{"collection":"Symbols","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot04_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot04_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot04_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/sym/bot/bot04.htm","summary":"Introduction.\u2014The Psychic and Magnetic Influence of Talismans and Gems. From remotest times, back even to the birth of humanity, Precious Stones and Talismans have been held in high estimation by all nations; the former, primarily because of their beauty, and the latter on account of their virtues, as transmitters of good luck and to avert misfortune. The association of Gems with power, civil and religious, has ever been noticeable; and to the fascination of antiquity may be added the\u2026","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"The Book of Talismans: Part I. Amulets and Talismans: Chapter I","tradition":"Symbols","translated_text":null,"word_count":2129}