Apotrope

APOTROPE, in rit­u­al mag­ic, a sym­bol, of­ten in­scribed with­in a cir­cle, each in­tend­ed as a panacea against a par­tic­u­lar mis­for­tune or harm. Below are de­scribed sev­er­al de­signs in widespread use.

    • Pen­tac­u­lum,
    • Pro­tec­tion from mag­ic.
    • Con­trascrip­tus,
    • Pro­tec­tion from unau­tho­rized du­pli­ca­tion.
    • Gar­men­tum de­ter­gen­da,
    • Pro­tec­tion from tetra­chloroethy­lene.
    • Mar­ca reg­is­tra­ta,
    • Pro­tec­tion from im­per­son­ation.
    • Cru­cis bene­dic­ti,
    • Pro­tec­tion from evil.
    • Uni­ta lab­o­ra­to­ria,
    • Pro­tec­tion from ac­ci­den­tal elec­tro­cu­tion.
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