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
Akua'ba — Amulet Atlas A small wooden figure with a large flat disc for a head, a ringed neck and a short body, usually with arms out to the sides. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/akuaba-figure/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 31K
Chinese charm coin — Amulet Atlas A cast bronze disc with a hole through it, shaped like a Chinese cash coin and never spendable as one. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/charm-coin/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 40K
apotropaic — Amulet Atlas The scholar's adjective, and nobody's own. No wearer calls a bead apotropaic. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/apotropaic-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
Hagstone — Amulet Atlas A stone with a hole worn right through it by water, usually flint, usually glassy. Nobody makes one: a hagstone is found, on a beach or in a field, and a stone holed by human hand does not count. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/hagstone/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K
The market stall sign — Amulet Atlas Whatever tells a buyer, before they reach the tray, what is on it: a painted board, a hand-lettered product name on a jar, a certificate propped against a case, or — in the oldest arrangement — the name of the street… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/art/market-stall-sign/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
Takrut — Amulet Atlas A tube. A thin sheet of metal or a strip of palm leaf is inscribed with yant — sacred geometry and Pali phrases — then rolled tight into an elongated scroll and bound with cord, or sealed in a case. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/takrut/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K
Siegfried Seligmann — Amulet Atlas German ophthalmologist and independent scholar, 1870–1926, who wrote the largest survey of the evil eye anybody has attempted. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/person/siegfried-seligmann/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 28K
The swastika — Amulet Atlas An equilateral cross with each arm bent at a right angle, so the figure has four-fold rotational symmetry and no mirror symmetry. It comes in two mirror forms: right-facing 卐 and left-facing 卍. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/swastika-sign/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 46K
The tooth and the claw — Amulet Atlas A tooth, a tusk or a claw, pierced or mounted and hung. Sometimes the animal part is left as it came off the animal; sometimes it is carved past recognition. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/tooth-and-claw/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
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