The Importance of Talismans in Ceremonial Magic

I want to talk about something that I think complements your new book gateways through light and shadow very well. It's something that involves talismans and I think that if we can talk about talismans for a little bit people who are familiar with your ceremonial magic work might also be very familiar with your very beautiful well crafted talismans That you make for clients among other items. What is a talisman in the salamonic context, how is that different from say a layman or a phylactery that's worn during a formal ceremonial operation? For me the talisman definitely overall has to be functioning.