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An Amulet/Good Luck Charm meaning "an object that protects a person from trouble", is a close cousin of the Talisman, from the Greek, which means "To initiate into the mysteries", consists of any object intended to bring Good Luck and/or protection to its owner. Potential Amulets include: gems or simple stones, statues, coins, drawings, pendants, rings, plants, animals, etc., even words said on certain occasions, - for example - Namo Tassa Bhagahato Arahato Samma Sambuddhasa, are used to repel evil or bad luck.

Amulets and Talismans vary considerably according to their time and place of origin. A religious amulet might be the figure of a certain god or holy monk. In Thailand one can commonly see people with more than one Buddha image hanging from their necks. Every zodiacal sign corresponds to a gem that acts as an Amulet, but these stones vary according to different traditions.

An ancient tradition in Chinainvolves capturing a cricket live and keeping it in an osier box to attract Good Luck (this tradition extended to the Philippines).

Figures of elephants are said to attract Good Luck and Money if one offers bank notes to them.

In India small bells make demons flee by their sound in the wind or when a door or window opens. Amulets are also worn on the upper right arm to protect the person wearing it. In fact this method was more popular in ancient India than wearing it as a pendant or around the neck.

Buddhism has a deep and ancient Talismanic tradition. In the earliest days of Buddhism, just after the Buddha's death in circa 485 B.C., amulets bearing the symbols of Buddhism were common. Symbols such as conch shells, the footprints of the Buddha, and others were commonly worn.

After the second century B.C. Greeks began carving the actual image of the Buddha. These were hungrily acquired by the native Buddhists in India, and the tradition spread.

In addition to protection against supernatural powers, amulets are also used for protection against other people. For example, soldiers and those involved in other dangerous activities may use Good Luck Charms to increase their luck.

Amulets can be found among people of every nation and social status. They can be seen in Jewelry-artisan fairs, museums, shops and homes.

To gain "maximum" power, the amulet and its ingredients have to be prayed over by monks for days. A top-of-the-range gold-leaf edition Amulet from a well-respected temple, costs 10,000 baht or more, (300-325 dollars), more than a month's wages for many Thai's.

The nation of 65 million people, most of whom remain very superstitious despite the rapid modernization of places such as Bangkok, has spent more than 20 million baht (625,000 to 650,000 dollars) on the Amulets/Good Luck Charms this year, newspapers say.

The scale of the phenomenon is now so large the Thai Revenue Department is looking into ways of taxing Amulet sales despite a convention that donations or money going to Buddhist temples are exempt from tax.

An Amulet/Good Luck Charm is instilled with magical qualities that keep away bad spirits. Usually worn around the neck or seen in ring form, amulets are also seen on dashboards and rear view mirrors of cars. Amulets/Good Luck Charms are particularly big in Southeast Asia.

Buddhist amulets/good luck charms have been worn for centuries in Thailand. Nowadays it seems almost every Thai has at least one. The Amulets are said to ward off evil spirits and bring Good Luck and Prosperity. In Buddhist countries Amulets are blessed by monks, usually one held in high regard by Thai society.

The prestige of an Amulet/Good Luck Charm is based on:

Who made it?

Where it was made?

The material it was made from

The beauty of the Amulet

It's reputation for bringing Good Luck

Thai amulets are not just made on a factory assembly line. Instead most amulets from Thailand are made by long time monks, who use their experience to cast spells, make sacred scripts (included in the amulet) and create magical pictures for them.

One of the lesser know facts about Thai Buddhist amulets/good luck charms, is the monks use ashes of old and sacred handwritten books as part of their magical ingredients. Each Thai amulet/good luck charm is really unique and each serves the purpose of protecting the one who wears it.

Those who wear protective amulets/good luck charms generally believe that an impersonal power is inherent in them. Although many rational and scientific minded people may scoff at those who wear them, millions of people world wide still wear them and believe in their powers.

Researched and written by Dr. Williaml Callaway, PhD. Visit his blog:
http://luckycharms-thailand.blogspot.com

Love With Crystal I – Limpid and Brilliant Crystal Jewelry

Through the ages, there’s nothing like crystal as the purest thing in the world. It is often be described as a virgin girl's tears, also as stars in the sky of the summer nights, wisdom fruits of the saints, elites of the earth and all. People also endow a lot of beautiful fairy tales with crystal, repose symbols, hopes and pieces of mystery on her.

