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Yantra for immunity from evil spirits

Immunity from evil spirits is a purpose that sounds, to modern ears, like a line from a story. To the tradition that names it, it is a practical matter. Evil...

Yantra for helping with finances, legal matters...

A place to start This is the broadest purpose in this batch, and breadth is both its appeal and its problem. Finances, legal matters, and all powers are three different...

Yantra for healing wounds

A wound is a breach. The skin, which is meant to hold the body together and keep the world out, is opened, and the body must do the slow work...

Yantra for happiness and for God's grace

A place to start Happiness and God's grace are paired here, and the pairing says something important about how happiness is understood in this tradition. Happiness, alone, can be a...

Yantra for Grace of the Gods and for success

Grace of the Gods is an old phrase, and it is easy to read it as mere good luck dressed in religious language. It is more than that. Grace, in...

Yantra for government favors

A place to start Government favors are a purpose that sounds, at first, like influence, and it is worth distinguishing influence from favour at the start. A favour from government...