Sentence examples for protective objects from inspiring English sources

This form of dormancy is particularly common among insects that live in arid desert areas, where during the dry and hot summers, the insects usually hide themselves in the soil at suitable depths or under any available protective objects.

Among protective objects associated with prayer are Muslim prayer rugs, the rectangular shape of which symbolizes the sacred area of the mosque, and the fringe-trimmed prayer shawl (ṭallit) worn by devout Jewish males during synagogue services.

If you are new to the occult, you can use whatever protective objects you want, as long as they aren't distracting.

The possession of a large number of the same form of a protective object often is believed to be effective.

Perhaps the most effective protective object, however, is the "diamond thunderbolt" (Sanskrit vajra; Tibetan rdo-rje) of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism.

Laveau would in turn counsel her practitioners by supplying them with advice or with protective spiritual objects such as candles, powder, and an assortment of other items mixed together to create a gris-gris.

A good protective structure must be effective in dissipating impact energy as well as minimizing stresses transferred to a protected object.

Usually worn for protective purposes, those objects have been infused with a particular type of energy, and wearing them is expected to create paths and possibilities for the wearer, as well as guard them against ill fortunes and evil spirits.

Generally, falling object protective structures for earth moving machines consist of vertical elements, connected by transversal elements, covered by a roof.

His critique of the then-prevalent theory of fetishism (belief in the magical and protective powers of material objects) is remarkable both for its recognition of Africa's linguistic and cultural history and diversity and for its identification of the ways in which European Christians constructed images of non-Christians and their religions.

The Città della Scienza and other interactive science centres differ from traditional museums in that, rather than locking exhibition objects behind protective glass, they encourage interaction.