Generally known as good luck charms, talismans and amulets allow us to contact our inner-self and to draw beneficial energy towards us so that we can find answers to our hindrances in life and to achieve our desires. Basically they have the ability to trigger a positive way of thinking that will help in goal achievement.
I think that almost everyone at some point in their life has put their faith in an item or symbol that they think may bring them good fortune. For a very long time I put my trust in a tiny teddy bear that my grandmother gave me when I was a toddler. For many years I turned up for acting auditions and various kinds of examinations with this tiny teddy bear in my pocket. I really believed in this lucky bear because I was convinced it was lucky for me. Eventually this teddy bear became dishevelled dirty and fell apart. To show my respect for this bear, for all the years of luck it had bestowed on me I gave it a fitting funeral in my back garden complete with a head stone and flowers. I don't really know whether the bear did have any extraordinary talismanic asset but I do know that my own self-assurance in it calmed my nerves and, enhanced my examinations and acting auditions.
All through the ages, people have made use of symbols and gemstones as talismans, or amulets. They were considered to have the ability to keep one safe from evil spirits or to draw benevolent ones. If you think about it, symbols have always been present in our daily lives. They permit us to deal with a great quantity of facts quickly. Instant decisions can be made just by a quick glance at a road signs. We dream in symbols; attach brand names with an assortment of different meanings. Also, think about it, every time we read a book we convert the letters on the page into something we can understand.
Did you know that in all parts of the world people still continue to believe in the magical powers of talismans and amulets this is because they arouse a related self-assurance in people from different walks of life. The reason this is because most people sense they need a bit more additional assistance to deal with the stresses and anxieties of existing in this world.
But does the effectiveness of a talismans and amulets just depend on the total belief its possessor assigns to it? Some people believe that talismans exist in their own right; which, when I think about it, is probably something that my late lamented teddy bear did not have. Some believe that talismans and amulet are supposed to have a paranormal power which is their very own. Ok, they may work by motivating their possessor's mind to achieve their desire, it is true. But could they also succeed in bringing about an outcome, not just because of the self-assurance they arouse in a person, but because of their innate magical powers these talismans and amulets have?
The meaning of the word talisman comes from the Greek verb, teleo: which basically means to achieve, or generate. The talisman is an object marked with certain mystical signs, numbers or letters and is thought to bestow on its creator or possessor the ability to attract certain energies that will help in achieving a certain goal. Almost every religion through-out history has given its believers articles which are supposed to be able to help the possessor to achieve their goals. These goals can be anything varying from personal protection, success in love, healing, or achievement in a new business ventures.
A talisman is supposed to work like a self-recharging battery drawing a certain type of energy to its self. The precise characteristics of this energy all hinges on the person's motives for requiring the talisman. As soon as the talisman has been energised, it will then go on to draw a current of related energy from the cosmos. So, even though a talisman is utilising energy in advancing the reason for which it was created, it is, at the same time, also drawing into itself adequate new energy to maintain that purpose. So a talisman operates in a positive way, drawing to it the forces needed to produce whatever outcome its creator wishes.
What is the difference between an amulet and a talisman? (Amulet from the Latin word amuletum, which means an object providing safety) well, and amulet has the more negative task of defusing undeniable energies before they can produce an unwanted outcome. If you think about it they basically both accomplish the same outcome: an amulet which keeps off the energy of bad luck is, doing the same job as a talisman which goes out to acquire the energy of good luck. Amulets come in varied forms: any-thing from gemstones, pebbles, statuettes, pictures, clothing basically anything that you feel that is lucky for you even animals. Good Luck!
