Security

In some orders a project plan, a sprint board, a requirements doc, a contract, are held as boundary objects to a spirit world, a talisman offering favor or protection, an amulet passed from hand to hand, shared or sent.

There are templates for such spells; predictable outcomes for all such divinations.

EXCAVATION
Review of “Textual Magic: Charms and Written Amulets in Medieval England” by Katherine Storm Hindley. As reviewed by Lori Ann Garner in Journal of American Folklore 139 (2026) p.106

Review of “The Hay Archive of Coptic Spells on Leather: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to the Materiality of Magical Practice” The British Museum Research Publication 233, edited by Elisabeth R. O’Connell. As reviewed by Tamara L. Siuda in Journal of American Folklore 139 (2026) p.114