“Amulets and Talismans” by E. A. Wallis Budge (1992 edition)

"Amulets and Talismans" by E. A. Wallis Budge (1992 edition)

"The original texts with translations and descriptions of a long series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim amulets and talismans and magical figures, with chapters on the evil eye, the origin of the amulet, the pentagon, the swastika, the cross (pagan and Christian), the properties of stones, rings, divination, numbers, the Kabbalah, ancient astrology, etc."