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Amulets To Ward Off Illness
Traditional medicine is indistinguishable from magic, using sympathetic principles, the doctrine of signatures, and the planetary attributes of gemstones as a means of treating illness, disorders, and disease. Religious talismans used in traditional medicine include the Tau cross, which in northern Europe was conflated with the Hammer of Thor and the ax of Saint Olaf, and the Agnus Dei, a talisman bearing the Christian emblems of the Lamb and Flag.
Traditionally gems are worn amuletically as remedies to stave off illness or as treatments for existing ones. They may remind the wearer of the beneficent power of his or her gods and exhort the wearer to live a life according to religious precepts. Gems may be used singly or in combination with other gems or amulets of a different kind. Gems engraved with particular sigils, words, or images act with a specific purpose. ....

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