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SATOR Square, Volgograd, Russia

Collected November 2019

TolikWoodsDesing on Etsy

“These Talisman are made from 150 years old oak tree, which was broken after a full Sun Eclipse March 09 2016 year’s storm. We couldn’t stand the thought of turning it into firewood, so we make boards out of it.

Sator Square Wooden Wall Plaque with saw toothed wall hanger.

The Sator or Rotas Square is a word square containing a five-word palindrome:

S A T O R. A R E P O. T E N E T. O P E R A. R O T A S.

Found in Pompeii (destroyed in AD 79) the square is believed to be a house protection spell.”

By kdhumewriter

A queer writer and artist from the tidal flats of the Salish Sea. Author of Between Death and the Devil: Tarot Poems, So Our Idols are Dead: Empowerment Poems, and Persons of Consequence: A Pacific Northwest Gothic Novel.

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