Making Sacred Charms And Amulets

What is drawn on these pages

Readings of the illustrated pages, in the tradition's own vocabulary. Described by a vision pass; the quoted captions are transcribed from the page itself.

• Folio 8 · diagram — A Khom-script (ขอม) primer chart — the opening page of a section headed แบบเรียนเขียนขอม โดยสังเขป ("a concise primer on writing Khom"), within the treatise ตำราสร้างเครื่องรางของขลัง. Below the headi see the page →
• Folio 9 · diagram — A Khom-script (ขอม) spelling chart headed แจกแม่กะกา ('spelling out the แม่ กะกา syllable class'), continuing the sacred-alphabet primer of the earlier pages. It is a large grid in which every cell pa see the page →
• Folio 10 · diagram — A continuation of the Khom (ขอม) แม่กะกา spelling grid, carried on without a new heading. Same layout: each cell shows a Khom syllable-glyph above its Thai phonetic reading. The twelve columns keep th see the page →
• Folio 11 · diagram — The closing rows of the Khom (ขอม) แม่กะกา spelling grid, still without a heading. Each cell carries a Khom syllable-glyph over its Thai reading, the twelve columns holding the same vowel sequence (–ะ see the page →
• Folio 12 · diagram — A Khom-script (ขอม) primer page divided into four spelling exercises, each with its own heading and a block of twelve syllables (two rows of six) pairing a Khom glyph with its Thai reading. The sectio see the page →
• Folio 13 · diagram — A Khom-script (ขอม) primer page with four spelling exercises, each headed and holding twelve syllables (two rows of six) — a Khom glyph above its Thai reading. Headings: แจกแม่กัปปะ, แจกแม่กัพพะ, แจกแ see the page →
• Folio 14 · diagram — A Khom-script (ขอม) primer page of four spelling exercises, each headed and holding twelve syllables (two rows of six) pairing a Khom glyph with its Thai reading. Headings: แจกแม่กัชชะ, แจกแม่กัญจะ, แ see the page →
• Folio 15 · diagram — A Khom-script (ขอม) primer page with three spelling exercises in the upper half, each headed and holding twelve syllables (two rows of six) — a Khom glyph over its Thai reading. Headings: แจกแม่กังงะ, see the page →
• Folio 25 · diagram — A large square yant (ยันต์) whose cells are filled with hand-drawn Khom (ขอม) sacred syllables in black ink, roughly a nine-by-nine grid. Rising above the square is a tiered temple-spire (prasat-like) see the page →
• Folio 26 · diagram — A tiered, pyramid-shaped yant built as three stacked panels of Khom (ขอม) syllable cells, each panel enclosing a seated figure. At the apex, within a pointed flame-shaped arch, sits a Buddha figure wi see the page →
• Folio 27 · diagram — A tall, multi-tiered yant drawn as a stepped temple spire (prasat), its stacked registers filled with Khom (ขอม) syllables interspersed with small stupa finials. The structure tapers to a pointed pinn see the page →
• Folio 28 · diagram — A yant composed of three tall vertical bands. The outer two are lattice chains of lozenge cells (X-crossed netting), each cell holding a Khom (ขอม) syllable, their long edges lined with continuous col see the page →