How To Make And Use Talismans.pdf

HOW TO MAKE

AND USE

TALISMANS

ISRAEL REGARDIE

LIMITED EDITION

CONTENTS

Page

1. Origin of Talismans ………………………………………………………..……..7

2. How to Overcome Unfavourable Aspects …………………………………..…..24

3. Words of Power ……………………………………………………………..…..28

4. Talismans of the Five Elements …………………………………………..……..32

5. A Practical Example ……………………………………………………..……...40

6. How to Charge the Talisman ……………………………………………..……..47

Appendixes ………………………………………………………………..……..51

Bibliography ………………………………………………………….………....63

DEDICATION

This book was written for Sangreal Foundation

(Dallas, Texas) at the suggestion of Mr. Carr P.

Collins, Jr. It is therefore with pleasure that I

dedicate this work to:

Carr P. Collins, Jr.

and his gracious wife YYVONNE.

CHAPTER ONE

ORIGIN OF TALISMANS

A TALISMAN IS any object, sacred or profane, with or

without appropriate inscriptions or symbols, uncharged or

consecrated by means of appropriate ritual magic or

meditation. Amongst other things it exerts an auto-

suggestive effect on the wearer. It is made to serve a

specific end, to bring good fortune in some area of life, or

to achieve some specifically named goal. An amulet is in

effect no different, save that as a charm it is supposed to

be worn for protection against disease, sickness, ill-

fortune, or witchcraft. For the purpose of this manual, the

word talisman will be the preferred term. In passing, it

should be emphasized that I have no fundamental

objection to the theory of suggestion so long as it is

clearly understood that suggestion cannot implant in or

evoke from the psyche what is not already there.

Suggestion is evocative only of those psycho-spiritual

factors that are innate.

According to the Golden Dawn’s somewhat larger

frame of reference, a talisman ‘is a magical figure

charged with the Force which it is intended to represent.

In the construction of a Talisman, care should be taken to

make it, as far as is possible, so to represent the universal

Forces that it should be in exact harmony with those you

wish to attract, and the more exact the symbolism, the

more easy it is to attract the Force – other things

coinciding, such as consecration at the right time, etc.’

In the West, talismans are traditionally inscribed

with Hebrew words and sentences – demonstrating that

the Qabalah is a major influence – or sometimes with

Latin or Greek. No student should attempt to make any

talisman without having familiarized himself in large

measure with the occult and philosophical principles

underlying the Qabalah. Then he will know something

of the Qabalistic Tree of Life and its philosophy. This

will render unnecessary any protracted examination of

those principles in this time and place.

Some of the books mentioned in the bibiliography

provide sigils and pentacles on which are inscribed

complex symbols and names whose Graeco-Hebrew and

Latin origins are almost impossible to trace.

(Incidentally, the word Sigil merely means ‘signature’.

So that the sigil of an Archangel is really the symbolic

signature of that Being. These sigils were originally

extracted from the traditional Kameas or magical squares,

which will be described in due course.) For our present

purpose, these will have to be ignored, since what is

required beyond all other things is a system which is

clear, sensible and workable.

Symbols of a wide variety from almost every

conceivable source are employed to provide character and

to give specificity to the dynamic purpose for which the

talisman has been constructed. Planetary and zodiacal

symbols are most common.

In addition, symbols and designs have been freely

developed from the basic sixteen geomantic symbols

whose origin is lost in the dimness of time past. These

sixteen symbols, though attributed to the twelve signs and

seven planets, may still be further reduced to the four

elements, as indicated on a chart in the appendix.

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