Talisman: its nature and meaning
A talisman is an object that carries a force with which it has been imbued
"Tree of life gold and turquoise pendant"
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'People and things are, and will always be, what they are. You cannot change that, but you can use your thoughts and feelings to influence them for good and also, unfortunately, for evil. A magician, whether he practises black or white magic, is someone who is capable of endowing an object with properties that it did not previously possess: he takes elements of his own quintessence and infuses them into the object which, in this way, becomes alive and active. Every object exists by itself, therefore; it does not need you to make it exist. But its existence is neutral; it does need you to endow it with certain qualities. If you pour love and light into an object, it becomes impregnated with your quintessential fluids, and as these belong to a higher plane of existence, it becomes a talisman capable of having a beneficial effect on yourself or anyone else who comes into contact with it. The word ‘talisman’ comes from the Greek word telesma, and telesma is the term used by Hermes Trismegistus when he speaks of ‘the strength of all strengths,’ saying that, ‘Its father is the Sun, its mother the Moon. The Wind carried it in its womb, the Earth is its nurse.’ A talisman, therefore, is an object (gem, flower, insect, ring, bracelet, etc.) which possesses a force with which it has been impregnated either by nature or by a being of exceptional psychic power. Only those who are capable of merging into ‘the strength of all strengths,’ of becoming one with the supreme Being, the Creator, can prepare a truly effective, powerful talisman.
But even you, at your own level, can nourish and strengthen and enhance the virtues of an object by feeding it with your thoughts and love. The goal of every human existence is to become a creator in the image of God, and although, of course, nature already exists, objects exist, it is not we who create them, yet we can imbue them with greater purity and a more powerful, more luminous life. In this way, we can transform a great many objects into talismans. If someone wants to make a talisman, he must know the correspondences between a physical object and the stars or invisible forces and beings. When a magician prepares a talisman, he knows that the metals it is made of and the signs and characters engraved on it make it capable of absorbing and retaining certain forces. In reality, the work of a magus is identical with that of nature: nature fills living beings with a particular essence which others can draw upon, and this is exactly what a magus does. Yes, for it is possible to draw on and use the natural energies that every single thing contains, but we have to know the laws and never use those energies for personal gain.'
"Talisman"
Henryk Siemiradzki - (circa 1880)
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"Tree of life gold and turquoise pendant"
Digital illustration generated by Editions Prosveta S.A.
(click to enlarge)
'People and things are, and will always be, what they are. You cannot change that, but you can use your thoughts and feelings to influence them for good and also, unfortunately, for evil. A magician, whether he practises black or white magic, is someone who is capable of endowing an object with properties that it did not previously possess: he takes elements of his own quintessence and infuses them into the object which, in this way, becomes alive and active. Every object exists by itself, therefore; it does not need you to make it exist. But its existence is neutral; it does need you to endow it with certain qualities.
If you pour love and light into an object, it becomes impregnated with your quintessential fluids, and as these belong to a higher plane of existence, it becomes a talisman capable of having a beneficial effect on yourself or anyone else who comes into contact with it. The word ‘talisman’ comes from the Greek word telesma, and telesma is the term used by Hermes Trismegistus when he speaks of ‘the strength of all strengths,’ saying that, ‘Its father is the Sun, its mother the Moon. The Wind carried it in its womb, the Earth is its nurse.’ A talisman, therefore, is an object (gem, flower, insect, ring, bracelet, etc.) which possesses a force with which it has been impregnated either by nature or by a being of exceptional psychic power. Only those who are capable of merging into ‘the strength of all strengths,’ of becoming one with the supreme Being, the Creator, can prepare a truly effective, powerful talisman.
But even you, at your own level, can nourish and strengthen and enhance the virtues of an object by feeding it with your thoughts and love. The goal of every human existence is to become a creator in the image of God, and although, of course, nature already exists, objects exist, it is not we who create them, yet we can imbue them with greater purity and a more powerful, more luminous life. In this way, we can transform a great many objects into talismans. If someone wants to make a talisman, he must know the correspondences between a physical object and the stars or invisible forces and beings.
"Talisman"
Henryk Siemiradzki - (circa 1880)
(click to enlarge)
When a magician prepares a talisman, he knows that the metals it is made of and the signs and characters engraved on it make it capable of absorbing and retaining certain forces. In reality, the work of a magus is identical with that of nature: nature fills living beings with a particular essence which others can draw upon, and this is exactly what a magus does. Yes, for it is possible to draw on and use the natural energies that every single thing contains, but we have to know the laws and never use those energies for personal gain.'
Text taken from the book "The Book of Divine Magic", chap. 5 "Talismans".
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