Protective Magic

2 books featuring this theme

Protective magic uses apotropaic symbols, words, and rituals to avert harm. It operationalizes belief in causal efficacy of signs.

Litany of Re cover

Litany of Re

Anonymous

1200-1100 BCE

Egyptian

Ritual of the Bacabs cover

Ritual of the Bacabs

Anonymous

1700-1800 CE

Mesoamerican, Mayan