A Devotaj Sacred Arts Source Sheet

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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
  • Prosperity Shrine/Amulet
  • Dream Incubation Amulet
  • Kesharim Bundle Style Amulets
  • Sacred Seals

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.