taweez — Amulet Atlas The word across the Muslim world for a worn written charm and, by extension, for the object it is folded into: a pendant, letters carved on metal, a framed prayer. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/taweez-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
Sewing in — Amulet Atlas Putting the charm inside the cloth rather than on a cord. A pouch is stitched shut over what it holds; coins and hair are sewn into a belt; a charm is quilted into a bedcover; a shirt is itself the charm, worn under… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/sewing-in/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K
Lead — Amulet Atlas A soft grey metal, cheap, heavy, and soft enough to scratch with a stylus and then fold in the hand. It is also poisonous, which is the whole of its modern story. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/lead/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 35K
Tha Phrachan amulet market — Amulet Atlas Bangkok's main amulet market, running in the lanes beside Thammasat University and the Chao Phraya river pier of the same name. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/place/tha-phrachan/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 42K
Phra khrueang — Amulet Atlas A small pressed image of the Buddha, a revered monk, a bodhisattva or a deva — a tablet a couple of centimetres across, in plaster, metal, wood or bone, often with ash, a monk's hair or temple relics in the mix. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/phra-khrueang/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 40K
nazar — Amulet Atlas A word for a glance that has ended up as the name of a glass disc. Naẓar in Arabic is sight, surveillance, attention. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/nazar-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
Paper — Amulet Atlas The cheapest surface a charm can be written on, and the one that lets a charm be printed. Paper amulets are issued, folded, sealed into cases, pasted to doors, swallowed, and burnt at the end of a year. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/paper/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
The word that reads both ways — Amulet Atlas Writing arranged so its shape is part of the instruction. Two forms carry most of it. ABRACADABRA is written as a triangle, a letter dropped from each line, worn on parchment at the neck. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/palindrome-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 39K
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
Lung ta prayer flag — Amulet Atlas A square or oblong of coloured cloth, printed from a woodblock, sewn along its top edge to a long string with others. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/lungta-flag/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
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