It is quite possible to produce a talisman for the use of somebody else, provided that when the talisman is 'linked up', the contact is made with the person for

which the talisman is being made rather than with the magician: otherwise the procedure is the same, with the exception that it is desirable for the person who's

having the talisman made to be present at the time of the operation, or to be aware of the time that the magician intends to manufacture the talisman so that they

are sufficiently receptive for the magician to easily link them with the talisman.

It is interesting to note that the effectiveness of the charge on the talisman can be objectively checked. One such experiment consisted of placing two charged

talismans and eight uncharged talismans in a series of blank envelopes. The envelopes were then checked by a psychic who was able to determine which of the

envelopes 'had fire in them', in other words contained the charged talismans.

This experiment which has been repeated a number of times under varying circumstances effectively disproves that a correctly prepared talisman merely gives

confidence to its owner rather than having an objective power and existence of its own. It is important when working with talismans to decide under which

category your objective comes. The traditional division under the seven planetary heads is a good working start.

Thus for works of earth, establishment, death, agriculture, legacies, sorrow and solidification, a Saturnian talisman would be used; for matters concerned with

honour, riches, apparel, position and some church matters, Jupiter would be invoked; for workings concerned with war, imprisonment, weapons and things

martial, Mars would be the appropriate category; under the Sun comes works of fortune, gold, rulership, inheritance, sharing as it does some of the functions of

Jupiter; Venus obviously controls matters of love, music, pleasure and luxury; whilst Mercury operates in the field of books, learning, gambling, calculation,

and theft; and the Moon with dreams, the sea, change, reproduction, childbirth, delusion, and psychical matters. In addition to the seven planets it is useful

sometimes to construct a talisman of Earth for the 'earthing' or materialization on this plane of any of the above.

Now although the above list sounds very much like the desiderata of a mediaeval grimoire, or a grab-bag of assorted desires, it is a shorthand way of

subdividing the field of action of each type of talisman, so that if a talisman is to be constructed for the promotion of fertility of a crop, it would have to be a

Sun/Earth combination talisman to take into account the Sun's contribution to the fertility of the Earth. It would be useless to construct say a Mercurial or a

Martian talisman for this purpose.

Therefore it is absolutely essential to very carefully assess under which sphere of influence (or combined spheres of influence) the operation belongs. Having

decided this, it is then necessary to formulate, and write down, the exact nature of the objective in one sentence. If there is any room for doubt or ambiguity,

then there is room for the talisman to fail, or worse still backfire.

Having specifically delineated the objective in as short and concise a sentence as possible, one should then consider if any other of the planetary influences

could possibly come into the achievement of the desired end. For example, a talisman designed to promote the sale of a book would have to take into account

the influence of Mercury (the God of books and learning) as well as that of Jupiter and the Sun (the bestowers of riches). If possible however, especially at the

beginning, it should be the practitioner's aim to restrict the operation to one sphere only: if it is necessary however to deal with two influences or more, then it

must be ascertained which is the key sphere of operation and which is the subsidiary, so that in the case of the book the key sphere would be the Sun

(representing the gold - the sale) with the subsidiary aid of Jupiter (the bestower of riches) and Mercury (the book being sold).

Now in theory the ingenuity of the practitioner should be sufficient to devise a symbol or set of symbols which adequately sums up the nature of his objective

and the forces operating within the planetary sphere to which it is attributed. In practice, however, it is usually found that except in individuals of extraordinary

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