TALISMAN  , a magical See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm . The word is often used as a See also:

• TERM

term synonymous with See also:

• AMULET (Late Lat. amuletum, origin unknown; falsely connected with the Arab. himdlah, a cord used to suspend a small Koran from the neck)

amulet (q.v.), but strictly should be applied to an inanimate See also:

• OBJECT

object which is supposed to possess a supernatural capacity of conferring benefits or See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers, an amulet being that which protects or wards off evil (see MAGIC) . The most See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form which the talisman took in See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval or later times was that of a disk of See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal or See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone engraved with astrological figures, or with magical formulae, of which See also:

• ABRAXAS, or ABRASAX

Abraxas (q.v.) and See also:

• ABRACADABRA

Abracadabra (q.v.) are the most See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar . The word is derived through the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish from Arab. tilsamdn, plural of tilsam, an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of Gr. r X rjsa, See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment, outlay (from mXeiv, to accomplish), used in See also:

• LATE

Late Gr. of an See also:

• INITIATION (Lat. inilium, beginning, entrance, from mire, to go in)

initiation or See also:

• MYSTERY (Gr. µw(Trilpcov, from tcuvrm, an initiate, µfew, to shut the mouth)

mystery and in Med . Gr. of a charm .