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Creating Beauty To Cure the Soul: Race and Psychology in the Shaping of Aesthetic Surgery
by Sander L. GilmanWhy do physicians who've taken the Hippocratic Oath willingly cut into seemingly healthy patients? How do you measure the success of surgery aimed at making someone happier by altering his or her body? Sander L. Gilman explores such questions in Creating Beauty to Cure the Soul, a cultural history of the connections between beauty of body and happiness of mind. Following these themes through an impressive range of historical moments and players, Gilman traces how aesthetic alterations of the body have been used to "cure" dissatisfied states of mind. In his exploration of the striking parallels between the development of cosmetic surgery and the field of psychiatry, Gilman entertains an array of philosophical and psychological questions that underlie the more practical decisions rountinely made by doctors and potential patients considering these types of surgery. While surveying and incorporating the relevant theories of Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, Karl Menninger, Paul Schilder, contemporary feminist critics, and others, Gilman considers the highly unstable nature of cultural notions of health, happiness, and beauty. He reveals how ideas of race and gender structured early understandings of aesthetic surgery in discussions of both the "abnormality" of the Jewish nose and the historical requirement that healthy and virtuous females look "normal," thereby enabling them to achieve invisibility. Reflecting upon historically widespread prejudices, Gilman describes the persecutions, harrassment, attacks, and even murders that continue to result from bodily difference and he encourages readers to question the cultural assumptions that underlie the increasing acceptability of this surgical form of psychotherapy. Synthesizing a vast body of related literature and containing a comprehensive bibliography, Creating Beauty to Cure the Soul will appeal to a broad audience, including those interested in the histories of medicine and psychiatry, and in philosophy, cultural studies, Jewish cultural studies, and race and ethnicity.
Creating Business Magic: How the Power of Magic Can Inspire, Innovate, and Revolutionize Your Business
by Eugene Burger David Morey John E. McLaughlinAchieve Exceptional Results and Beat Your Competition"… how the power of magic can ignite your own imagination, power through barriers, and get way ahead of any competition." ?David Copperfield, American magician#1 New Release in Organizational ChangeFirst comes the magic, and then the magic becomes the realityWe are all capable of magic. You may think you know what magic is. Abracadabra, hocus-pocus. Forget about it. Magic is what human beings do. It’s just that some do it a lot better than others.Key business strategy secrets from the world's greatest magicians. This book takes everything that three remarkable authors?a corporate strategist, a former acting CIA director, and a world-renowned magician?have learned about magic and packs it into a unique framework that captures the best of this art form. Then the book relates it directly to key lessons applicable to a wide variety of business enterprises. The authors’ objective is not to create a new generation of magicians, but to adapt nine strategies of the world’s greatest magicians; bolstering innovation, energizing leadership, and sparking business success.Magic and disruptive innovation. Each chapter opens with a scenario depicting a pivotal historic moment in magic (think Harry Houdini, Doug Henning, Penn and Teller, David Copperfield) and uses it as a starting point to explore how the magical technique employed can create a fertile environment for industry, disruptive innovation, and propel a company light years ahead of the competition.Learn how to:Anticipate the next trendsCreate remarkable new productsLaunch marketing and advertising campaigns that will mesmerizeMake dazzling sales presentationsResolve seemingly unsolvable business dilemmasInspire teams with resilient change leadershipIf you have read Creating Magic by Lee Cockerell or Bored and Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi, you'll want to read Creating Business Magic.
Creating Community Health: Interventions for Sustainable Healthcare
by Simon LennaneThis important book explores how community-based interventions can bridge the gap between health services and the voluntary sector to create more sustainable, healthy communities. Moving beyond a technologically driven, medicalised approach to healthcare, the book shows how social prescribing can provide a direct pathway to improving community health, embracing connection and challenging inequality. Written by a practicing GP, and illustrated through practical guidance, it demonstrates how this can offer a cost-effective, preventative means to improving health outcomes, enabling communities to be more resilient when confronting major issues such as climate change or pandemics. Building to a case study of how these methods were used in one town, Ross-on-Wye, the book will be invaluable reading for those working in healthcare, public health, local authorities, and the voluntary sector, as well as students and researchers interested in these areas.
