A charm against the evil eye worn by children in ancient Rome. Shaped like a phallus, it was also used to protect homes, forges, and chariots. In Greece it was called a probaskanion or fascinum.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Pamela Chen and Samantha Blossom, authors of the new The Mandarin Tree.
As modern Asian American mystics, we love to work with the heavenly creatures, or what you may know as mystical beings in...