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Even before one arrives at the temple proper, the buzz surrounding Wat Chedi is apparent. The four miles of rural road that lead to the temple are lined with shops selling brightly colored cement statues: cartoon-like soldiers, groovy flowers, and Google Maps-inspired pins.

According to Thai belief, if one requests something from a spirit or temple and that wish is granted, one must return to the temple and offer a gift. At Wat Chedi, in an effort to appeal to children, these gifts take the form of firecrackers, toys, and sweets.

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In one corner of the temple complex, visitors rub baby powder on a massive hardwood log in the hopes that the winning lottery numbers will appear. Next door, a band, hired by someone as a gesture of thanks, blasts Thai country music. Every two hours, boxes of firecrackers are loaded into the bed of a truck, backed up to a virtual mountain of ash and charred paper, and unceremoniously dumped out and ignited, resulting in a volcano-like ejection of smoke and noise.

Burmese King Anawrahta began incorporating nat (ancient spirit) worship into Buddhist temples and practices in the 11th century. Thirty-seven nat statues, depicted in their human forms, stand at the base of the 777 steps that lead to the doors of Taung Kalat, a small temple dramatically perched on the peak of a 557-foot-high volcanic plug in central Myanmar.

Angkor Wat is the largest religious structure ever built. Originally dedicated to the Hindu God Vishnu, the Cambodian people rededicated the sandstone temple to Theravada Buddhism near the end of the 12th century. Sprawling across 401 acres, Angkor was once a megacity visited by pilgrims from all over the world.

Another type of amulet regularly worn by Cypriot temple boys is in the form of a club, which must relate to Herakles, who, like Bes, was thought to have apotropaic qualities (that is, the ability to ward off evil). The band of amulets with their magical or superstitious qualities, together with the evidence that some were dedicated to a specific god, suggest that the temple boys were ordinary dedications to place children under the protection of the divinity.

Statuettes like this, of a crouching child, were regularly dedicated in Cypriot sanctuaries from about 450 BC into the Hellenistic period. Their meaning is not obvious, but they are commonly known as 'temple boys'. The boy's dress is raised to reveal his private parts. He wears earrings and a band of amulets across his chest. The amulets comprise a demonic head, perhaps of the Egyptian god Bes, four pendant-rings and four tubular beads. Bes was regularly used as an apotropaic figure (to drive away evil). The pendant-rings may have contained scarabs which would have had protective powers, while the beads were most probably tubular boxes for tiny figurines or papyrus or a rolled metal sheet with magical or superstitious properties. Another type of amulet regularly worn by Cypriot temple boys is in the form of a club, which must relate to Herakles, who, like Bes, was thought to have apotropaic qualities. The band of amulets with their magical or superstitious qualities, together with the evidence that some were dedicated to a specific god, suggest that the temple boys were ordinary dedications to place children under the protection of the divinity. While most temple-boys come from sanctuary sites on the island of Cyprus, they have also been found elsewhere, for example at Carthage, northern Africa. 17dc91bb1f