Creating Compassionate Change in School Communities: Leading Together to Address Everyday Suffering in Schools
by Thupten Jinpa Sona Dimidjian William R. Penuel Ashley Seidel PotvinAddressing everyday suffering in schools through compassion Compassion and dignity provide an essential framework for building caring and inclusive schools. Many books focus on what teachers can do as individuals; Creating Compassionate Change in School Communities is different. This book focuses both on how educators can cultivate compassion within themselves and lead together to cultivate humanizing school environments. Teachers, librarians, counselors, resource specialists, mental health professionals, and social workers who are working to create conditions for compassion and dignity in schools are all leaders who can impact change. Offering concrete evidence and case studies that showcase the power of compassion to create flourishing school communities and rejuvenate education, the book will help all educators better serve K-12 students with school cultures that promote healing. Compassion can be cultivated, dignity can be affirmed, and leaders need skillful means to do so—tools and practices that can help them develop compassion for themselves and others and see their own dignity and that of others. Experiment and engage in meditation practices to strengthen personal capacity for mindfulness and compassion and the application to the classroom and school communities Engage in hands-on writing exercises and self-reflection questions educators can ask themselves and then apply their personal growth to influence school policies and climate Gain perspective on compassion in schools through a multidisciplinary lens drawing from contemplative practices, psychology, and organizational change theory Learn from stories and examples of K-12 educators who have exemplified compassion in action While we cannot fully address all the suffering that is happening in schools today, educators do have the power to work within themselves and together locally to create more compassionate responses to suffering and to affirm the dignity of all members of their school communities. Creating Compassionate Change in School Communities offers a valuable approach to integrating wellness into schools, as much for principals and superintendents as for teacher leaders, librarians, counselors, resource specialists, and others who work to create the conditions for compassion and dignity in their school.
Creating Consent Culture: A Handbook for Educators
by Marcia Baczynski Erica ScottCan you imagine a world where no one feared a violation of their boundaries? A world where everyone felt safe in their bodies and confident in asking for what they wanted? Teaching consent education is the way to achieve this vision, and this entry level book for educators helps you teach and discuss consent issues to young adults, from 10+.The fun, interactive exercises in this book focus on consent in all interactions, not just sexual ones, and explores skills that help young people to increase their relational intelligence and build positive, reciprocal relationships.Drawing on their combined experiences of over 25 years as consent educators, the authors have seen that more respectful, generous and joyful ways of relating to one another are possible. In this vital book, they challenge common assumptions about consent and coercion, and invite educators of all walks to become instigators of a profound culture shift.
Creating Empowering Environments for People with Dementia: Addressing Inclusive Design from Homes to Cities (ISSN)
by Eef Hogervorst Bob Woods Kevin Charras Sarah Wallcook Saskia KuligaThis edited volume addresses the environments that exacerbate, exclude, and stigmatise those living with dementia to explore designs and processes that can optimise well-being and independence.Featuring the voices and opinions of people with dementia, the chapters showcase individual homes, special dementia facilities, different forms of care homes, and public spaces, from landscape to urbanism, as examples of how to meet the needs and preferences for those living with dementia now. As a response to a recent Cochrane meta-analysis (2022) which highlighted the problems associated with using traditional, medically orientated evaluative methods for environmental design, this book demonstrates a range of research methods that can be used to inform and investigate good co-design of dementia-enabling environments. Furthermore, the book addresses cultural differences in people’s needs and illustrates past, ongoing, and novel initiatives worldwide.Ultimately, this timely volume focuses on person-centred design that enables empowerment, quality of life, health, and citizenship in people living with dementia. It will be of value to researchers, scholars, and postgraduate students studying gerontology, dementia specifically, and those involved with architecture and the built environment for societal benefit more broadly.
