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This whole thing was done wholly in run-on text. I formatted it and added a fair number of links. It reads fairly well when done; given that it seems to be a cut and paste job, I am wondering if it is wholly original? --- IHCOYC 18:56 13 Jun 2003 (UTC)

The text in the "Amulets and talismans in folklore" section appears to be very similar to that on the web site [1]. However, the original Wiki article (June 2003) contains text that is not in the web article ("The opposite to an amulet is a jinx"), so maybe the web article was copied from the Wiki one (sometime after Dec 2004)? - MightyWarrior 15:39, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] What is a Talisman?

Is a Talisman simply a synonym for an amulet? --Gil 05:52, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)

As far as I know, the difference between a talisman and a amulet is that a amulet is passivly used (for example providing protection) and a talisman has powers that can be actived when you need them and so is activly used. -- 84.138.135.217 04:25, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
I've always imagined an amulet as something that is worn and a talisman as something that is carried; which, in my mind, matches with what is said in the above comment. Does somebody have a comment on this? -- 19 April 2007

[edit] Whoops

yeah, yeah, I'm the ass who added all the extra information on talismans and put in the box since he doesn't know what he is doing and pressed the save instead of the preview on acident then found he was being told that he was spamming for trying to deleate it and doesn't know how to edit it to take it out of the little box. Hey, I understand talismans, computers are not my expertise. At any rate, the information is good and I will add some links on hermetic/ceremonial talismans when i figure this out. Many thanks for tolerating me. Jaynus _Izanagi 09:17, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

No worry. FWIW, I moved the bit about hermetic talismans from the bottom of the page, and put it under a subheading; while I was at it, I also created a subheading for the material already here. Study the "source code" of the pages, and you will learn the different tricks and incantations used to make them. This article probably does need some help, and references for the various bits of folklore. AAR, you done good. Computers are like amulets and talismans, in that they operate by magic, and are likely to go awry for occult reasons beyond mortal ken. -- Smerdis of Tlön 13:37, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The breakdown

I added some some different categories of talismans used by ancient & Medieval Jews, Christians, and Arabs. Any advice/ comments? -paulHX400W —The preceding unsigned comment was added by PaulHX400W (talk • contribs) 06:40, 7 December 2006 (UTC).


[edit] Healing Power of Gem Stones

There seems to be a whole industry of selling gem stones that have "healing powers". I wonder where these ideas come from. This article was the closest I found in Wikipedia, but it doesn't quite address the issue. 85.216.22.105 19:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talismans in the Abrahamic religions

Since the section "Amulets and talismans in folklore" is awfully long and unstructured, I created this section and moved everything relevant to it there. Most of it is about Jewish tradition, but it is in part too mixed up with the other religions for a separate section.—Graf Bobby 18:33, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Baha'i section

The Baha'i section seems out of place here. It seems to be taken out of context and it's presence on a page like this seems to be more polemic than educational. The important information is already mentioned in Baha'i symbols. I'm going to remove it, and if anybody is interested I can show some references that contradict what's in the section. Cuñado ☼ - Talk 13:49, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jew/Buddhist

The sentence "The similarities between Jewish and Buddhist amulet traditions is striking.", under the section "Talismans in the Abrahamic religions", seems uninformative and superfluous. I propose elaboration or removal (I would like to see examples to this fact), but will leave the actual editing to those better suited than me. Bruno Rosenlund (talk) 21:57, 25 May 2008 (UTC)