A charm against the evil eye worn by children in ancient Greece. Shaped like a phallus, it was also used to protect homes, forges and chariots. Other names for it include baskanion and fascinum. In Rome it was called a satyrica sigma.
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...