Amulettes et talismans de la Chine ancienne. Grèce “chantre d'une avant-mémoire”… c'est ainsi

“chantre d'une avant-mémoire”… c'est ainsi que Salah Stétié présente Badr Chaker es-Sayyâb

Marianne Eggimann

for the present work

which required more than ten years of research

through a scientific figure who is undoubtedly less atypical than he appears

Amulettes et talismans de la Chine ancienne. Grèce “chantre d'une avant-mémoire”… c'est ainsiIn China, metal amulets constitute an ancient historical heritage but also a tradition whose practice and motivations remain very much alive. Appearing at the beginning of the Han dynasty, around 200 BC, in various forms and designs, similar to coins, amulets fulfilled essential functions in daily life. While they were intended to attract luck in personal and social life, they also acted in the less concrete spheres of mysticism, exorcism, beliefs,