charms and talismans....hmm...

i just use it as sort of a protection. i tried using a pentacle but it came with a heavy price. now, all i just use is a crucifix

[Muerte]

  Since you already know about some of the seperate sybols of magic there really isn't much that we can tell you.  You want to make a talasman inscibed with runes of power, which is fine, but look into what materials do what in the occult.  Example Jade is supposed to have different properties of Obsidian which has differing properties of Sandstone.  It will be up to you to decipher the intent behind the talisman, trust me, you simply do not want to make an object of power because something looks pretty.  There are a varied assortment of treefrogs that are very pleasing to the eye, and they are as deadly as they are pretty.  One more little tidbit of info for talismans.  Start researching Hoodoo, many of their spells are physically orientated.

[Levinthross]

welllp thanx for the information i think ill shall use them to merely expand my control over the element of water

[Levinthross]

okay i just got a snake skin again any suggestions on what to do with it

[Muerte]

okay i just got a snake skin again any suggestions on what to do with it

  Make a belt.  Actually I'm serious, make a belt, inscibed inside with symbols you wish to use to boister those chacteristics you deem needing a little extra help.

[Levinthross]

awesome idea muerte hey by the way your on enigma to right???

[Muerte]

  Enigma?  Sorry, but I don't follow.

[Levinthross]

engma league which is now realms of magic

[Muerte]

  No I am not, but it something I will have to check out when I return home.  Mind shooting me a url to save me the time of haveing to search about.  Iknow Iknow, it's the lazy way, but I'll only have a 3 day break once I get home so...

[Levinthross]

http://www.realmsofmagic.com
but whili i have you hear what do you think you could make a squirrel into???

[Muerte]

  Stew?   j/k,   you'll have to let me think on it a moment as 1 squirrel dose not possess much skin.  After some thought I would say a bracelet, after you process the pelt of course, inscibe your symbols to the skin side on the pelt, I would suggest branding as opposes to inks.

[Levinthross]

hmmm interesting

[Kadesh]

 No offense... Please don't be upset by this.... but how could you use an animal for that?? I couldn't... I suppose because I'm so closely connected to them. Humans... yeah.. I could do that. Hate most of those lil fukkers. The snake belt... I can even see that.... But a squirrel bracelet?? I'm not following on that one...

[Muerte]

  How?  actualy it's not as barbaric as you would think.  It is tribal belief that when you kill an animal you gain a small spiritual link to its spirit.  Now when I kill an animal, it's always for food, however to ignore using all aspects of your kill is to be considered wasteful, so we eat the meat, make clothing from the skin, use bones for ornimatation (they make nice needles too), teeth, skull, all gets used.  So to use the pelt for a bracelet, one enhanced by personal symbols, well that could hardly be considered horrible could it?  Using human remains for these purposes, well if your into the darker side of magic........

[Kadesh]

 It wasn't the bracelet that I find objectionable, but rather that it wasn't made clear that he is using ALL of the kill. That I can deal with. You shouldn't kill something unless you plan to use all of it. As an example.. my aunt went bear hunting in Kodiak, Alaska. I wasn't thrilled with her answer when I asked what happened to the rest of the bear. (She kept the skin, obviously.) She said she didn't know. Don't know?!?! How the hell can you kill such a magnificent animal and not have planned out what you'll do with ALL of it!?!?!?!


 Sorry... I'm calming down now...