Burning at retirement — Amulet Atlas Ending a charm in fire, on purpose and in public. Old talismans go back to the place that issued them and are burnt together at a set ceremony; wish-plaques are burnt to release the wish; worn prayer flags are burnt… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/burning-retirement/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
West African charm craft — Amulet Atlas Not one practice but a shelf of them, made by different specialists for different clients across Benin, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Niger and Cameroon: written Qur'anic charms sewn into cloth sacks; assembled… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/west-african-charm-craft/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 41K
Mercado de Brujas de Gamarra — Amulet Atlas A row of esoteric stalls inside the Gamarra clothing district of La Victoria, Lima, along Avenida Aviación. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/place/mercado-de-las-brujas-lima/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 40K
Carnelian — Amulet Atlas A brownish-red to orange chalcedony — silica, coloured by impurities of iron oxide — hard enough to take a polish and to hold a cut line. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/carnelian/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
omamori — Amulet Atlas The Japanese word for a shrine or temple charm, and a rare case of a name that says who is doing the protecting rather than what the thing is made of. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/omamori-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 28K
The Lovett collection — Amulet Atlas Trays and cases of small, worn, mostly cheap charms picked up in London streets between the 1890s and the 1920s by Edward Lovett, and the pictures made of them since: objects laid out in rows on plain grounds, each with… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/art/lovett-collection/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
Martenitsa — Amulet Atlas Twisted white and red yarn, most often made into two small wool dolls: Pizho, the male one, mostly white; Penda, the female one, mostly red and wearing a skirt. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/martenitsa/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Daruma — Amulet Atlas A hollow papier-mâché figure, round, weighted at the base so it rights itself when knocked over, usually red, with a bearded scowling face and two oversized white eyes left blank. Sold with no pupils. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/daruma/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
ward — Amulet Atlas The English verb for what the carriers of every object in this atlas say it does. Ward off: fend off, repel, turn aside. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/ward-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
Ethiopian talismanic scroll — Amulet Atlas A long strip of parchment — goat or sheep hide, soaked, dried, stretched, scraped and washed until it takes ink — painted with prayers in Ge'ez and with talismanic drawings, then rolled. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/ethiopian-magic-scroll/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
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