As far as I am aware, this is the first pop culture reference to the Mandaeans in the modern era, and so that is a good sign as far as public awareness of the Mandaeans is concerned!<\/p>\n
Those looking for scholarly sources of information about Mandaean amulets will find some good leads online, in the form of journal<\/a> articles<\/a>, brief<\/a> or lengthier mentions in books<\/a> that can be previewed online, and much else<\/a>. Indeed, I found one that I was not previously aware of: E. A. W. Budge\u2019s book Amulets and Superstitions<\/em><\/a> includes a substantial treatment of Mandaean amulets. A student drew to my attention the TV show Supernatural, which I\u2019ve never watched, but it sounds appealing (sort of Indiana Jones meets Ghostbusters?). What makes me think I ought to watch it is the fact that apparently in one episode the characters, making sure they were prepared for their latest encounter with dark forces, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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