As one kind of ancient jewels, crystal is known and reputed as "water spirit", "water jade" and "Buddha stone". No woman will deny the beauty of crystal, whose visible transparent texture and engaging mysterious character, all attract each soul of beauty lover. At the turn period of winter to spring, crystal jewelry thus become women’s favorite jewelry, whether you are a elegant and intellectual lady, or a unruly wild woman, crystal can give you a good chance to perform and display your special charms and unique beauty.

Crystal Necklace
– Wearing elegant crystal necklace and enjoying a soft and tender woman’s exquisite life

As a sort of jewelry, with its transparent, clear, dreamful and shining quality and characters, crystal necklace has conquered countless women’s soul.

In general crystal necklace can be divided into amethyst necklace, black crystal necklace, natural crystal necklace and white crystal necklace.

Amethyst necklace, she is so mysterious and noble to serves as a foil to women’s perfect temperaments and to display women attractive charms, and let you become the outstanding point of fashion.

Crystal Bracelet
- Saying girls’ sweet minds and display your personalized style, wearing a piece of crystal bracelet, everything you do will be beautiful and fashionable.

To wear a piece of crystal bracelet, you should notice that there’s a traditional custom that bracelet made of absorbent quality crystals should be worn on the left hand, while projective crystals should to be worn on the right hand.

Colorful crystal bracelets of surpassing brilliance are made of fine quality crystal material and created with superb technique. The combination of colorful crystal diamonds is dazzling, noble and gorgeous, wearing on the wrist could make you shining and show your unique beauty.

Crystal Ankle Bracelet

Crystal ankle bracelet is one of a popular jewelry that caters for young ladies’ favor, it mainly suitable for wearing in informal occasions. There’s a legend that if you send a piece of anklet bracelet to your lover, you two will be together in the next life.

Crystal Hair Pin
--- gracious and distinguished

A crown shape hair grip made of crystal or pearls is all along the first choice of brides that used for outstanding their shiny beauty and elegant temperaments when they doing hairs, in this year you may use a crystal crown hairpin to be a more stylish bride.

Crystal Earrings
--- Lively and gorgeous

Clear and clean crystal earrings, created out by elaborate carving technique and careful inlaid process, it bunched and suspending from ears, and has become a romantic element that is exquisite, lovely, and fashion ladies are difficult to tear themselves away.

As a wholly apposite ornament, with bright shining charms…it’s lively as well as gracious, crystal earrings fully demonstrate women's temperaments of purity and romance, it suitable for an elegant woman who has predominant characters.

Crystal Pendant
--- a cute holy treasure of the nature

Transparent white crystal pendant, it is romantic and casual, whose design ideas are mostly focused on sweet and leisure moods of little women, they are so much changes in the styles that amazing a lot, as small and fine, crystals can bring finishing touches to the apparel fashion.

Crystal Brooch
--- Dream colored and brilliant

Brooch has been relatively lonely long in the jewelry world, but in this season you may use a piece of brilliant and dream colored crystal brooch freely to add fashion tints on the chest.

Crystal brooches in this season are still concentrated on designs of fabulous nature as flowers and animals, they could fully bring you rich dynamic feelings and make you outstanding luminous.

If you are going to be a bride, as long as to use a little creative mind and some imaginations, for example, in the neck, on the shoulder, also you can pin it differently on some special places, and matched with a piece of right wedding gown, then you can become attractive much and indelible.

Ending Remarks:

There’s a song singing that: "The love between you and me is just like crystal, it’s so clean and transparent that there are no burdens and secrets in". Crystal in legend is the tears of angels that falling into the ordinary world, it’s the most limpid nutrients that could guide you to walk through the happy days quietly.

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help with history of some Thai Gods?

I just saw a couple of pendants in a Thai shop and thought they were interesting. Can anyone tell me the english translation of these names so that I can look these figures up and learn history? there were the thai names the vendor gave me: Phra Laut (a buddha), Luang Phor Koon (a monk), and Phra See Ho (looks like an elephant god).

Thanks in advance!

Phra Laut = พระรอด
http://www.thai-amulets.com/Article_deta…
http://passionthaiamulets.blogspot.com/2…

Luang Phor Koon = หลวงพ่อคูณ
http://6rbtata.com/view/LnpXGYgv0So/Luan…
http://www.myamulet.com/product-th-18161…

I have no idea for Phra See Ho.
The elephant god which is popular in Thailand is Indian god : Ganesha (พระพิฆเนศ or พระพิฆเนศวร)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha

Hope it helps!

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