Man has always found it helpful to have something tangible in which to believe. The magician’s wand is an instrument of magic that seems to make miracles happen. A divination device can be any physical object that becomes the point of contact with the spirit world. Fetishes and charms and Roman Catholic [1] scapulars, crucifixes, medals, and images, as well as Orthodox icons, play the same role.
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[1] https://www.thebereancall.org/taxonomy/term/5/catholicism