Creating Equal Opportunities for a Healthy Weight
by Heather Breiner"Creating Equal Opportunities for a Healthy Weight" is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine's Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention in June 2013 to examine income, race, and ethnicity, and how these factors intersect with childhood obesity and its prevention. Registered participants, along with viewers of a simultaneous webcast of the workshop, heard a series of presentations by researchers, policy makers, advocates, and other stakeholders focused on health disparities associated with income, race, ethnicity, and other characteristics and on how these factors intersect with obesity and its prevention. The workshop featured invited presentations and discussions concerning physical activity, healthy food access, food marketing and messaging, and the roles of employers, health care professionals, and schools. The IOM 2012 report "Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention" acknowledged that a variety of characteristics linked historically to social exclusion or discrimination, including race, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, gender, age, mental health, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity, geographic location, and immigrant status, can thereby affect opportunities for physical activity, healthy eating, health care, work, and education. In many parts of the United States, certain racial and ethnic groups and low-income individuals and families live, learn, work, and play in places that lack health-promoting resources such as parks, recreational facilities, high-quality grocery stores, and walkable streets. These same neighborhoods may have characteristics such as heavy traffic or other unsafe conditions that discourage people from walking or being physically active outdoors. The combination of unhealthy social and environmental risk factors, including limited access to healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity, can contribute to increased levels of chronic stress among community members, which have been linked to increased levels of sedentary activity and increased calorie consumption. "Creating Equal Opportunities for a Healthy Weight" focuses on the key obesity prevention goals and recommendations outlined in "Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention" through the lens of health equity. This report explores critical aspects of obesity prevention, while discussing potential future research, policy, and action that could lead to equity in opportunities to achieve a healthy weight.
Creating Luck: Transform Your Living Space and Your Life with a Simple Formula
by Marcio AmaralThis charming little book explores how we can create good luck and fortune in our lives. It looks at the three types of energy involved – earth, human and heaven energy. Since all three energies play an equal part in creating our destiny, we must learn how to use the cards we have been dealt to our best advantage. This book will guide you through this process, providing you with a complete formula for creating luck in your life.Full of case studies from Marcio's own clients, Creating Luck introduces feng shui concepts in an accessible manner, looking at each area of a person's living space and what it represents, and detailing how to heal any problem areas and let go of stress as we attract love, success and joy. This book will change the way you see life and give you confidence that you are just where you are supposed to be.
Creating Luminous Spaces: Use the Five Elements for Balance and Harmony in Your Home and in Your Life
by Maureen K. CalamiaAncient and global modern design come together in this practical guide to interior design, biophilic design, and feng shui for your home. Part spiritual growth workbook and part treatise on the power of nature, Creating Luminous Spaces is your practical guide to giving your home a refreshing energy boost. In this inventive approach to interior design, Maureen K. Calamia blends modern trends with the five elements of feng shui, an ancient Chinese system that brings the cycles and benefits of nature to your home interior. With inspiring ideas and practical information, Calamia will help you discover which of nature&’s elements represents your energy. Should you enhance your home with natural light or a fish bowl? New organizational habits or tall, vertical lines? Featuring practical exercises, meditations, and real stories about clients and students, as you embark on this mind-body-spirit connection with your home, you&’ll find out how: Indoor lighting and lighting design can strengthen the fire elementOrganizational behavior is influenced by the metal elementSpace planning with plants nourishes the wood elementAnd more!
Creating Mantegna Tarocci Cards
by Olga Kryuchkova Elena KryuchkovaThis book includes a description of the medieval deck of Mantegna Tarocci cards. Each card has a description. The book has a section in which there is a black and white image of cards for coloring. The reader can colorize the cards, give them energy, escape from everyday problems, and engage in creativity. Then, painted cards can be cut out and pasted onto cardboard - and thus get your own unique deck of cards, which you can use as an assistant in everyday life. The book is intended for a wide audience with a primary interest in divination cards and tarot cards.
Creating Mental Illness
by Allan V. HorwitzIn this surprising book, Allan V. Horwitz argues that our current conceptions of mental illness as a disease fit only a small number of serious psychological conditions and that most conditions currently regarded as mental illness are cultural constructions, normal reactions to stressful social circumstances, or simply forms of deviant behavior.
