Amulets, Talismans, and Magical Jewelry: A Way to the Unseen, Everpresent, Almighty God

by Barbara Black Koltuv

The second commandment of the Old Testament forbids the making of idols to represent God. However, since human beings have always needed a direct and personal connection to the divine, a way is provided in Exodus when God says, "Make a sanctuary for me and I will come to dwell among you." God goes on to give instructions for building the Ark of the Covenant-the first tribal amulet, not yet personal but still representing the presence of God. From...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892541172
• ISBN13: 9780892541171
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Nicolas-Hays
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Amulets, Talismans and Magical Jewelry

Fascinating ! This book takes a unique perspective on the topic of amulets and talismans , that I have not seen before. Wonderful pictures, well-researched, thought-provoking.

A book for all people

Whether you wear a charm, own a rabbits foot or a mystical scholar you will find much in Barbara Koltuv's book on Amulets Talismans and Magical Jewelry that you never did before as I did. At six when I was left in school I ran home first chance I got. My father took me for a blessing to a Hasidic Rabbi in Brighten Beach in Brooklyn, N.Y. in the 1930's. Besides the blessing Rabbi Yechiel Ashkanazi gave me a kamaiah: It was a Heh, fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet representing God's name. My mother sewed it into a little cloth pouch and hung it around my neck with a string. Reading this book brought me to new level of relationship with that Heh seeing how many people in so many lands who were soothed, protected,and made tranquil by amulets. I will use the book mostly as an encyclopedia yet it is seldom that I open the book anywhere and not get captured by the contents of the page. Charles Roth, Leader of Hasidic Workshops