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The Kallisti Amulet has been a source of humor for centuries.
To understand this “Ancient Prank”,
here is a brief lesson in Greek Mythology…

The Kallisti Amulet

Known for being a trouble maker,
Eris was not in the list of guests invited to the wedding
of Peleus and Thetis,
the parents of Achilles.
In spite of the lack of invitation
Eris came to the reception party
and threw a solid gold apple through the door with the inscription:

Kallisti: “For the fairest”

Hera, Athena and Aphrodite saw this piece of art
and started disputing who it was for.
Disgusted by the constant bickering,
Zeus sent them to Mount Ida near Troy to be judged by the shepherd Paris,
who chose Aphrodite as the most beautiful,
accepting Helen’s hand for a bride.
Paris, having come to fetch his bride at Sparta,
where Helen was queen,
left the city as her lover and sailed with her to Troy.
But her husband Menelaus and his brother Agamemnon
took great exception for this theft,
sent a powerful army against Troy;
and the rest is history.

The Kallisti Amulet is a favorite
of those fans of the Science Fiction Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson:
the Illuminati;
and is hailed by the Discordians:
a movement that pops up now and then who attend such conventions
and enjoy a practical joke now and then.
An amulet of mischief and humor.

The Kallisti Amulet and Other amulets my be seen at the
Amulets Page
created and developed
by Kirk McLaren
of Amulets by Merlin