Creating Peace by Being Peace: The Essene Sevenfold Path
by Gabriel CousensRepresenting a synthesis of the author's decades of multidisciplinary work in meditation, psychiatry, psychotherapy, and spirituality, Creating Peace by Being Peace guides readers in creating peace on seven levels of engagement, from the body to the ecology to God. Author Gabriel Cousens addresses the increasingly urgent need to transform humankind with the ancient peace wisdom of the Essenes, a Judaic mystical group that flourished two millennia ago. He begins by explaining the Essenes and the lessons they can teach us as creators of peace. Individual chapters cover a wide range of possibility, from the personal ("Peace with the Mind") to the political ("Peace with the Community"). The final chapter, "Integrating Peace on Every Level," presents a comprehensive plan for peace with the body, mind, family, community, culture, ecology, and God as a pervasive experience in life--moment to moment, day by day. Cousens blends documentary evidence with original interpretation to show that the Essenes actually did live this experience of peace. Most importantly, he transfers their gift to modern seekers as a breathing blueprint for realizing this reality as we walk in our lives; work according to our gifts, joys, and sacred design; and live the path of spiritual awakening--the sevenfold peace.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Creating Places of Power: Geomancy, Builders' Rites, and Electional Astrology in the Hermetic Tradition
by Nigel Pennick• Explains the ceremonial beginnings and Hermetic principles in the laying out of foundations not only for sacred buildings like temples but also for homes and barns• Examines the principles and ceremonies of electional astrology and details how to compute natural time, as opposed to clock time• Shares examples from ancient Egypt, Iran, India, and Europe that range from the Stone Age to the Renaissance and include secret societiesWhen we make things--whether a building, a sacred space, or a magical object--there is a precise moment when the artifact comes into being as a separate entity. That moment in time possesses its own unique quality, and because of this, there is a right time to do something and a wrong time. And, as Nigel Pennick reveals, we have the power to select favorable moments for our creations, just as our ancestors did. Illustrating ancient principles of divination, chronomancy, and electional astrology, Pennick examines all the factors behind the ancestral art of geomancy: the auspicious creation and alignment of sacred buildings as places of power. Sharing examples from ancient Egypt, Iran, India, and Europe that range from the Stone Age to the modern day, including secret societies like the Rosicrucians and the Freemasons, he explains how many cities were constructed on specially selected sites and founded ritually at precise, predetermined moments. Looking at the traditional rites of creating places of power, Pennick explains the ceremonial beginnings and Hermetic principles in the laying out of foundations as well as the use of sacrifice in the building of many notable structures. Examining the role of sacred geometry in geomancy, Pennick explains the Hermetic meaning assigned to each direction in traditional European cultures as well as the principles of natural measures and the science of understanding lucky and unlucky days. Revealing how geomantic principles are rooted in the structure of the world and the cosmic patterns of space and time, the author shows how they transcend the ages and are just as meaningful today as they were to our ancestors.
Creating Relationship Wellness: An Introduction to the Techniques of Mindfulness for Healthy Relationships
by Stephanie Wijkstrom, MS, LPCCreating Relationship Wellness is a tool book to be used by couples who want to gain the skill of relationship wellness. Each chapter offers evidence-based, and therapist verified techniques to gain insight into yourself and your partners world. <i
Creating Sacred Space with Feng Shui:
by Karen KingstonFeng Shui is the ancient oriental art of enhancing and harmonizing the flow of energy in your surroundings. Over the last twenty years, Karen Kingston has pioneered the study of a specialized branch of Feng Shui called Space Clearing. In this fascinating and easy-to-follow guide she shows how you can use Space Clearing and other principles of Feng Shui to enhance the flow of energy in your home or workplace and so create happiness and abundance in every area of your life. You will learn how to: Clear "stuck" energy and create sacred space Consecrate your home Create a clutter-free environment and simplify your life Safeguard yourself against electromagnetic and geopathic stress Place furniture, mirrors, wind chimes, and. Other books about Feng Shui are also available from Bookshare. other Feng Shui enhancements to create balance and harmony
Creating Sanctuary: Sacred Garden Spaces, Plant-Based Medicine, and Daily Practices to Achieve Happiness and Well-Being
by Jessi Bloom Shawn Linehan“In this beautiful, inspiring, and hands-on, practical book we are invited to look deeply at the landscape around us and create sacred respites from our busy worlds.” —Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist and author We all need a personal sanctuary where we can be in harmony with the natural world and can nurture our bodies, minds, and souls. And this sanctuary doesn’t have to be a far-away destination—it can be in your own backyard. In Creating Sanctuary, Jessi Bloom taps into multiple sources of traditional plant wisdom to help find a deeper connection to the outdoor space you already have—no matter the size. Equal parts inspirational and practical, this engaging guide includes tips on designing a healing space, plant profiles for 50 sacred plants, recipes that harness the medicinal properties of plants, and simple instructions for daily rituals and practices for self-care. Hands-on, inspiring, and beautiful, Creating Sanctuary is a must-have for finding new ways to revitalize our lives.
