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Talismans: The Lamen: The Pantacle 
Cara Soror, 
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 
Really you comfort me when you turn from those abstruse 
and exalted themes with which you have belaboured me so 
often of late to dear cuddlesome little questions like this in 
our letter received this morning: "Do please, dear Master, 
give me some hints about how to make Talismans (that's the 
same as Telesmata, isn't it?) [Yes, 666] and the Pantacle. 
The official instructions are quite clear, of course; but 
somehow I find them just a little frightening." 
Well, I think I know pretty well what you mean; so I will 
try to imitate the style of Aunt Tabitha in "The Flapper's 
Fireside. " 
For one thing, you forgot to mention the Lamen. Now 
what are these things when they are at home? That's easy 
enough. 
The Lamen is a sort of Coat of Arms. It expresses the 
character and powers of the wearer. 
A talisman is a storehouse of some particular kind of 
energy, the kind that is needed to accomplish the task for 
which you have constructed it. 
The Pantacle is often confused with both the others; 
accurately, it is a Minutum Mundum, "the Universe in 
Little" ; it is a map of all that exists, arranged in the Order of 
Nature. There is a chapter in Book 4, Part II, devoted to it 
(pp. 117-129); I cannot make up my mind whether I like it. 
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