Damien Echols' book "HIGH MAGICK" touches on the use of energy work - energy you create and have inside you.  Do you put your energy into objects?  Do you use objects to pull energy from?

Using objects as an amulet or talismans is a common practice in High Magick and spiritualism. As this website grows, we'll delve deeper into what it means to use your own energy to enchant objects in order to gain a benefit.  

 You shouldn't expect a major relationship change, instant wealth or something fortuitous - but you should expect an overall feeling of "I can do this".  Remember, this is all on you.  You have control over what happens to you.  It's all in your mind: Don't let the bad days keep you down.  

Try rubbing your hands together to create heat. With deep thought and intention, try to use that heat on an object - tell it  you want something simple like a day at work that isn't completely overwhelming.   If it works, you just created an amulet - you kept the bad things from getting to you. You didn't keep them truly away - you just built some spiritual resilience; that's all.