Creating Well-Being: Four Steps to a Happier, Healthier Life (APA LifeTools Series)
by Pamela A. Hays PhDCreating Well-Being presents scientifically-supported guidance for people who want to replace stress and painful emotions with a sense of well-being and contentment. With empathy and unfailing good humor, Dr. Pamela Hays outlines a four-step process that has proven successful in her professional clinical psychology practice as well as in her own life. She invites readers to step onto the path of well-being by recognizing their stressors, avoiding negative thought-traps, re-examining their thinking, and taking action wherever possible, using environmental change, better communication skills, social support, and self-care. Each chapter demonstrates how taking small, manageable steps adds up, over time, to real and permanent change. Packed with tips and tools for self-reflection and behavioral change, this book shows readers how to build well-being from the ground up.
Creating Your Think and Grow Rich Master Mind
by Joel FotinosNapoleon Hill's amazing Think and Grow Rich philosophy has touched the lives of millions. His books, including Think and Grow Rich and The Law of Success, continue to be top sellers in the area of personal finance, business, selling, motivation, and prosperity. Finally, here is a practical and easy-to-follow guide to forming your own Master Mind. Bringing the ideas and instructions from Napoleon Hill's writings together with modern-day experience, this ebook will help you determine: * What is a Master Mind? * What is the difference between a Master Mind group and a Master Mind partner? * What are the benefits of a Master Mind? * Who should I invite to my Master Mind? * Where do we meet? * What does a successful Master Mind meeting include? This ebook also contains additional quotes from Napoleon Hill's writings on Master Minds. Master Mind groups and partnerships have been used by many of history's greatest successes, and now you can use them as well.
Creating a Life of Integrity: In Conversation with Joseph Goldstein
by Gail Andersen StarkConversations with Joseph Goldstein, one of today&’s most renowned meditation teachers who taught ABC news anchor Dan Harris (author of 10% Happier) to meditate, on the topic of integrity.Creating a Life of Integrity is our personal trainer for strengthening our integrity muscles. When we don&’t speak or act from our own sense of integrity, we feel lousy. Find out how you can live with more integrity—and subsequently more joy—as you follow these lively conversations between Joseph Goldstein, a founder of the modern mindfulness movement, and Gail Stark, a businesswoman and his student and friend of twenty-five years. As Joseph and Gail unpack the components of integrity—generosity, virtue, renunciation, wisdom, courage, patience, truthfulness, resoluteness, loving-kindness, and equanimity—we discover each is a step on a path that transports us to an empowered place of clarity, commitment, and, consequently, more joy. As we strengthen and weave these qualities into our daily lives they become our trusted first response in a world that needs our integrity now. &“A lovely, practical, intimate, and wise book. Read and you can enjoy an intimate conversation with a great teacher, and learn how to lovingly refine the study your own mind.&”—Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart
Creating a Life of Joy: A Meditative Guide
by Salle Merrill RedfieldIn todays high pressure and hectic world, more and more people are discovering how to relax and find a sense of comfort and well-being through the practice of meditation. In this inspiring book, Salle Merrill Redfield guides you through beautifully conceived meditations. Celebrating nature as a revered path to self-knowledge and spiritual enlightenment, leading you on a satisfying mental journey first to a placid stream, then to a tranquil lake, and finally a limitless emerald ocean. Building progressively, these meditations will help you relax your body and reduce stress and pain. Steeped in exquisite imagery and born of your own powers of visualization, they will take you to that place within yourself, usher you into the kingdom of inner peace, and grace you by, Creating a Life of Joy. Open your heart.... and there you will find the joy of meditation. Ü Salle Merrill Redfield
Creating an Herbal Bodycare Business (Making A Living Naturally Ser.)
by Sandy MaineStart a profitable company making the natural products you love. Professional soapmaker Sandy Maine shares her business-building methods and inspiring philosophy to help you turn your passion into a vocation. Taking the mystery out of entrepreneurship, Maine provides clear advice on how to develop a sound business plan, identify your client base, create attractive packaging, set prices, manage an accounting system, employ staff, and much more. Get ready to take your herbal product to the marketplace.
