Cosmic Reference Library Source Sheet
General Amulets in Judaism
Devotaj Source Sheets
- Amulets for Anxiety (Devotaj Source Sheet)
- Incantation Bowls (Devotaj Source Sheet)
Online Resources
- Magic Spells: a Research Workshop on Hebrew Amulets
- Collection of 120 Jewish amulets
- Amulets – Jewish Virtual Library
- Encyclopedia Judaica entries about Amulets
- Magnes Collection
Books
- Ritual Medical Lore of Sephardic Women: Sweetening the Spirits, Healing the Sick.
- Maggie Anton’s novels about Rav Hisda’s daughter
- Hebrew Amulets, Their Decipherment and Interpretation (amazon)
This is out of print and a bit hard to find
Ketzirah’s Private Library
- Late antique, early christian and jewish gems – magic amulets
- Practical Kabbalah: Amulets Amulets In Jewish Culture
- Protecting Babies, traditions renewed
- Evil Eye
- Use of Scripture in Practical Kabbalah
- Jewish Healing and Magic
- Scripture in Amulets – reference
- Angels & Demons – catalog notes
- The Use of Engraved Gems and Rings in Ancient Jewish Magic
- Jewish Amulets
Magic Incantation Bowl Amulets
Ketzirah’s Private Library
- Curse or Blessing, What’s in a Magic Bowl
- Hekhalot Literature and Shamanism
- Naming Demons: The Aramaic Incantation Bowls and Gittin
Books
- Amulets and Magic Bowls: Aramaic Incantations of Late Antiquity
- Magic Spells and Formulae: Aramaic Incantations of Late Antiquity
Online Resources
- Virtual Magic Bowl Archive (Exeter University)
- Incantation Bowl (Library of Congress)
Jewish Amulet Examples
- Childbirth amulet from Persia
- Alef-bet birth certificate amulet
- Shiviti Amulet
- Child birth protection amulet from India
- Flower of life amulet
- Bronze mask amulet
- Pictures from “Angels & Demons”
- Devotaj Examples with Explanations
Non-Jewish or Mixed Amulets
Ketzirah’s Private Library
- A Guide to Ancient Magic (Gideon Bohak)
- Amulets in the Ancient World (Gideon Bohak)
- Binding Words – Textual Amulets in the Middle Ages
- Seven Seals of Judeo-Islamic Magic
- Islamic Traveler’s Amulet
Books
- Body Guards: Protective Amulets & Charms Protective Amulets and Charms by Desmond Morris
Note: a few problematic bits in this book. - Amulets, Talismans, and Magical Jewelry: A Way to the Unseen, Everpresent, Almighty God by Barbara Black Koltuv
- Amulets and Superstitions by Wallis Budge
Note: this is from the early 20th Century and there’s some off-putting racist elements in a couple of chapters.
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