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
Agadez cross — Amulet Atlas A cast pendant, usually silver, with a ring or loop at the top and a flared, spreading body below — sometimes a cross, more often a shape between a cross and a shield. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/tuareg-cross/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
The ex-voto wall — Amulet Atlas Small painted panels hung in ranks inside a church, each showing one bad moment — a cart going over, a fever bed, a boat under a wave — with the saint who intervened floating in the top corner and a line of handwriting… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/art/ex-voto-wall/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
juju — Amulet Atlas In central West Africa — Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Cameroon, Ghana — juju names a body of practice and the objects and spells inside it. In looser English it means magical properties dealing with luck, good or bad. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/juju-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 31K
Ketef Hinnom silver scrolls — Amulet Atlas Two sheets of silver, tiny, rolled tight, each scratched with a passage of the Priestly Blessing from the Book of Numbers. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/ketef-hinnom-scrolls/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
The lion — Amulet Atlas A lion's head on a human body, a lioness's paws on a hippopotamus, or a lion reared up on its hind legs. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/lion/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 36K
The Barkhor — Amulet Atlas A ring of street about a kilometre round, circling the Jokhang temple in the old city of Lhasa. It is at once the city's commercial centre and a circuit walked as devotion. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/place/barkhor-lhasa/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 43K
Traditions — Amulet Atlas The whole practice a charm belongs to, and who is entitled to make one. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/traditions/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 31K
Wearing hidden — Amulet Atlas The rule that a charm is not to be seen. Hoodoo mojo bags are made for one person and kept on that person, out of sight: men in a trouser pocket, women clipped to the bra, either pinned to clothing below the waist. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/wearing-hidden/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K