Talisman

And that'll be an opportunity to pick up the limited edition sprayed edges, spot varnished, gorgeous interior hardcover.

And then also some of the Book One Witch Talismans will be available.

Some of the Talismans from Book Two with the Scions will also be available.

And this is actually going to be a co-release with the second volume of the soundtrack.

And I am super stoked about that.

So Matt creates it, and such impressive stuff on your website, Matt.

Just all the various things you make, the talismans you make.

I mean, you got them in categories for different use cases.

And it just seems wild.

Yes, I do.

Yeah, absolutely.

And, you know, the general rule of thumb for people that are maybe new to interacting with talismans is let's have a look at your birth chart, your astrological chart.

Let's see where all the planets are in that chart.

I produced a large ziplock bag from the drawer and held it up for Zack to see.

Somebody had slapped a piece of tape on the front and written, Talismans and Black Sharpie across it.

Zack scoffed as I plucked out a tarnished gold amulet inscribed with some sort of ancient writing.

Really, you're buying into this? Sort of, I mean, what are you afraid of? Being a little too fashionable.

Semen, S-E-A-M-E-N. Soliloquies, S-O-L-I-L-O-Q-U-I-E-S.

Talismans, T-A-L-I-S-M-A-N-S. Ignis-fatui, I-G-N-E-S hyphen F-A-T-U-I.

Beau or beau, B-E-A-U-X or B-E-A-U-S. Henrys, H-E-N-R-Y-S. Stepsons, S-T-E-P hyphen S-O-N-S.

Miss Francesses, M-I-S-S-F-R-A-N-C-E-S-S-E-S.

because I haven't taken any of them but yes also reading V's Siobhan Reedus aka V because we want to interview her so at some point that will be happening and as Melissa said our friends Lori Lytle and Tina Hart Tina's got a deck out with Carrie but I've got both of these that I've got to read and review

Yeah, Tarot and Talismans is actually on my TBR pile as well.

I wanted to take it out, but I feared a collapse of the book fort if I were to do that.

That's fair.

Seamen, S-E-A-M-E-N. Soliloquies, S-O-L-I-L-O-Q-U-I-E-S.

Talismans, T-A-L-I-S-M-A-N-S. Ignis-fatuæ, I-G-N-E-S hyphen F-A-T-U-I.

Beaux or beaux, B-E-A-U-X or B-E-A-U-S. Henrys, H-E-N-R-Y-S. Stepsons, S-T-E-P hyphen S-O-N-S.

Miss Francesses, M-I-S-S F-R-A-N-C-E-S-S-E-S.

Kind of.

I mean, so... you're you're pretty much spot on uh the only thing i'll add to it is it's just kind of like a side of pretentiousness because it's a it's a way for them and this is usually why they especially why like the witches and stuff will do it is to set themselves apart from you know like stage magicians or like in the 90s it was really big in the occult communities to do this because of like magic gathering and stuff um and so it's literally just a way to like set us apart and show us that we're the real magicians you know like that's literally all it is so and yeah Crowley's the one that started it so it's a nod to him and yeah as far as I understand um crowley did just kind of misspell it one time and i think he just kind of stuck with it because he thought it looked badass so it's just retard stuff you know there's nothing cool about it it's just it is what it is um and so yeah damien creates talismans all the time um which is uh it's a form of sigil magic um drawing heavily on western esoteric traditions including the teachings of the hermetic order of the golden dawn these visual symbols and painted artworks serve as spiritual porter portals intended to manifest specific energies such as protection healing or transformation In traditional occultism and ceremonial magic, the Jupiter Talismans are primarily used to invoke luck, wealth, abundance, expansion, and success.

Um, it's a little bit darker than that.

Uh, but I mean, that's, it's kind of like surface level stuff.