Creating the Person: A Practical Guide to the Development of Self
by Inayat KhanIt is an act of love, in our time, to take upon oneself the creation of a truly human personality. Hazrat Inayat Khan gives an introduction to a range of qualities which are necessary for the accomplishment of this work. Will power, gratitude, self-control, gentleness and self-respect are among the topics addressed, along with directions that may enable the reader to develop these qualities in everyday life."In the lectures that make up Creating the Person, Hazrat Inayat Khan has traced the essential lineaments of a wise demeanor. Ethically exacting but never doctrinaire, Hazrat&’s teachings portray a manner of being that is within reach of all of us if we would only aspire to it and stay the course." from the foreword by Pir Zia Inayat-Khan
Creating the Soul Body: The Sacred Science of Immortality
by Robert E. CoxOutlines the principles and mechanics of the soul body, the spiritual vehicle that enables individual consciousness to survive the body’s death • Shows that the ancient Vedic, Egyptian, Hebraic, and Pythagorean traditions shared and understood this spiritual practice • Reveals modern science as only now awakening to this ancient sacred scienceAncient peoples the world over understood that individual consciousness is rooted in a universal field of consciousness and is therefore eternal, surviving the passing of the physical body. They engaged in spiritual practices to make that transition maximally auspicious. These practices can be described as a kind of alchemy, in which base elements are discarded and higher levels of consciousness are realized. The result is the creation of a vehicle, a soul body, that carries consciousness beyond physical death.These spiritual preparations are symbolized in the Vedic, Egyptian, and Hebraic traditions as a divine stairway or ladder, a step-by-step path of ascent in which the practitioner raises consciousness by degrees until it comes to rest in the bosom of the infinite, thereby becoming “immortal.” This spiritual process explains the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, for example, whose reincarnation is confirmed in infancy through physical and spiritual signs, indicating that the consciousness has been carried from one lifetime to the next.In Creating the Soul Body, Robert Cox maps the spiritual journey of consciousness behind this sacred science of immortality and reveals the practice of creating a soul body in detail. He also shows that this ancient spiritual science resembles advanced theories of modern science, such as wave and particle theory and the unified field theory, and reveals that modern science is only now awakening to this ancient science of “immortality.”
Creation and Completion
by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Sarah Harding Jamgon KongtrulCreation and Completion represents some of the most profound teachings of Jamgon Kongtrul (1813-99), one of the true spiritual and literary giants of Tibetan history. Though brief, it offers a lifetime of advice for all who wish to engage in-and deepen-the practice of tantric Buddhist meditation. The original text, beautifully translated and introduced by Sara Harding, is further brought to life by an in-depth commentary by the contemporary master Thrangu Rinpoche. Key Tibetan Buddhist fundamentals are quickly made clear, so that the reader may confidently enter into tantra's oft-misunderstood "creation" and "completion" stages. In the creation stage, practitioners visualize themselves in the form of buddhas and other enlightened beings in order to break down their ordinary concepts of themselves and the world around them. This meditation practice prepares the mind for engaging in the completion stage, where one has a direct encounter with the ultimate nature of mind and reality.
Creation of Protective Talismans Using Ancient Slavic Symbols. Apotropaic Magic. Art Therapy
by Olga Kryuchkova Elena KryuchkovaVolhvs (ancient Slavic sorcerers) in ancient times were the main servants of the pagan faith. They conducted not only sacred rites and festivities, instructed their flock on the true path, but also engaged in healing, fortune telling, spells and magic. Among the ancient Slavs, the Volhvs were believed to have the ability to work miracles and predict the future. They performed sacred rituals, sacrifices, knew how to conjure elements. The Volhvs occupied a high place next to the rulers. And, of course, they knew how to create various amulets, for which they used the symbolism of their native gods and various sacred symbols. This book is dedicated to the sacred Slavic symbols of the ancient Volhvs, their use in creating the strongest protective talismans created by yourself. In separate sections, descriptions of ancient Slavic symbols and images of ancient symbols themselves for carving are given. Carefully read the description of the image, and then select the symbol that is suitable for your purposes. Gently redraw the selected character on the desired page. Then color the finished composition, put your energy into it and create the strongest protective talisman for certain needs. You can hang this protective talisman at home above the front door or other place convenient for you. You can fold it several times and carry it with you in a bag, pocket every day. Protective magic, which works through talismans created by human hands, can be attributed to a variety of Apotropaic magic. Apotropaic magic (from Greek αποτρέπειν "to ward off" from από- "away" and τρέπειν "to turn") is a type of magic intended to turn away harm or evil influences, as in deflecting misfortune or averting the evil eye. It can be created using ceremonies and spells, or simply by wearing and hanging an item in the interior that brings good luck (amulets, talismans).