitions associated with Halloween.

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#1000 #700 #Adam #AlphabetOfBenSira #Amulet #bible #circumcision #Demoness #Eden #Eve #Halloween #HebrewBible #Kabbalah #Lilim #Lilith #Midrash #NightHag #RedSea #Sammangelof #Sansenoi #Senoi #Succubus

#Blog Benefits of the Phra Khong Amulet – The Legacy of the Lersi of Wat Phra Khong Ruesi.

#buddhism #amulet #magick #Thailand #buddhistpractice #Travel #spirituality

https://sheerzed.me/2025/10/21/benefits-of-the-phra-khong-amulet-the-legacy-of-the-lersi-of-wat-phra-khong-ruesi/

there is always an emergency talisman in the attic

#Talisman #Gems #Amulet #Mystical #Magical #Fantasy #Gold #Wood #Horn #Tied #Textured
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion

on actual stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/there-is-always-an-emergency-talisman-in-the-attic-eris-and-ai.html

A mystical talisman of green and blue glass, encased in ornate silver metalwork with colored embellishments, tied with black string to a wooden horn hanging on a rustic pastel attic wall.

Nuovi portachiavi e spille nello shop!!
Amuleti (Mara e Talos da Skyrim) e il nostro amato Mimichele!
Non poteva mancare la nostra Foca Thor e Eileen the Crow direttamente da bloodborne!!!

https://ko-fi.com/amarantis/shop

#art #artist #traditionalart #digitalart #krita #amulet #skyrim #bloodborne #portachiavi #spille #kofi #kofisharetember

Portachiavi e spille in vendita nello shop di Ko-fi

Candice Night – Dark green fantasy saga

Candice Night has already released newest disk Sea Glass. SeaGlass. Gorgeous disk. Disk 2025 with genre Dreampop. In a way how I get it. This is about dreams and pop music.

https://dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/2025/08/candice-night-unsung-hero-dark-green.html

#candicenight #seaglass #fantasy #fantasysaga #fmv #quest #darkgreen #mystery #cdsingle #videoclip #darkness #personality #amulet #moon #dragons #river #neverwinter #icewinddale #popstar

A horse decorated with what appears to be protection against the evil eye (especially the blue beads) (seen in Damascus, Syria).
(March 1980)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#pFerde, #horses, #animals, #Böser_Blick, #evil_eye, #Amulett, #amulet, #Damascus, #Syria, #Syrien

𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻
Spanish archaeologists have discovered the first trilobite fossil amulet from the Roman Empire - a 450-million-year-old creature transformed into protective jewelry, revealing how Romans used ancient fossils for spiritual protection.
#RomanEmpire #romanartifacts #romanjewelry #amulet
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/roman-trilobite-amulet-0022292

#Archaeologists Found an #Ancient #Fossil That Doubled as a Sacred #Roman #Amulet

💜✨️Friends, this handmade Ukrainian necklace is ready to protect its owner!✨️💜

This beauty of lilac beads and delicate silver angel pendants, complemented by a powerful crescent symbol, is lovingly crafted to be your amulet.✨️🫂
Available in a single copy, can be ordered on Etsy or DM:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4320894611/necklace-lunnytsia-amulet-for-women?ref=shop_home_active_29&frs=1&sts=1&logging_key=e0bc14b1da5dbbdd1227b3b2240300ce620be44c%3A4320894611

Perfect for adding an ethnic touch to your look - for a sense of protection every day!

#handmade #amulet #womensjewelry #madeinukraine #etsy #ukrainiancrafts #protection #giftforher

The Summer Solstice was a good moment to charge my amulets & pendants. 🌞

A few years ago I made a zine about my favourite amulets but maybe I should make a follow-up because I've since acquired some new ones...

More about my solstice experience & altar: https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/summer-solstice-celebrate-litha-the-sun-and-solidarity/

#amulet #witchcraft #pentagram #fedicoven #summersolstice #litha #solstice

Red painted wooden box with the lid pen and two compartments inside. The chains of necklaces with amulets are coming out of the box and laying on a yellow textile surface. Text says: "charging my amulets...".

14 amulets and necklaces laying next to each other on a yellow textile surface. Among them are multiple pentagrams, lunar & solar amulets, references to witches and to Medusa, and two beaded necklaces.

✨️💜Protect your feminine energy with this unique handmade amulet from Ukraine!
This beauty of lilac beads and delicate silver angel pendants, complemented by a powerful crescent symbol, is lovingly crafted to be your amulet.
Available in a single copy, can be ordered on Etsy or DM:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4320894611/necklace-lunnytsia-amulet-for-women?ref=shop_home_active_3&frs=1&sts=1&logging_key=cec1c1f3a8aa9e12b049abca8d4e4542b01a9fe8%3A4320894611

Perfect for adding an ethnic touch to your look - for a sense of protection every day.
Find this and other handmade treasures from Ukraine in my Etsy shop💙💛

#handmade #amulet #womensjewelry

The idea behind Teru teru bōzu likely came from China during the Heian period.
It is said a girl was once sacrificed during a dangerous rain storm so that her spirit could sweep away the clouds in heaven!
People afterwards hung paper images of the girl to shoo away the rain.
#雨 #amulet #folklore

A rainy day and the green maple leaves pop with colour.

Paper cut into vaguely human shapes have long been used as amulets. It was common to transfer impurities onto the 'dolls' before disposing of them.

Clouds swept across the sky at Yasaka Pagoda.

More Witches' Black Lent pride art explorations with this sigil amulet made out of beads, felt, and embroidery.

Find out more at: https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/2025/05/24/pride-witches-black-lent-queerness-idahot/

#witchesblacklent #sigil #embroidery #amulet #pride #queer #witchcraft #fedicoven

One side of the bright pink felt amulet with letter beads that say "neuro queer punk witch" and a charm of a sun in the middle.

The other side of the bright pink felt amulet with an embroidered sigil.

From 1960s Hebron, Palestine, a beaded amulet in circular form

Source : The British Museum, Accession Number As1966,01.835

#BeadSocietyGB #Beads #HistoryOfBeads #WestBank #Hebron #Palestine #BritishMuseum #Amulet #EyeOfEnvy

From 1960s Hebron, Palestine, a beaded amulet in circular form

Created from plain blue, green, amber and black glass beads threaded onto wire which has been bent at the top to form a hook

Three beaded pendants hang from the circle, each pendant has a tassel made from red and green cotton thread

In addition, the centre pendant has a single blue, yellow and white glass bead in the form of an eye, used to ward off the 'eye of envy'

Length: 14.30cm, Weight: 24g, Width: 8.20cm

Source : The British Museum, Accession Number As1966,01.835

#BeadSocietyGB #Beads #HistoryOfBeads #WestBank #Hebron #Palestine #BritishMuseum #Amulet #EyeOfEnvy

Today, I'm wearing a gorgeous Ong Kru Khun Paen #amulet by Ajarn Apichai. It's one of five. It features in my forthcoming book #ThaiTattoo #Magick published by Inner Traditions. This sublime amulet has no less than 23 ingredients and has 3 sources of bone, which have been blessed 19 times. For more information, please follow the links below:

https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Thai-Tattoo-Magick/Sheer-Zed/9798888501719

https://www.innertraditions.com/thai-tattoo-magick