Or You happen to buy a Taoist Talisman from a Feng-Shui Shop which cost Your less than 10 dollars and You are so happy about it...
BUT DO YOU KNOW YOU MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN A FAKE ONE?
There are far too many Big Popular / Famous Chinese Taoist Temples giving out fake Talismans. How to check whether a Taoist Talisman is FAKE or REAL?
Fake Talismans
1) Ultimate Fake Talisman from Popular/Famous Temples
When the characters of the talisman and Stamp Seal are printed together onto the talisman, You will know this is confirm 100% fake. Even a Taoist Master/ Sorcerer or Diety ( In trance of Taoist Medium) cannot rescue or empower this type of No.1 fake talismans. Most of the talismans provided by Big Popular / Famous Taoist Temples are giving out this type of Fake Talismans and Feng-Shui Shops are selling this type of Fake Talismans.
Some Popular / Famous Taoist Temples were 1st started off by providing consultation service by a Powerful Taoist Master or Taoist Medium. After many years later, the Taoist Master or Taoist Medium had pass away and then there was no successor to replace him, but by then, the temple had already become popular. The helpers in the temple will mass print exactly from the left over talismans created by the late Powerful Taoist Master or late Taoist Medium, and then distribute them to the public, without going through proper ritual or empowering them. The helpers in these temples are happily selling joss-sticks and joss papers to the public and folks are happily donating money to these popular / famous temples, without receiving any genuine talismans.
The problem is folks on the streets can't differentiate between Real or Fake Talisman. They think as long as the temple is Popular or Famous, the talismans distributed out by the temple must be Genuine and Powerful.
2) Ultimate Fake Talisman from Religious / Feng-Shui Shop or Online Shop
The Fake Talismans are mass printed and packaged nicely and then sold cheaply on the Religious / Feng-Shui Shop or Online Shop. When You pull out the talisman from the beautiful hard-cover envelope, You will see the characters of the talisman and the stamp seal are printed together, which tells You it is 100% ultimate Fake. The reason why the fake talisman has both characters and stamp seal printed together is because it doesn't need to be stamp seal one at a time on the talisman later.
3) Printed Talisman without Stamp Seal - Real and Fake
Real Printed Version Example 1 - Printed Talisman, without Stamp Seal on it, can be Genunine or Fake depend on how it is used later. Most Taoist Master / Sorcerer and Tang-Ki (Taoist Medium) will keep several Printed Version of Talismans. When they need to use it, they will empower it on the spot.
Real Printed Version Example 2 - Printed Talismans, without Stamp Seal on it, can be empowered later by the Taoist Master/ Sorcerer or by the deity (While in trance of a Taoist Medium) by chanting secret mantra and stamping seal on the printed talisman one at a time later to be given to the folks.
Fake Version - If the Talisman, without Stamp Seal on it, is not yet empowered by chanting secret mantra and not complete with a stamp seal by a Taoist Master / Sorcerer or a Deity (While in trance of a Taoist Medium), then the talisman is just a piece of paper, with no spiritual power. These type of fake talismans are often distributed freely from Popular / Famous Temples or sold at Feng-Shui Shops.
There are 3 types of Genuine Taoist Talismans:
1) Hand Drawn and Stamped Sealed by a Taoist Master / Sorcerer
The most Powerful Genuine Talisman must be hand drawn, empowered by chanting secret mantra while drawing the talisman, and then complete with Stamp Seal (Red Colour Taoist Stamp), one talisman at a time.
2) The talisman is printed but chant and stamp seal by a Taoist Master / Sorcerer
Due to popularity of a talisman, the talisman is mass printed into many copies and then empowered by chanting secret mantra and Stamp Seal by a Taoist Master / Sorcerer, one talisman at a time.
3) Printed Talisman but empowered by a Deity
Due to popularity of a talisman, the talisman is mass printed into many copies and then empowered by a Deity (while in trance by a Tang-Ki {Taoist Medium} ) later. This is to speed up the process to create genuine taoist talismans and distribute as much as possible to the public. The Tang-Ki will empower the talismans by chanting secret mantra and dip the blood ( by cutting his tongue with lazer-blade or sharp ritual sword) onto the talismans, one talisman at a time. Or the Tang-Ki will empower the talisman by scribbling his heavenly signature onto the printed talisman and stamp seal it, one talisman at a time.
Now You have a better idea how to differentiate between Real and Fake Talisman
Here are the pointers to remember:
1) A Genuine Taoist Talisman must be hand drawn and empowered with secret mantra and stamp seal, one at a time.
2) A Printed Taoist Talisman must be empowered with Secret Mantra and Stamp Seal, one at a time, to make it Genuine.
3) A Deity ( In Trance of a Taoist Medium) can provide Genuine Talisman by chanting and then dipping blood from his tongue onto the talisman or sign his Heavenly Signature onto the Printed Version Talisman and complete by Stamp Seal, one at a time.
4) Ultimate 100% Fake Talisman can be noticed by the Characters of the Talisman and Stamp Seal printed together.
5) Printed Version Talisman, without stamp seal, can be empowered later by a Taoist Priest / Master or Tang-Ki