The mirror — Amulet Atlas A disc of polished metal, worn or hung so it faces outward. Two well-documented kinds: the Chinese bagua mirror, octagonal or circular, with the eight trigrams ringed around a flat, convex or concave glass, fixed above… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/mirror-sign/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
Toli — Amulet Atlas A metal disc, brass, copper or bronze, ornamented on one face and polished on the other, worn on a shaman's body. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/toli-mirror/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 33K
Bagua mirror — Amulet Atlas An octagonal or circular plaque with the eight trigrams set around a mirror at its centre. The mirror is flat, convex or concave, and which one it is decides what the object claims to do. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/bagua-mirror/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Foundation deposit — Amulet Atlas Objects buried under a building, at the start of it, by people who did not expect anyone to see them again. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/foundation-deposit/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 40K
The charm in the wall — Amulet Atlas A whole class of amulet was never meant to be seen again. It goes up a chimney, under a floor, above a ceiling, into a roof void, beside a door frame, or into a pit cut before the first course of brick. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/the-charm-in-the-wall/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 40K
The eye everywhere — Amulet Atlas An eye is drawn, moulded, beaded or painted on protective objects from the Tigris to Tijuana, and the temptation is to call that a single human idea. It is not one thing. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/the-eye-everywhere/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 42K
The fake market — Amulet Atlas Buyers at an amulet stall arrive with jeweller's loupes. They are not checking whether the clay is old — the clay is usually old enough. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/the-fake-market/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 42K
The charm goes digital — Amulet Atlas A charm you cannot hold raises every question this atlas asks of a bead, and a few the bead never had to answer. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/the-charm-goes-digital/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 40K
Feeding the charm — Amulet Atlas Giving the object something to consume. Liquor poured on a cloth bag, a lit cigarette in a plaster figure's mouth, rice and salt and water set out in front of a paper talisman, a nail driven into a carved figure… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/feeding-the-charm/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
The swastika problem — Amulet Atlas One shape carries two meanings that cannot be blended and must not be confused. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/the-swastika-problem/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 43K
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