1. Incantation bowl, Jewish-Babylonian, the text in Aramaic supposes to provide divine protection and healing to the households and provide c. 7th century

1.a. A Tibetan 18th century incantation bowel of the White Tara (Tārā, (Sitatārā) that is the female Buddha. Seated on a white lotus, known also as “Seven eyed”. She is famed for healing, long life, compassion, and serenity.  On loan 

2. Typical Islamic incantation bowl (“fear bowl”) dated 1720 the owner’s name Kabalanni Hasan. Text from the Koran and different God’s names and magic words are engraved
3. Two Typical Islamic and Bedouin incantation bowls. The dervish (Bedouin healer) puts the water filled bowl outside the patient’s tent on a starry night allowing the magic to infuse the water. Drinking the blessed water will cure illnesses “caused by fear”
4. Roman votive offering, c. 50 BC. A Greco-Roman tradition of offering votives in the shape of the ailing organ (hand, leg, ear, womb etc.) were made of clay, copper, lead, pewter, silver and gold
5. Six silver Christian votive offerings, c. 1850-1900. The tradition of placing such offerings (showing organs, humans and even animals) was adopted by the Christian and is still practiced today
6. Liquttei ha-Refu’ot: an Yiddish and Hebrew prescriptions from the 16th century (facsimile). The word Abracadabra is written in a descending pattern, which, if uttered properly, causes the illness i.e. the demon to vanish. Welcome Institute library